It all started in the year 2000. BET added the music
countdown show "106 & Park" to its network. Instantly, people
gravitated towards it; simply because there was nothing else like it. The show
had two young and personable hosts: AJ and Free. They introduced the newest and
hottest hip-hop and r&b music, constructed interviews with some of the
biggest stars and had interactive games for their audience to participate in every
weekday. On top of that, there were segments like "Wild Out Wednesday"
and "Freestyle Friday". Unfortunately, in 2006 AJ and Free departed
the show because they wanted to explore different career paths, so the network
got new hosts: Terrence J and Rocsi. Viewers were iffy about whether or not
these two would be as good as AJ and Free but luckily, it didn't take long for
everyone to warm up to their awesome personalities.
But once again, the show’s hosts eventually left to explore
different career paths. Now there are four new hosts and viewers are having
difficulty adjusting to the newbies this time. Nothing about 106 feels the same.
The games they construct are getting cheesier, the amount of celebrities who
stop by is decreasing, and the hosts themselves simply are not as good AJ and
Free or Terrance and Rocsi.
One of the main problems is that there are more than two
hosts. Having one young male and one young female who are not already publicly
known, worked so well for the show. However, this time there are two females
and two males, one of them already being a run-down celebrity. Having four
people on screen just makes the dynamic completely strange and un-relaxed.
I say, the BET network could have chosen more wisely. It's
been nearly four months and the hosts still aren't making a good impression.
The network should definitely replace all of them and come up with better
material because quite frankly, it sucks. Hardly anyone tunes in anymore and
the numbers don't lie. If the BET network doesn't do something about it soon,
this will probably be the end 106 & Park.
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