Aisha Summers-Burke

Summers-Burke oversees creative content for BET’s linear network while continuing to lead BET Studios and the creative pipeline supplying BET programming to Paramount+. Her work focuses on diverse, inclusive storytelling and developing new writing and producing voices. Under her leadership, BET Studios has built a slate of premium content by creators of colour, with deals involving Kenya Barris, Taraji P Henson, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry. Its first series, Diarra from Detroit, premiered on BET+ in March 2024 and received nominations from the NAACP Image Awards, GLAAD Media Awards and Film Independent Spirit Awards. The studio also executive produced documentary The Debutantes with NBCU News Studios and Westbrook Studios and is involved in Hulu pilot Group Chat, executive produced by Kenya Barris and Kim Kardashian. Previously, Summers-Burke was a creative executive at Warner Bros Television, where she helped secure overall writing and producing