The annual ceremony has a long history of controversy and questionable practices.
To understand why NBC just canceled its broadcast of the 2022 Golden Globes, you first have to realize that no one ever really understood the Golden Globes in the first place. Presented by the shadowy Hollywood Foreign Press Association since 1944, the annual ceremony has a long history of controversy and questionable practices. In fact, this isn’t even the first time NBC pulled the plug on the ceremony .
The organization’s status quo was not exactly a match for today’s values of diversity and transparency, and the final straw for much of Hollywood came in February when it was revealed the group did not include a single Black member. They’ve promised to change, but few outside the organization have seen any serious evidence of that yet. Netflix, Amazon, and Warner Media announced that they’d boycott the ceremony, and now NBC has gone ahead and pulled the plug on the broadcast for 2022.
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform,” read an NBC statement. “However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”The HFPA started back in 1943 with a pretty legitimate goal.
Although it would take years for the ceremony to become an awards circuit mainstay, it established two traditions straight off the bat. It gave its first awards on January 1st, months before the Oscars. It also went all in that year on a movie calledwhich received trophies for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director. Two months later, the big winner at the Oscars would be a little movie called. The Golden Globes had completely ignored it. The Globes have always made some odd choices.
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