The Best TV Shows on BET

Every BET Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from August 2025 that includes over 20 unique series. Some of the best tv shows from BET include BET Awards and Run's House, airing in 2001 and 2005 respectively. Boasting a rich catalog, BET features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 2001 to 2022.

  • 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.

  • Carl Weber's The Family Business
    Carl Weber's The Family Business (2018)8.3

    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 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.

  • Run's House
    Run's House (2005)8.0

    Run's House is an American reality television series that debuted on October 13, 2005. The series chronicles the family life of former Run–D.M.C. rapper and hip-hop music pioneer Joseph Simmons. Its theme song and show name are from the Run-D.M.C. album Tougher Than Leather. Filming locations were at the Simmons family home in Saddle River, New Jersey, the Simmons offices in Manhattan, New York, and the apartment shared by Vanessa and Angela Simmons in Los Angeles, California.

  • Games People Play
    Games People Play (2019)8.0

    Three ambitious women navigate the highly competitive world of professional sports.

  • The New Edition Story
    The New Edition Story (2017)7.9

    Follow the story of R&B pioneers Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill as they navigate fame from their native Boston to Hollywood and beyond.

  • 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)7.7

    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.

  • Hit the Floor
    Hit the Floor (2013)7.7

    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.

  • Tyler Perry's House of Payne
    Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007)7.5

    The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella.

  • American Soul
    American Soul (2019)7.4

    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)7.2

    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)7.1

    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.

  • Tales
    Tales (2017)6.9

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

  • The Book of Negroes
    The Book of Negroes (2015)6.5

    Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

  • The Black Hamptons
    The Black Hamptons (2022)6.4

    A feud between two families in the quaint town of Sag Harbor on Long Island, N.Y., starkly illustrates the difference between old and new money; based on the novel of the same name.

  • The Quad
    The Quad (2017)6.0

    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 freshman also promises to keep Eva's hands full.

  • American Gangster
    American Gangster (2006)4.0

    "American Gangster" chronicles the life and times of some of Black America’s most notorious crime figures. The show will explore without glorifying, and investigate without celebrating these criminal-minded men and women. Each episode will blend news footage, photographs and interviews in a compelling, magazine-style format.

  • Second Generation Wayans
    Second Generation Wayans (2013)4.0

    Damien Dante Wayans and Craig Wayans, nephews of the famous Wayans brothers, decide to start their own production company after struggling to break through in show business, both in front of and behind the camera. Their partner in the endeavor is "honorary Wayans" family member, actor George O. Gore II.