BET ANNOUNCES THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN OF "MS. PAT SETTLES IT" FOR A THIRD SEASON

Production Begins This Month

Season Two Is Now Airing on BET, Wednesdays at 10 PM ET/PT

New York, NY - June 5, 2025 - BET Media Group proudly announces season three of the hit courtroom series MS. PAT SETTLES IT. Ms. Pat will be back on the bench, calling on a jury of her friends, celebrity guests, and fellow comedians to help settle real-life cases where everything from family ties and friendships to messy breakups and rocky romances hang in the balance. This season, expect to see some familiar faces in the courtroom, as a few of the cases include popular influencers bringing their drama - and their followers - with them. Production begins this month. As previously announced, BET Media Group extended its multi-year overall deal with Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams under which she will produce and perform in new series and other projects across BET.

In the second season of MS. PAT SETTLES IT - currently airing on Wednesdays at 10 PM ET/PT - Ms. Pat and the "Jury of Her Peers" preside over a fresh batch of real court cases encompassing a myriad of issues, including imposter designer karma, family conflicts, and court-ordered marriage ultimatums. Each case balances intense drama with uproarious comedy, mirroring Ms. Pat's own life experiences. At the heart of every dispute are everyday people navigating family and relationship dynamics, all bound by Ms. Pat's binding verdicts.

MS. PAT SETTLES IT is executive produced by Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams, SallyAnn Salsano, Ebony McClain, and Frank Miccolis for 495 Productions. Tiffany Lea Williams and Angela Aguilera serve as executive producers for BET, with Ashley Taylor as producer.

ABOUT MS. PAT:

Declared by The Huffington Post as "the real hero of sitcom TV," Patricia Williams (aka Ms. Pat) is a comedian, author, radio host, podcaster, and actress. Her critically acclaimed multi-Emmy nominated sitcom The Ms. Pat Show, produced by Lee Daniels and Brian Grazer, will premiere its 5th Season later this year. The series is streaming on BET+ and Paramount+ with an edited version airing on BET linear. The premiere of the show shattered viewership records on the streamer almost crashing the app and garnered Emmy nominations in the "Outstanding Direction for a Comedy Series" category in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The Ms. Pat Show, based on Pat's real-life story of an inner-city drug dealer turned suburban mom, has been a hit with fans and critics alike. The Hollywood Reporter raved "Think Roseanne of the 1980s and 1990s, but even rawer" and Essence Magazine gushed "Ms. Pat is headed for the comedy stratosphere."

Following the success of The Ms. Pat Show, BET/Paramount Global signed Pat to a multi-genre overall deal under which she will produce, write and perform in new series and other projects - both scripted and unscripted - across all platforms. Under this deal, her weekly court show Ms. Pat Settles It debuted on BET linear in October 2023 and was quickly picked up for a second season. In the beloved tradition of Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, and Steve Harvey, Pat takes hold of the gavel to settle people's everyday disputes. Using her signature raw, unfiltered, hilarious sensibility that has made her a fan-favorite and critical darling, Pat and a jury of her comedy friends resolve high stakes disputes including who is financially responsible for dog poop on that rug, do food stamps count as payment, and what is proper hair wig etiquette. Another hit for the rapidly emerging entertainment mogul, the series premiered as the No. 2 show on primetime television for Black viewers as well as Black women in the 18-49 demographic.

Pat recently appeared as a roaster on Netflix's 'Torching 2024: A Roast Of The Year' which premiered in the "Top 10 TV Shows in the US" and remained there for two weeks. Her hour standup special Y'All Wanna Hear Something Crazy?, directed by comedy legend Robert Townsend and Executive Produced by Wanda Sykes, is also currently streaming on Netflix. The New York Times described the hour as "superb material" while Indiewire offered "There are a lot of comedy specials on Netflix these days, but Ms. Pat breaks through the noise." In addition to her standup and TV projects, Pat recently costarred in the remake of the 90's classic film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead alongside Nicole Ritchie and June Squibb, and she hosts her own top-rated comedy podcast The Patdown.

ABOUT BET MEDIA GROUP

The BET Media Group, a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARAA; PARA), is the world's largest media company dedicated to entertaining, engaging, and empowering the Black community and championing Black culture. BET Media Group connects Black audiences through a portfolio of brands including BET, BET+, BET Gospel, BET HER, BET International, BET Jams, BET Soul, BET Studios, and VH1.

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