The TV community introduced on Tuesday that it's bringing the awards ceremony again to its airwaves on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, as The Hollywood Reporter solely reported again in August that it will, after conserving it off the air this yr within the aftermath of a scathing Los Angeles Instances exposé in regards to the Hollywood International Press Affiliation.
The Golden Globe Awards are formally returning to NBC for the eightieth version of the awards ceremony.
The TV community introduced on Tuesday that it's bringing the awards ceremony again to its airwaves on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 — as The Hollywood Reporter solely reported again in August that it will — “as a part of a one-year settlement, which permits the HFPA and dcp to discover new alternatives for home and world distribution throughout quite a lot of platforms sooner or later.”
In different phrases, it seems, after conserving the Globes off the air this yr within the aftermath of a scathing Los Angeles Instances exposé in Feb. 2021 in regards to the group of journalists behind the Globes, the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, NBC’s affiliation with the Globes will finish after the 2023 ceremony, apparently the results of a renegotiation of a 2018 deal whereby NBC was contracted to pay the HFPA and dcp some $60 million per yr to broadcast the ceremony by means of 2026.
The Globes have traditionally taken place on a Sunday in January, however the first Sunday in January 2023 is New Yr’s Day; the second is Jan. 8, which is the final day of the NFL’s common season, which poses a battle with NBC Sunday Night time Soccer; and the third is Jan. 15, on which the Critics Selection Awards have already staked their declare — therefore the change to a Tuesday.
“We acknowledge the HFPA’s dedication to ongoing change and look ahead to welcoming again the Golden Globes to NBC for its landmark eightieth anniversary in January 2023,” Frances Berwick, NBCUniversal Tv and Streaming’s chairman of leisure networks, mentioned in an announcement.
“We're thrilled to announce the return of the Golden Globe Awards on NBC and to internet hosting the ‘Celebration of the Yr’ for audiences all over the world who've been ready for its return,” added HFPA president Helen Hoehne. “It’s nice to be again on the Beverly Hilton for the must-see celebration recognizing the perfect in movie and tv. The HFPA stays dedicated to essential modifications and supporting packages which prioritize range, inclusion, and transparency. See you on January 10!”
The assertion additionally supplied the next timetable for the eightieth Golden Globes:
- Monday, November 7, 2022: Deadline for Movement Image and Tv Submissions
- Monday, December 12, 2022: Nominations Introduced
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023: Reside Broadcast of the eightieth Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Feb. 2021 Los Angeles Instances reporting revealed that the HFPA at the moment included zero Black individuals amongst its then 87 members and had engaged in unethical conduct and suspect monetary practices. The ensuing uproar led quite a few Hollywood constituencies, together with a big contingent of Hollywood publicists, to boycott the HFPA (Tom Cruise even returned the three Globes that he had been awarded), and prompted NBC, which had broadcast the Globes yearly since 1996, to say no to air the ceremony in 2022, declaring in an announcement, “We proceed to consider that the HFPA is dedicated to significant reform. Nevertheless, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we really feel strongly that the HFPA wants time to do it proper.”
The HFPA shortly started passing main reforms — amongst them, banning members from accepting presents and eradicating a cap on new member additions, which enabled it to add 21 new members, six of them Black — however roughly one-quarter of its personal members voted in opposition to the modifications, whereas a few others questioned the group’s sincerity and resigned. Furthermore, not one of the incumbent members have been weeded out of the group by the implementation of what have been marketed as stricter accreditation requirements.
The HFPA additionally rubbed many the incorrect approach by forging forward with a 2022 Globes ceremony; ultimately, the Jan. 9 gathering wasn’t attended by any expertise or broadcast in any approach. And in March, Sunshine Sachs, the HFPA’s longtime PR agency, stop, following a range and inclusion adviser and disaster PR vet out the door.
Greater than a year-and-a-half after the L.A. Instances exposé, many in Hollywood nonetheless regard the HFPA as ethically shady. Eyebrows have been raised when it got here to gentle that funding agency Eldridge Industries’ acqusition of the HFPA in July wouldn't solely end result within the group changing right into a for-profit entity (with a separate nonprofit entity for philanthropic efforts) but in addition that HFPA members will henceforth be paid an annual wage of $75,000, and that a big group of non-member journalists may even be invited to forged Globes ballots (with a purpose to enhance the range of the voting pool) however will likely be paid nothing.
Nonetheless, quite a lot of individuals on the town, together with a faction of the coalition of publicists that led the cost in opposition to the HFPA in 2021, have softened their place and wish to get again to enterprise as normal. One cause, to make sure: The Globes telecast, which is often the highest-rated awards present of the movie awards season previous to the Oscars, financially boosts a lot of their Oscar-hopeful tasks and folks.
The Globes returning to community TV marks a serious win — nonetheless controversial — for Eldridge Industries chief Todd Boehly, the sports activities and leisure mogul who has served as interim CEO of the HFPA since October 2021. After shopping for the HFPA, he additionally assumed possession of Dick Clark Productions, the longtime producer of the Globes, from MRC on Aug. 5. And Eldridge additionally has a monetary stake in Cain Worldwide, which has an curiosity within the Beverly Hilton resort, the venue that hosts the Globes, and in THR, which is owned by Penske Media.