Planet Groove was a music oriented talk show that premiered in late-1996

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 on BET

Black Entertainment Television

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, when the short-lived Unreal

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was cancelled. This show's hostess was
Rachel

Rachel Stuart

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 (who originally hosted Caribbean Rhythms

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). Like Video Soul

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, the show had a primetime slot, airing from 8PM-10PM (Eastern Time) as a 2-hour long music video program. It also had a Top-20 countdown on Fridays as well.

Hour change/New time

In late 1997

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, the show's time slot was changed to 7PM-9PM (Eastern). 1998

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 saw a decrease in hours, going from two hours to one.

Cancellation

With decrease in popularity, the show was cancelled in 1999

1999 in television

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. Planet Groove was somewhat revived when BET launched 106 & Park

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in 2000

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. 106 & Park is a top-ten video countdown show that airs live every weekday in the U.S.

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 and Japan

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.