As news that will come as no surprise to anyone, the telecast of the Golden Globes awards is now canceled. Not that anyone would have watched it anyone. No stars + No red carpet = No viewers. Really, they should skip the awards every year and just have a celebrity fashion show. Golden Globe winners will be announced on the NBC news instead.
The Globes, originally set to air Sunday, is the first awards-show casualty of the Writers Guild of America strike. Writers announced their intention to picket the show if it were televised, on the grounds that it serves as promotion for studios and a lucrative advertising venue for NBC, which has exclusive rights to broadcast the event. Last week, the Screen Actors Guild announced they would honor the WGA strike by advising their members not to cross picket lines, meaning no celebrity presenters or guests would be present at the ceremony.
NBC, led by President and CEO Jeff Zucker, could have chosen not to broadcast the ceremony, as WGA leaders announced that they wouldn’t picket the show if it were private. According to Finke, NBC wouldn’t allow the HFPA to put on an untelevised awards show, however, arguing that the network was contractually obligated to broadcast any ceremony the HFPA put on.
The possibility remains of delaying the show until after the end of the WGA strike, although Hollywood insiders who spoke with MTV News indicate that the strike might continue well into 2009.
2009? No awards shows or red carpets until 2009? No "Lost?" No "Prison Break?" I think I’m going to renew my subscription to Netflicks.
that really sucks…i love watching award shows…i hope the oscars are saved from this fate!
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