Official 65th Golden Globes: Big Show Cancelled & Replaced By NBC Newscast of Foreign Press Announcing Winners

COMMENTS (34)

• Matt, cancellling the Golden Globes is costing NBC something in the neighborhood of $10 million dollars. That may be a blip on the radar of GE, but GE also isn’t known for loving to lose as much money as possible.

  They haven’t been begging us to make a deal with DCP because they just love Hollywood glamour, it’s because they’re hurting in other areas and would love this cash. If the show goes ahead that’s $10 million more they have to drag this out. Why in the hell would we possibly go along with that?

  And for the record, if SAG were on strike and I were nominated for a Golden Globe, I’d be angry. Angry at the publicists and studio flaks who’d be urging me to cross a picket line to make some stupid speech when I’d rather be out on the picket line showing my support to the community on what really matters. I’m not a two-year-old, and a little statue for me is not more important the livelihood of others. Being in the in crowd and getting tickets to the InStyle party is awesome…I’ll take doing the right thing and being able to look at myself in the mirror.

  If they want this so bad, the second after Zucker drops his hardline stance and signs a reasonable deal that will hugely benefit his network, it’s on, late night’s on, primetime will shortly follow, it’s not rocket science.

  Comment by For real — Monday January 7, 2008 @ 9:03pm PST  Reply to this post

• I support the strike, but if the HFPA had any balls, they’d cancel the Golden Globes entirely. If the actors don’t want to come pick up their statues, then the HFPA shouldn’t give any away — just scrap the whole thing and say, “fine, no Golden Globes this year.”

  Comment by loserthree — Monday January 7, 2008 @ 9:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• “If this was your first nom you would owe the whole thing to your writers/showrunner/creator.
  That’s the whole point.

  The writing is where it all starts.”

  …..and ends, unless you have the rest of the creative team to deliver the goods. Your script and $1.50 buys you a cup of coffee, Period.
  I believe in what the wga is trying to accomplish, but some of its members have an inflated opinion of themselves. Those scripts didn’t get written in a vacuum. and they didn’t miraculously appear on the screen. Control your ego, please.
  Without those Actors,producers and directors (and the rest of the BTL team) to give meaning to your words, you’ve just got a short story with no financial outlet.

  Your an important part of the team, but it is a team effort. Without you, there’s nothing. Without them, your nothing.

  Comment by independant producer — Monday January 7, 2008 @ 9:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• I dont’ know. I’m a viewer, and I do enjoy a good awards show, for a little while at least. But, I don’t think that I would even notice if one wasn’t on, I usually only notice award shows if they are advertised. I dont’ know that cancelling or not cancelling it will make that much of a different to an average viewer.

  Comment by Just an Observer — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 12:49am PST  Reply to this post

• Comment by ReelBusy Matt O’Neill makes some interesting points but I have to argue one of them:

  “If I was an actor and this was my first nomination, I would be angry at the WGA.”

  “”If this was your first nom you would owe the whole thing to your writers/showrunner/creator.
  That’s the whole point. “”

  Wow, and this is the kind of arrogance that turns off the general public. So an up and coming actor should thank thier lucky stars that a writer put an award for thier performance in thier hands?

  You have not only cheapened award shows, but have managed to cheapen the performance of every actor that was up for an award for thier performance. I think you very much missed Matt O’Neil’s point.

  Comment by Chips Down — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 1:10am PST  Reply to this post

• So, Jeff, Honey, –I gotta ask — how’s the whole party line thing working out for you?
  Let’s see, loss of millions in ad revenue, and what’s going to be up opposite Sarah Connor Chronicles on Sunday?
  Yeah.
  I sure hope you at least got dinner and flowers with that.
  I’m just curious, did Nick swear he’d respect you in the morning? And tell you not to listen to that WGA, because THEY don’t love you like he does?
  My Daddy warned me about guys like that.

  Comment by Anon and Anon — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 3:38am PST  Reply to this post

• ReelBusy is RealArrogant.

  Some of you writers need to start thinking of yourselves more as a PART of the process of film/television making and not the brains behind the whole mess– or when you come back to work we (the others of us who collaborate in the process of production) will start throwing things at you.

  Sure, the writing may well be where it all starts, but without us (I am a director of photography, by the way) your work is just words on a page. Get off your high horse before you’re knocked off.

  Comment by btl — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 7:23am PST  Reply to this post

• Proving .. as I always suspected.. that these award shows could truly be accomplished in 60 minutes if they really set their mind to it…….

  Comment by Former Late NIght Staffer — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 9:13am PST  Reply to this post

• I cant wait till the WGA settles this. This is going to effect so many things beyoand weather we get to see our favorite shows. Enetertainment is one of Amercias biggest exports. The studios need to step up to the plate and give the writiers what they deserve.

  Comment by Chris — Tuesday January 8, 2008 @ 1:11pm PST  Reply to this post