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BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ slides again in second week

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Actor-puppeteer David Rudman, left, and actor-puppeteer Joey Mazzrino during the “PBS Kids Update/Sesame Street 45th Season Anniversary” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Dyllan McGee, left, co-founder of Makers initiative; Kathy Griffin, actress and comedian; Peggy Whitson, NASA astronaut; and Valerie Plame, author and former CIA operations officer, during the “Makers: Women Who Make America” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actress-singer Kristin Chenoweth performs at the tour dinner at Langham Hotel on Jan. 21, 2014, in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actors George Takei, left, Jimmie Walker, Ray Romano, Bob Newhart and Leslie Uggams during the “Pioneers of Television” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actor George Takei during the “Pioneers of Television” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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PBS’ Chief Programming Officer Beth Hoppe and filmmaker Ken Burns during the “Ken Burns’s The Address” panel discussion for PBS.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actress Ava Deluca-Verley, front row left, actress Jenna Elfman, actor J.K. Simmons, actor Eli Baker and actor Lance Kim, executive producer Tucker Cawley (back row left), executive producer D.J. Nash, executive producer Jason Bateman, and executive producer Jim Garavente of the television show “Growing Up Fisher.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive Producer Dee Johnson, left, and actress Connie Britton of the television show “Nashville.”   (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producer and correspondent Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, executive producer Jerry Weintraub, and actor-correspondent Ian Somerhalder during the “Years of Living Dangerously” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producer Aaron Korsh, left, actress Meghan Markle, actor Patrick J. Adams, actor Gabriel Macht, actress Gina Torres, actor Rick Hoffman and actress Sarah Rafferty of the television show “Suits.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Carlton Cuse, executive producer and showrunner of the FX television show “The Strain.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Rapper Method Man of the television show “Chozen.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Co-creator/executive producer Jim Jefferies, left, co-creator/executive producer Peter O’Fallon, co-creator/executive producer Chris Case, actors Dan Bakkedahl and DJ Qualls of the television show “Legit.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producers Amy Holden Jones, left, and Hene Chaiken, actress Kelly Reilly and director Simon Curtis of the television show “The Black Box.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producer and showrunner Howard Gordon, left, executive producer and creator Gideon Raff, actors Adam Rayner, Jennifer Finnigan, Ashraf Barhom, Moran Atias and Justin Kirk of the television show “Tyrant.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producer/writer Noah Hawley, left, executive producer Warren Littlefield, actors Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman and Colin Hanks of the television show “Fargo.”  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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From left: Aaron Guzikowski, Christian Vesper, Bridget Carpenter, Martin Henderson, Nena Rodrigue, Sundance Channel president Sarah Barnett, Tamara Tunie, Julianne Nicholson and Jason Momoa attend TCA Presentation of Sundance Channel’s “The Red Road” at Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Jerod Harris / Getty Images for Sundance Channe)
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From left: Actors Jason Momoa, Martin Henderson, Julianne Nicholson and Tamara Tunie speak onstage during the “Red Road” panel discussion at the AMC/Sundance portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actors Martin Henderson and Julianne Nicholson onstage during “Red Road” panel discussion at the AMC/Sundance portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actor/writer/producer Ray McKinnon and producer Mark Johnson speak during the “Rectify” panel discussion at the AMC/Sundance portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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From left, Creator/writer/executive producer David S. Goyer, and actors Tom Riley, Laura Haddock and Blake Ritson speak onstage during the “Da Vinci’s Demons” panel discussion at the Starz portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actress Laura Haddock during the “Da Vinci’s Demons” panel discussion at the Starz portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper attends the CNN Worldwide All-Star 2014 Winter TCA Party at Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Angela Weiss / Getty Images)
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Anchor Newt Gingrich and Callista Gingrich attend the CNN Worldwide All-Star 2014 Winter TCA Party at Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Angela Weiss / Getty Images)
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From left, “Fashion Fund” finalists Maxwell Osbourne, Dao-Yi Chow and Juan Carlos Obando during the “The Fashion Fund” panel discussion at the Ovation portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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From left, Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer and Amy Poehler attend the “Broad City” panel at the Winter TCA Press Tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Jason Kempin / Getty Images for Viacom)
