This Week's Program Schedule for Coverage of the Democratic National Convention on BET and BET J

From BET:

The schedule for coverage of the Democratic National Convention on BET and BET J is as follows:

Monday, August 25
• 10 p.m. BET and BET J will air Michelle Obama's speech live. Following the speech, there will be a half-hour of analysis with BET News correspondents, political analysts and special guests from the Pepsi Center.

Tuesday, August 26
• 9 p.m. "WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Top 10 Issues Affecting Black America": Entertainers and political experts weighing in on these topics include Rev. Al Sharpton, Nas, Chuck D, David Banner, Crystal McCrary Anthony, John McWhorter, Boyce Watkins, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Keli Goff, Clay Cane, Rob Stapleton, Donnell Rawlings, Ardie Fuqua, Godfrey, Jina Johnson, Samson, Sharon Carpenter, Staceyann Chin and Keith Boykin.
• 10 p.m. BET will air Sen. Hillary Clinton's speech live. Following the speech, there will be a half-hour of analysis with BET News correspondents, political analysts and special guests from the Pepsi Center.

Wednesday, August 27
• 10 p.m. BET will air Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden's speech live. Following the speech, there will be a half-hour of analysis with BET News correspondents, political analysts and special guests from the Pepsi Center.

Thursday, August 28
• 8:30 p.m. "THE DREAM: 45 YEARS LATER": This special will take an inside look at Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic speech of August 28, 1963 and "his" dream exactly 45 years later as it relates to the 2008's presidential race and this defining moment in history as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States of America.
• 9 p.m. "OBAMA'S JOURNEY TO THE WHITE HOUSE": This special, which first premiered after Obama became the presumptive nominee in June, counts down the top 10 moments of Obama's rise to the Democratic nomination for president.
• 9:30 p.m. "THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON": BET's new weekly talk show will provide special coverage before and after Obama's speech. Johnson and a team of political strategists, special guests and BET News correspondents will provide context and analysis and the latest developments of the Democratic Convention.
• 10 p.m. DNC Nomination Speech: BET and BET J will air Barack Obama's nomination speech live from Invesco Field in its entirety.

Friday, August 29
• 11:00 p.m. "THE TRUTH WITH JEFF JOHNSON"
• 11:30 p.m. "LOCKED OUT: EX-CONS AND THE VOTE": This BET News special takes an in-depth look at voter disenfranchisement.

For more on BET Networks' presidential election coverage, please visit BET's Decision '08 site: www.bet.com/news/decision08.