BET renewed “ComicView: Rooftop Series” for a second season on Oct. 21 with a 20-episode order, double the 10 episodes of season 1. The season expands from 30 comedians to 60, and Chris “CP” Powell returns as host.
Season 2 Order for ComicView: Rooftop Series
BET announced the renewal in a release that names four veteran comics joining the season 2 lineup alongside rising talent: Affion Crockett, Cocoa Brown, Lavell Crawford and Luenell. Jeru Tillman is executive producer for Southfield Village Entertainment. The series rejoins Comedy Fun Night, BET’s Tuesday night block, and the release gives no premiere date.
Powell said, “Season one was amazing, and this season promises to be even better.” Aisha Summers-Burke, executive vice president and head of creative at BET Studios, said the rooftop proved the audience is still hungry for the show and that no one is better than Powell to hand the new class of comics the mic.
Sixty comedians across 20 episodes works out to three per episode, the same ratio as season 1, which had 30 comedians across 10 episodes. The order doubles the number of episodes and the number of comics without changing the format. If BET airs the new episodes weekly, as it did in season 1, 20 episodes would run 20 weeks, compared with 10 weeks for season 1. BET has not said how it will schedule them.
Season 1 Performance Claims
BET said the first season ranked as cable’s No. 1 new unscripted series among Black viewers this summer, citing Nielsen third-quarter 2026 data. The release also said the show placed among the top 10 TV comedy series in social engagement, citing Talkwalker data for June 30 to Sept. 1 and limited to comedy series. It said the show landed in the top three on YouTube and the top five on Instagram.
The release gives no viewership numbers, no ratings and no list of the series BET compared. The Talkwalker window of June 30 to Sept. 1 matches the season’s run, because a weekly schedule from a June 30 premiere puts the 10th episode on Sept. 1. All of the performance claims come from BET, and the release does not attach the underlying data.
Schedule of Season 1 Episodes
BET’s June 17 announcement set the premiere for Tuesday, June 30, at 9:30 p.m. ET. It described a 10-episode revival in which each episode puts three comedians on a Hollywood rooftop. BET’s episode descriptions cover the first eight weeks. Episode 1, on June 30, featured Kelly Kellz, Learnmore Jonasi and Shuler King. BET said Jonasi celebrated getting his green card, Kellz prepared for marriage and King pitched a plan for Black people to buy Spirit Airlines. Episode 2, on July 7, featured Sydney Castillo, Kalea McNeill and Tony Roberts. Episode 3, on July 14, featured Skeet Carter, Michael Turner and Dominique.
Episode 4, on July 21, featured Ryan Davis, Precious Hall and Barry Brewer. Episode 5, on July 28, featured Leonard Ouzts, Sweet Baby Kita and Kevin Tate. Episode 6, on Aug. 4, featured Darius Bennett, Amir K and Correy Bell. Episode 7, on Aug. 11, featured Tacarra, Darren Fleet and D’Lai, and episode 8, on Aug. 18, featured Mario Hodge, T Barb and Lance Woods. Those eight episodes used 24 comedians, a count from BET’s listing. The listing does not cover episodes 9 and 10, which a weekly schedule puts on Aug. 25 and Sept. 1.
The descriptions show the range of material. Sydney Castillo addressed gun control in episode 2, and Skeet Carter said he likes dating older women in episode 3. Ryan Davis warned about taking too many edibles in episode 4. In episode 6, Correy Bell joked about menopause and Amir K wished he had Black-card privileges. Episode 7 included Tacarra on a cruise-ship bathroom and D’Lai on Las Vegas after a certain age.
Host Chris “CP” Powell’s Credits
BET’s renewal release lists Powell’s recent work. He starred in the BET special “Sunday After Six,” was one of 10 comedians chosen for Netflix’s The Shortlist at the 2026 Netflix Is a Joke Festival, and plays Mac in the Paramount+ original “Diarra From Detroit,” a BET Studios and Khalabo Ink Society production on which he is a writer and guest star.
ComicView’s History on BET
The original “ComicView” premiered in 1992 and launched the careers of D.L. Hughley, Sommore, Cedric the Entertainer and Bruce Bruce, BET said. The series returned in 2024 at Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Weekend and became “ComicView: Rooftop Series.” The 1992 premiere is 34 years before the 2026 renewal, a figure calculated from the dates.
BET Media Group, which includes BET, BET Her, BET Studios and VH1, is part of Skydance TV, a division of Skydance Corporation, according to the release’s boilerplate. The release describes BET Media Group as serving the Black community for more than four decades.
BET’s Tuesday Night Schedule
BET announced three programming moves in eight days. On Oct. 13 it announced Nick Cannon @ Night, a 10-episode weekly late-night conversation series that premiered Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 10 p.m. ET and is produced by Cannon’s Ncredible Entertainment. The same day it set a Nov. 4 premiere for “Church Wives,” a megachurch drama starring and executive produced by Gizelle Bryant, on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET.
“ComicView” aired at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesdays over the summer, 30 minutes before the time slot of the new Cannon series. The renewal release says the series rejoins Comedy Fun Night, BET’s Tuesday night block, but it gives no time slot.
