BET's 'COLLEGE HILL' is Back and Better Than Ever With a Record-Breaking Fifth Season Premiere
Tuesday's Episodes Stand as the #1 'COLLEGE HILL' Premiere Night in BET
History
NEW YORK, March 13 -- Back for its fifth season, BET's
popular reality show COLLEGE HILL premiered on Tuesday, March 11 with a 1.2
coverage rating. Nearly 1.1 million households and 1.6 million viewers
tuned in to see eight students from four different universities (Clark
Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Georgia State University and the
University of West Georgia) descend upon Atlanta and explore their academic
and career goals, love lives, friendships, trials and tribulations.
Episode two of COLLEGE HILL 5: ATLANTA, which immediately followed the
premiere, posted a 1.33 coverage rating, with 1.2 million households and
1.8 viewers tuning in for the second installment of the new season.
The premiere of COLLEGE HILL 5: ATLANTA ranks as the #1 BET premiere
for the 2007-08 season. The first two episodes made season five the #1
COLLEGE HILL season premiere night in BET history.
Among one of BET's top-rated programs in network history, COLLEGE HILL
for the past four seasons has steadily posted impressive rating gains over
each consecutive season. Now back by popular demand for its fifth season,
COLLEGE HILL 5: ATLANTA promises to bring the heat direct from the Dirty
South.
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), 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 reaches more than 87 million households according to
Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the
Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a
diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet
destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital
Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for
cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale
event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a
collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs
and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world
of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET
International, an extension of BET network programming for global
distribution.
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