BET Studios Head Aisha Summers-Burke Adds BET Programming Oversight

September 10, 2026 9:41am

BET is centralizing development under Aisha Summers-Burke, who has been leading BET Studios. She has been named EVP, Head of BET Studios and BET Creative Programming, adding oversight of scripted and unscripted programming for the linear network.

The announcement was just made internally by BET President Louis Carr in a memo, which you can read below. On the network side, Summers-Burke succeeds Tiffany Lea Williams.

Team,

I’m excited to share that Aisha Summers-Burke has been named Executive Vice President, Head of BET Studios and BET Creative Programming, expanding her leadership across our creative organization.
In the new expanded role, Summers-Burke will oversee all creative content for BET’s linear network and will continue to lead BET Studios while overseeing the creative pipeline supplying BET programming to Paramount+.

This is an important evolution for BET. For the first time, our studio and network creative teams will be aligned under one leader, bringing greater connection across development, production and programming, and creating one cohesive creative vision across every screen where BET content lives.
Aisha has been instrumental in building BET Studios since its launch in 2021, when she joined as EVP, Head of Creative. Under her leadership, BET Studios has become a destination for premium content from creators of color and a respected studio within the industry.

Please join me in congratulating Aisha on this well-deserved and significant next chapter. I’m excited about what this means for our creative content and, most importantly, for the stories we will continue to tell and the audiences we will continue to serve.

Best,
Louis