The Best TV Shows on BET

Every BET Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 2000 to 2022, BET offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Highlighting BET’s quality programming, 106 & Park and Access Granted stand out, premiering in 2000 and 2001. As of July 2026, we’ve curated over 20 of BET’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure.

  • Haus of Vicious
    Haus of Vicious (2022)10.0

    From creator Jill Ramsey, the eight-episode first season follows Roman's character Chantel Vivian, a fashion designer whose success is overshadowed by her narcissistic husband, addiction, unresolved childhood traumas and dysfunctional personal life. With the assistance of her secret weapon, Jaelyn Ryan (Erica Peeples), publicist to her Vicious Empire, Chantel works to rise through the ranks, but her husband Kane's (Redaric Williams) behavior threatens to tear down the house Chantel built.

  • Carl Weber's The Family Business
    Carl Weber's The Family Business (2018)8.5

    Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.

  • Tyler Perry's Sistas
    Tyler Perry's Sistas (2019)8.4

    There's nothing that bonds a group of single black women together more than sidestepping the land mines of living, working and dating in Atlanta. In a sea of swipe-lefts, social media drama and unrealistic #relationshipgoals, these friends try to find their Mr. Right.

  • Tyler Perry's Assisted Living
    Tyler Perry's Assisted Living (2020)8.4

    After losing his job, Jeremy, a patriarch of a young family with teenage children, decides to move to the backwoods of Georgia to help his crazy grandfather. Grandpa Vinny has foolishly purchased a terribly run-down home for the elderly and he is in way over his head, but comedy ensues as Mr. Brown and Cora show up at the right time as needy investors.

  • Tyler Perry's The Oval
    Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)8.2

    A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.

  • Madiba
    Madiba (2017)7.8

    A dramatization of Nelson Mandela's struggle to overturn apartheid in South Africa.

  • BET Awards
    BET Awards (2001)7.7

    An annual event concert celebrating African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.

  • The Game
    The Game (2006)7.6

    When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.

  • Tyler Perry's House of Payne
    Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007)7.6

    A multigenerational, working-class family experience life's struggles with faith, love and, most importantly, humor. Curtis, aka 'Pops', the uncle and head of the household, has house and home turned upside down when an unexpected event forces his nephew, CJ, and CJ’s kids to move in, putting three generations under one roof. This chaotic living situation takes its toll on cranky Pops, who is reluctant to have his routine disturbed. In addition to CJ’s family, Pops and Ella’s son, Calvin, a wise-cracking, broke college student, hangs out at home, making it impossible for any peace and quiet. It soon becomes evident just how wide the gap is, as the family tries to find a way to coexist through all of life’s hilarious ups and downs.

  • Hit the Floor
    Hit the Floor (2013)7.6

    Ahsha Hayes enters the wild world of professional basketball when she tries out for the elite L.A. Devil Girls dance team against the wishes of her mother Sloane, a former dancer herself.

  • American Soul
    American Soul (2019)7.6

    The story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.

  • Real Husbands of Hollywood
    Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013)7.3

    Comedian and actor, Kevin Hart teams up with BET Networks to bring viewers one of the funniest shows on television "Real Husbands of Hollywood". The semi-scripted series is the fakest reality show ever following these men of Hollywood along their surreal lives. Enjoy the ride as these guys take on all things, from the husband's point of view. You may recognize some situations or characters from those other reality shows.

  • Being Mary Jane
    Being Mary Jane (2013)7.2

    Mary Jane Paul is a one-woman-show: a successful TV news anchor, and an entirely self-sufficient powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn't share her motivation. Intense drama and unforgettable moments unfold as Mary Jane juggles her life, her relationships, her work, and commitments to her family.

  • In Contempt
    In Contempt (2018)6.9

    The procedural is set in the fast-paced world of a legal aid office in New York City and follows Gwen Sullivan, an opinionated attorney whose passion for her job and clients make her arguably the most talented public defender in her district.

  • 106 & Park
    106 & Park (2000)6.8

    106 & Park is an American Hip Hop and R&B music video show set up in a countdown format, that airs Monday through Friday at 6/5c on BET. Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show.

  • Reed Between the Lines
    Reed Between the Lines (2011)6.6

    Reed Between the Lines is an American television family sitcom created by Kellie R. Griffin. It premiered on BET on October 11, 2011. On April 12, 2011, BET announced that it picked up Reed Between The Lines for a fall 2011-2012 television schedule to pair with The Game and Let's Stay Together. On April 12, 2012, BET announced that Reed Between the Lines will return for a second season in 2012. On August 17, 2012, it was announced that Tracee Ellis Ross would depart from Reed Between the Lines, adding three new cast members for the upcoming second season.

  • Tales
    Tales (2017)6.6

    A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.

  • The Quad
    The Quad (2017)5.2

    Dr. Eva Fletcher is the newly-elected President of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Upon arriving, Eva is charged with saving the prestigious HBCU from bankruptcy and her twenty-year marriage from crumbling while managing a tumultuous relationship with her rebellious only daughter. A diverse group of freshmen also promises to keep Eva's hands full.

  • The Comedy Get Down
    The Comedy Get Down (2017)4.0

    A comedy series about what really happens behind the scenes of a massive stand-up comedy tour.

  • Access Granted
    Access Granted (2001)N/A

    Access Granted is an American television series that features an in depth look at the planning, filming and production of R&B and hip hop music videos. Each week a different artist and their new music video are featured, with the video premiering at the end of the episode. The series aired from 2001 to 2009 on BET.