Black Girls Rock!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Black Girls Rock! is an annual award show, founded by former DJ and model Beverly Bond, that honors and promotes women of color in different fields involving music, entertainment, medicine, entrepreneurship and visionary aspects; the categorized awards include "The 'Rock Star' Award", "Social Humanitarian", "Who Got Next?", "Living Legend", "Shot Caller", "Trailblazer", "Motivator", "Young, Gifted & Black", "Star Power", and "Visionary". The program also features musical performances by R&B and Soul female recording artists. The show's ceremony made its official debut on the television screen in November 7, 2010 on BET, where it was hosted by actress Nia Long and featured recognitions and musical performances by performers such as SWV, Coko, Raven-Symoné, Keke Palmer, Ruby Dee, Teresa Clarke, Marcelite J. Harris, Iyanla Vanzant, Kelly Price, Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius, Jill Scott, Ledisi, Keri Hilson, Ciara and Missy Elliott, who was previously honored with the "Creative Visionary" award in 2007. The 2015 event took place the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

Series details

• Title: Black Girls Rock!
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2006-10-16
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Lifetime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 123 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 1/10
• TVMaze ID: 11948
• IMDb ID: tt5257608

Cast and credited roles

• Danielle Brooks — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2006: premiered 2006-10-16; final listed air date 2006-10-16; episode order: 1.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-11-07; final listed air date 2010-11-07; episode order: 1.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-11-06; final listed air date 2011-11-06; episode order: 1.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-11-04; final listed air date 2012-11-04; episode order: 1.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-11-03; final listed air date 2013-11-03; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-04-05; final listed air date 2015-04-05; episode order: 1.
• Season 2018: premiered 2018-09-09; final listed air date 2018-09-09; episode order: 1.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-09-08; final listed air date 2019-09-08; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-08-01; final listed air date 2024-08-01; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

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