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[01/26/21 - 11:28 AM]
BET to Air "COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special" Premiering Thursday, January 28 At 9 PM ET/PT on BET and BET Her
The half-hour special provides helpful and factual information for viewers looking to protect themselves and their families from this unprecedented crisis.
[via press release from BET]

BET TO AIR "COVID-19 VACCINE AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY A TYLER PERRY SPECIAL" PREMIERING THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 9 PM ET/PT ON BET AND BET HER

THE HALF HOUR SPECIAL FEATURES A SITDOWN INTERVIEW WITH TYLER PERRY AND TOP MEDICAL EXPERTS FROM GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM WHO WILL ADDRESS THE PUBLIC'S CONCERNS AND FEARS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VACCINE

NEW YORK, NY January 26, 2021 - Today, BET and media mogul Tyler Perry announced an exclusive news special, "COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special," premiering Thursday, January 28, at 9 PM ET/PT on BET and BET Her. In the midst of a world health crisis, Perry sits down with top medical experts Carlos del Rio, MD Executive Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System, and Kimberly Dyan Manning, MD Professor of Medicine at Grady Health System to address the public's concerns and fears about the COVID-19 vaccine.

The half-hour special provides helpful and factual information for viewers looking to protect themselves and their families from this unprecedented crisis. Tackling issues head-on, Perry asks the hard-hitting questions to help the community gain insight into this new vaccine.

"COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special" joins BET's roster of informative specials that address the impacts of COVID-19 on the Black community and answers questions about the vaccine.

"COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special," is Executive Produced by Tyler Perry for Tyler Perry Studios.

For more information on "COVID-19 Vaccine and the Black Community A Tyler Perry Special," as well as daily reporting regarding what the African American community needs to know about COVID-19, and how it impacts our lives, please visit BET.com. Follow @bet across social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter).

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ABOUT BET

BET, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIACA, VIAC), 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 is in 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa and France. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions including BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET HER, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks - BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET's growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.

ABOUT TYLER PERRY STUDIOS

Tyler Perry Studios is a state-of-the-art film and television production facility founded in 2006 by actor, producer, filmmaker, playwright, and philanthropist Tyler Perry. Located in Atlanta, Georgia on the historic grounds of the former Fort McPherson army base, the new 330-acre campus is one of the largest production studios in the country. It boasts a variety of shooting locations including 40 buildings on the national register of historic places, 12 purpose-built sound stages, 200 acres of green space and an expansive backlot.

ABOUT GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM

Grady, located in Atlanta, is one of the nation's leading academic safety net health systems, known for its trauma, stroke and burn care. Grady is also a leading research site and was proud to be part of the Moderna vaccine trials.





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