Chaka Khan will receive the Classic Soul Honor at the 2026 Soul Train Awards, celebrating the singer-songwriter’s influence on R&B. Across her career, which spans more than five decades, Khan helped shape the sound of soul, funk and R&B with her music, including hits like “Tell Me Something Good,” “Sweet Thing,” “Ain’t Nobody,” “I’m Every Woman” and “I Feel for You.” She received 11 Grammys, including the Recording Academy’s Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023 with the Musical Excellence Award. Honoring Chaka is a celebration of the music and cultural legacy that Soul Train has always embodied.” Airing Nov. 27 on BET and CBS, the Soul Train Awards are executive produced by Jesse Collins.
Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay also serve as executive producers, with Jesse Collins Entertainment as the production company for the show. Connie Orlando is the exec producer for BET. National Geographic revealed the trailer for “Expedition: Saving Our Seas,” which premieres Nov. 13.
Narrated by Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana”), the one-hour special showcases the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Ocean Expeditions documenting the impact of rapid environmental change on all five ocean basins. The documentary follows teams of National Geographic explorers investigating the ocean. In the Southern Ocean, three new discoveries surface, including the first-known live sighting of a giant Antarctic gonate squid.
Two teams work to understand the impact of rising temperatures on Pacific Ocean ecosystems. The first deep-sea scientist from the Seychelles dives below the surface of the Indian Ocean. Local students train to measure the Atlantic Ocean’s depth along the Gambian coastline.
A team works to study the Arctic Ocean, warming at four times the rate of the rest of the planet. The documentary is presented by the National Geographic Society in partnership with Rolex and produced by Offspring Films. Katharine Arthy is director.
Executive producers include Sam Hodgson for Offspring Films, Vanessa Serrao and Kaitlin Yarnall for National Geographic Society and Tracy Rudolph Jackson for National Geographic. EST on National Geographic and will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu. Five bonus episodes of “Lot Patrol,” from Manny Halley Productions, will debut on BET on Nov. 3.
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