POSTED BY Dustin ON Monday, June 25th 2007 @ 12:03 PM

Black Entertainment Television network is ready to present this year’s BET Awards with some hot artists, good music, and expected surprises. BET President of Entertainment, Reginald Hudlin, and the network’s VP of BET Music Programming and Talent, Stephen Hill, headed up the cable network’s team to put together the 2007 BET Awards airing tomorrow night, June 26th at 8pm ET/7pm CT. On tap to appear are a bevy of stars from a plethora of genres, styles, and age brackets, but the show’s success formula is based more on who or what is not on tap. After all, this is the show that brought the cast of “Good Times” on stage last year. So what does it take to bring stars to the stage successfully and keep the show getting better and better? Hudlin told reporters that it’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it.
“It’s brutal,” he said of trying to improve every year. “Literally, as I watched the show in progress, on one hand I’m relieved because it goes so well … and then by the end of the show, I get really depressed because I go, ‘What the hell are we gonna do next year?’, but somehow we manage to pull it off. That’s what’s exciting. You think you’ve topped the topper and then you do it again. I’m really grateful for an amazing team of executives that pull the show off every year.”
Even with a glitch in the matrix, the show does well. Last year, Hudlin’s good friend Damon Wayans hosted the show, but was called a “flop”as the show’s emcee. Still, the 2006 show posted great ratings. “I was concerned because he was a friend of mine and you hate to see a friend in trouble. The show ended up playing great and we got incredible ratings. It seems kind of bulletproof. Even when things don’t work out the way you want to, it keeps on rolling.” This year, BET brings back 2004 host Mo’Nique. Not only did the network look forward to having the comedienne back, but Mo’Nique actually came looking to do the show, too. She apparently wants to go a round with Beyonce. CONTINUE READING THIS ENTRY