BET's cancelation of The Rundown with Robin Thede is a mystery

Fast Company

There was no mention of ratings performance in the reporting and BET's announcement of the cancelation of The Rundown, which received universally positive reviews. "It seems as if The Rundown was a casualty of a recent changing of the guard at BET," says KC Ifeanyi. "Chairman and CEO Debra Lee, who greenlit Thede’s show, stepped down in May, paving the way for Scott M. Mills to oversee strategy and operations for BET as president. Reportedly, Mills’s vision is to increase the network’s scripted content and original movies. How there’s no room in that vision for a late-night political satire show driven by an underrepresented voice in the conversation is perplexing to say the least."