BET Announces New Reality Show Spin Off FRANKIE & NEFFE

NEW YORK, May 19 -- This summer, BET will premiere FRANKIE AND NEFFE, a spin-off of the Network's top-rated reality show KEYSHIA COLE: THE WAY IT IS, that intimately profiles the wildly entertaining mother and sister of R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The new reality series, premiering on Tuesday, August 25 at 10:00 p.m.*, chronicles the two as they strive to gain financial independence, while taking on the responsibilities of implementing and maintaining positive lifestyle changes, raising families, and handling the drama and men in their lives. Breaking away from R&B star Keyshia Cole proves to be more difficult than expected, and emotions run high, but BET viewers will be rooting for this captivating mother and daughter through it all.

FRANKIE AND NEFFE is an eight episode reality series executive produced by James DuBose of DuBose Entertainment for BET.

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BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, 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 98 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. 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 Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdom and oversees the extension of BET network programming for global distribution.