Salim and Mara Brock Akil, executive producers of The Game, have signed a multiyear production deal with BET, Shadow and Act reports. It’s not hard to see why BET would want to hang on to these two.

Mara Brock Akil will receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards, set to take place on Feb. 28 at the Fairmont Century City Plaza in Los Angeles, California.

*Oprah Winfrey has tapped “The Game” and “Being Mary Jane” creator Mara Brock Akil and her husband, writer-director Salim Akil, for a new series on OWN titled “Love Is ____,” set to debut in 2018.

The premiere of “The Game” was so successful for BET, drawing 7.7 million viewers, that BET has announced a multi-year programming deal with its executive producers, Salim and Mara Brock Akil. In ...