BET: Uncut


BET: Uncut is a defunct music video block program that aired on BET from September 2000 until July 2006. The videos contained within the show featured mature content, including highly sexualized imagery, violent lyrics, etc. The content assured the program a permanent TV Parental Guidelines rating of TV-14, later TV-MA, with a 'viewer discretion' advisory leading into the start of each segment of the show. Uncut mainly aired on Wednesdays through Saturdays at 3 a.m. EST. This block program primarily gave a spotlight to songs by artists who couldn't air on regular daytime programming blocks like RapCity, 106 & Park, etc.
Its last episode aired on July 7, 2006 and was hosted by Jermaine Dupri at the Body Tap strip club, announcing that the block was no longer airing while throwing an "UnCut Going Away Party". The network officially announced the cancellation of the show on July 25, 2006.

Controversy

While the videos were lightly censored, the show's content has been the focus of controversy, with Nelly's video for "Tip Drill" by far the video with the most outcry among Uncut videos. For example, the Associated Press has reported that even some hip-hop artists such as Big Boi of Outkast thought the show was distasteful and could constitute soft porn. Likewise, individuals affiliated with historically black institutions such as Spelman College and Essence Magazine stated that the erotic imagery of the show falls outside of acceptable standards.

False 'return'

On August 5, 2015, BET put out a release announcing the block's return on August 11. The 'relaunch' of the series proved to be merely a publicity stunt, and after an intro with the imagery of Uncut, the actual series in the timeslot was the premiere of the BET revival of Punk'd, which had been announced earlier in the year.
On February 2021, it was announced that BET Uncut was returning for Valentine's Day weekend, but was another prank by BET.

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