We need to take a look at the people at the top that promotes and puts the show togther. I believe those running the show are very white like and not black music historians. First of all, Leslie Jones is not funny. She's the type of comic white people like. We laugh at her- not with her. That's not funny or the move. Also, all throughout promoting the awards, not once did I hear it advertised that New Edition were to receive the life achievement award and would be performing. Any true black music historian/ fan would have tuned in to watch NE alone. It's safe to say, the folks at the top needs to be replaced. They dropped the ball and they're part of the generation that's allowing the soul to die. Hip hop is the only thing that's being pushed. R&B isn't being promoted. But R&B is where the staying power is. It's being replaced by hip hop and a bland version of R&B. It's always mentioned that 75%+ of rap music is purchased by whites. That mentality has infiltrated BET and modern black radio....and not in a good way. How else could you explain DJ Khaled closing the show.