BET's hit reality show College Hill debuts its fourth season tonight

(March 5, 2007) The most successful reality franchise in BET’s history returns for its fourth season on a new night -- Tuesday, March 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT -- with a special one-hour premiere, featuring two back-to-back half-hour episodes. Produced by Edmonds Entertainment and BET, the show’s episodes were shot at the University of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, V.I.

This season's 15 all-new episodes feature a cast of eight students: four of them are transfers from Los Angeles, and four are Virgin Islanders. College Hill was cable's number one returning original series of 2006 among black households and posted a 15% increase over the second season's record-setting performance, averaging over a million viewers for each premiere.

"I was very proud of College Hill 3, which had the best ratings and best viewer response of the series," said Reginald Hudlin, BET President of Entertainment. "But I can say College Hill 4 takes it to another level. It is truly outrageous!"

"When we started College Hill, we wanted to explore the African American experience through the eyes of college students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities," said Executive Producer Tracey Edmonds. "In this fourth season, we wanted to see how geography and culture affects that experience. It was fascinating to see how their interactions with each other either validated or contradicted their own presuppositions. It definitely made for an exciting season and an interesting case study in human relations."

"We're very proud of this franchise," said Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, VP of Development and Executive in Charge of Production for the series. "This season we definitely had our fair share of fun, but we also opened up a necessary dialogue about the differences and similarities among Black youth across cultures."


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