BET has announced that it will be reducing its workforce in accordance with Paramount Global’s domestic workforce reduction initiatives.
The number of employees affected by the layoffs is presently unknown, but they are part of Paramount Global’s strategy to reduce its U.S.-based workforce by 3.5% as it prepares to merge with Skydance Media and navigates an evolving marketplace, as reported by The Wrap.
In a memo to employees, BET CEO Scott Mills stated that the network is reducing its employee count due to the fact that it has also been impacted by “conditions necessitating these actions.” He did not disclose the specifics of those conditions.
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Mills acknowledged the negative consequences of the layoffs, referring to it as a “difficult moment.” He also stated that the staff members who are shortly to be terminated have been “great collaborators, colleagues, and friends; team members who have so meaningfully contributed to BET’s success and who share our passion for BET’s mission and purpose.”
Mills delineated BET’s future structure in the memo, indicating that its parent company, Paramount Global, would now assume certain duties and responsibilities.
Content strategy and production, programming, marketing and insights, social impact, advertising sales, streaming, and digital are the divisions that will remain within BET. Linear research, finance, and business and legal affairs are among the areas that Paramount Global will acquire.
These modifications were implemented in response to the network’s failure to generate favorable results from its presentation of the BET Awards 2025, which was hosted by Kevin Hart earlier this month.
The awards program, which was also broadcast on BET Her, Comedy Central, MTV, MTV2, NAN, Pop, Logo, CMT, and Paramount Network, attracted a total audience of 1.274 million, a 36% decrease from in 2024.
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