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Nick Cannon during the “MTV2” panel discussion at the Viacom portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Jason Kempin / Getty Images for Viacom)
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From left, Nick Cannon, Lil Duval and Carly Aquilino during the “MTV2” panel discussion at the Viacom portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Sarah Palin and Sportsman Channel host breakfast during the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Nic Pizzolatto, from left, Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Monaghan, Woody Harrelson and Cary Fukunaga during the “True Detective” panel discussion at the HBO portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014.  (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press)
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Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michelle Monaghan.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Michelle Monaghan and Woody Harrelson.  (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press)
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Actors Richard Madden, left, Conor Leslie, Augustus Prew, Abbie Cornish and Johnny Simmons at the Discovery Channel Klondike TCA reception, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena.  (Bret Hartman / Associated Press Images for Discovery)
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Abbie Cornish from “Klondike” holds a puppy during the Discovery Communications TCA panel.  (Bret Hartman / Associated Press Images for Discovery)
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Clockwise from top left: Actor Simon Cellan Jones, director and actor Augustus Prew, actor Tim Roth and actor Sam Shepard speak during the Discovery Channel’s “Klondike” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Discovery Channel’s EVP of development and production, Dolores Gavin, and “Klondike’s” Johnny Simmons during the Discovery Channel “Klondike” reception.  (Bret Hartman / Associated Press Images for Discovery)
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John Oliver during HBO’s “John Oliver” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Director-executive producer Ryan Murphy, left, co-executive producer-actor Mark Ruffalo and actress Julia Roberts speak during HBO’s “The Normal Heart” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Creator executive producer/actress Lena Dunham, from left, and actresses Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Allison Williams during HBO’s “Girls” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actresses Dania Ramirez and Roselyn Sanchez during Lifetime’s “Devious Maids” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Executive producer Glen Morgan, left, and actors Chloe Sevigny and James D’Arcy during Lifetime’s “Those Who Kill” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actors David Oyelowo and Keke Palmer during the “The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards” nominations announcement at the TV One portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Assn. tour at the Langham Hotel on Jan. 9, 2014, in Pasadena.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actors Jonathan Groff and Frankie J. Alvarez during HBO’s “Looking” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Actors Kristen Wiig and Tobey Maguire during the “The Spoils of Babylon” panel discussion.   (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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U.S. Marine Corps World War II veteran William Steele Sr., from left, Vietnam War veteran John Ligato, U.S. Army Iraq War veteran Perfecto Sanchez and executive producer of the Military Channel Max Culhane speak onstage during the “Against the Odds” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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U.S. Marine Corps World War II veteran William Steele Sr. wipes his eyes during the “Against the Odds” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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Billy Brown during Animal Planet’s “Alaska Bush Family” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
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“Deadline: Crime” host Tamron Hall, from left, NBC News’ Peacock Productions President and general manager Sharon Scott and Internet safety and awareness advocate and project founder Alicia Kozakiewicz speak onstage during the “Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall” panel discussion.  (Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)
By Greg Braxton
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BET’s first original scripted drama, “Being Mary Jane,” may be a solid performer for the network, but its initial ratings have not been encouraging.

The second episode of the series, which stars Gabrielle Union as a successful cable news personality with a messy personal and family life, attracted 2.8 million viewers Tuesday, according to Nielsen -- a drop of more than 15% from the premiere episode, which drew 3.3 million viewers.

The debut installment had already dropped from the more than 4 million viewers who tuned in to the show’s movie-length pilot, which aired last May.

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The series was created by Mara Brock Akil (“The Game”) and is directed by her husband Salim Akil.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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