Last night viewers all around the world tuned into BET with a huge bowl of popcorn waiting to see some late night twerking. Little did we know, the joke was on us. Instead of BET Uncut airing, BET Network wheeled in fans only to inform us that a new season of Punk’d will be hitting airwaves every Tuesday night at 10:30 p.m. with King Bach and Destorm Powers.
Clearly, we were their first victims. To say the least, I was highly disappointed. The joke didn’t sit too well with black Twitter who tweeted things like, “yo im planing on suing .@BET for the foolishness they pulled tonight with #BETUncut …help me pay for my lawyers” and “BET doesn’t care about black people *Kanye West voice* #BETUncut”.
BET Uncut aired from 2001-2006, and was not suitable for children under the age of 17. The music video program contained nudity and highly sexual content that only aired Wednesdays through Friday at 3:00 am. The videos were lightly censored, but still caused a lot of controversy. Many people felt the show was distasteful and not far from soft porn. Despite the criticism, the show maintained its popularity. One of the most notable videos to air on BET Uncut was Nelly’s “Tip Drill”.
The last episode aired on July 8, 2006 and was hosted by Jermaine Dupri.
