Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable network targeting Black American audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Skydance Corporation's Media Networks division. Launched as a USA Network programming block on January 25, 1980, BET evolved into a full-fledged cable channel in September 1982. As of November 2023, BET is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay-TV households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 92,000,000 households.
