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NEW YORK, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BET kicks off the week of October 15 with the premieres of BET Hip Hop Awards 2007, along with new episodes of AMERICAN GANGSTER and EXALTED. Following are the program descriptions below:

   TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16   8:00 p.m.   SUNDAY BEST -- Hosted by Kirk Franklin, the nationwide search scoured the   country's storefront churches, parishes and mega-churches to find the best   undiscovered singers in America. Coached by artists from the gospel and   secular worlds including Grammy Award-winning BeBe Winans and dynamic duo   Mary Mary who act as judges, the top five finalists will get the chance to   take their praise to the next level and earn the title of SUNDAY BEST.   America's next best gospel singer will be crowned SUNDAY BEST on Tuesday,   December 4th.    9:00 p.m.   EXALTED: BISHOP KENNETH C. ULMER -- As leader of the Faithful Central   Bible Church, one of Southern California's largest and fastest growing   churches, Bishop Kenneth Ulmer is pastor to more than fifteen thousand   followers.  BET's EXALTED travels with him back to his hometown where he   reminisces about his first experiences with racism and his loving   relationship with his father.  Ulmer also gives viewers a tour of   Hollywood Blvd. as he shares the early struggles with his "demons" of   divorce, depression and pornography prior to the acceptance of his call to   ministry.  Narrated by Blair Underwood, EXALTED; a ground-breaking, new,   weekly series that explores the lives of African American ministers  as   they prepare their sermons, lead their congregation, perform weekly   ministerial duties and live their everyday lives.    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17   8:00 p.m.   BET HIP HOP AWARDS 2007 -- T.I., Nelly, Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, Common,   Wyclef Jean, Keyshia Cole, LL Cool J, Ciara and Soulja Boy are just a few   of the hottest artists to take to the stage for the BET Hip Hop Awards   2007 taped at Atlanta's Civic Center on Saturday, October 13. Hosted by   veteran actor/comedian Katt Williams for the second year in a row, BET HIP   HOP AWARDS 2007 is a tribute to urban music artists at the top of their   game.    10:00 p.m.   AMERICAN GANGSTER : MELVIN WILLIAMS -- Some people considered this   Baltimore crook a genius because of his extremely high I.Q., but as smart   as he was, "Little Melvin" Williams never used his brain power for good.   Williams was reportedly the man who brought heroin to Baltimore and   oversaw his empire for 30 years. He was smart enough to evade the feds,   but one day local police planted a handful of pills in his pocket and   brought him down. After serving five years, he exacted his revenge by   making millions -- but eventually went back to jail. His criminal past   inspired the hit HBO series "The Wire."    Called "sober, intelligent and appropriately judgmental," by Newsday and   "a savvy push into more challenging territory," by Variety, BET'S AMERICAN   GANGSTER explores the rise and subsequent fall of some of the country's   most notorious African American criminals of all time and the impact their   crimes had on the communities in which they were committed. Narrated by   Ving Rhames AMERICAN GANGSTER creates a provocative and alternative view   of Black America through these criminal's eyes.    ** All Times ET/PT     About BET Networks  

BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of businesses extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

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