“We did millions of Zoom calls, and I don’t think that’s an exaggeration,” says Connie Orlando about the unique challenges of producing the 2020 BET Awards. She’s the Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for Black Entertainment Television, and last June the network had to reinvent the awards show as one of the first events to go forward amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch our exclusive video interview with Orlando above.
“I think towards the end of April it hit us that we really needed to figure out if we’re going to do the show and then pivot in how we would have to execute it,” Orlando explains about the initial uncertainty surrounding the awards. “It was really terrifying at first, but then I think after you kind of sit with it we looked at it as an opportunity.” Once they realized they couldn’t hold a traditional ceremony,...
“I think towards the end of April it hit us that we really needed to figure out if we’re going to do the show and then pivot in how we would have to execute it,” Orlando explains about the initial uncertainty surrounding the awards. “It was really terrifying at first, but then I think after you kind of sit with it we looked at it as an opportunity.” Once they realized they couldn’t hold a traditional ceremony,...
- 5/11/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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