{"id":49300,"date":"2023-01-27T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=49300"},"modified":"2023-01-27T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:23:01","slug":"bet-and-cbs-news-announce-new-original-primetime-newsmagazine-series-america-in-black-premiering-sunday-february-19-10-pm-et-pt-on-bet-and-vh1-and-available-on-bet-her-bet-vh1-and-the-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/27\/bet-and-cbs-news-announce-new-original-primetime-newsmagazine-series-america-in-black-premiering-sunday-february-19-10-pm-et-pt-on-bet-and-vh1-and-available-on-bet-her-bet-vh1-and-the-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"BET and CBS News Announce New Original Primetime Newsmagazine Series &#8220;America in Black,&#8221; Premiering Sunday, February 19 @ 10 PM, ET\/PT on BET and VH1, and Available on BET Her, BET+, VH1 and the CBS News Streaming Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9880\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cbs-news.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cbs-news.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cbs-news-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cbs-news-260x156.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cbs-news-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Today, BET and CBS News announced the production of a groundbreaking new monthly prime time newsmagazine show titled AMERICA IN BLACK. All new one-hour episodes will premiere monthly starting Sunday, February 19 @ 10:00 PM, ET\/PT, featuring a mix of original longform investigative reports, one-on-one newsmaker interviews, human interest stories, and exclusive in-depth celebrity profiles.<\/p>\n<p>AMERICA IN BLACK will be reported by an experienced lineup of award-winning correspondents, including CBS MORNINGS co-host Gayle King; CBS MORNINGS national correspondent and CBS News Streaming Network anchor Vladimir Duthiers; BET News anchor and correspondent Marc Lamont Hill; host of THE NFL TODAY and CBS News special correspondent James Brown; CBS Saturday MORNING co-host Michelle Miller; CBS WEEKEND NEWS anchors Jericka Duncan and Adriana Diaz; CBS News Streaming anchor and national correspondent Errol Barnett; CBS News correspondents Skyler Henry and Danya Bacchus; plus Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery. 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