BET Networks Picks Up Carl Weber’s The Family Business

BET Networks has acquired Carl Weber’s The Family Business, based on The New York Times best-selling author’s family crime drama novel.

Starring actor and executive producer Ernie Hudson, Carl Weber’s The Family Business was originally developed and produced as an indie film franchise. BET will air it as an eight-parter.

It tells the story of the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens, living fast and luxurious. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life. The series debuts on November 13 at 9 p.m.

“We at Urban Books are excited about our new venture with BET Networks and Tri Destined Studios. We look forward to years of making great film and television productions together,” said Carl Weber, president of Urban Books Media.

“We are so grateful to bring Carl Weber’s acclaimed literary works to our BET family and to empower this level of esteemed diverse talent in front and behind the camera,” added Nikaya D. Brown Jones, CEO of Tri Destined Studios.

Maureen Guthman, senior VP of content strategy at BET Networks, added, “Carl Weber’s The Family Business is gloriously addictive and a prime example of BET’s on-going commitment to telling compelling dramatic, character-driven original stories, anchored in the Black experience. We look forward to our partnership with Tri Destined Studios, Urban Books Media and are thrilled to welcome Carl Weber to the BET family.”