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Duo Behind 2020 BET Awards Reflect On Doing Much More Than “Checking The Box” Amid Tumult – Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted

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Two of the people behind the 2020 BET Awards — a high-wire act in terms of logistics and fast-changing societal events — say to pull it off they leaned on history and the talent community.Producer Jesse Collins and Connie Orlando, EVP Specials, Music Programming & Music Strategy for BET, took viewers behind the scenes of the telecast for Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event.“The first thing we decided was that we were going to have a show,” Collins said, noting that many other award shows were either scrapped or delayed due to Covid-19 challenges.Given that the June 28 telecast also fell a month after the death of George Floyd, failure was not an option.Orlando recalled the central question being,

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