Golden Globes broadcast to return to NBC in 2023

LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 (Reuters) – NBC will resume its dwell broadcast of the Golden Globe awards for movie and tv in January 2023, the community mentioned on Tuesday,citing organizers’ steps to deal with ethics and a scarcity of diversityamong voters.

The Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O) community mentioned it had dedicated to airing the present for one yr as a part of an settlement with the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation (HFPA), the group that palms out the awards. The Jan. 10 present additionally will stream on Peacock.

NBC had canceled its January 2022 airing of the annual ceremony, and main Hollywood studios and actors boycotted the occasion, following a backlash over moral lapses among the many organizers, the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation.

A Los Angeles Instances investigation revealed in February 2021 discovered the HFPA had no Blacks amongst its 89 members and raised long-standing questions concerning the habits of its journalist members, who have been accused of soliciting favors from celebrities and film studios.

The HFPA responded with a broad vary of measures, together with new ethics tips and the addition of latest members and non-member voters.

The group admitted 103 new voters from 62 nations exterior of the USA, bringing the full voters to 200.

In response to NBC, the full Golden Globe Awards voting physique is now 52% feminine and 51.5% racially and ethnically numerous, with members who’re 19.5% Latino, 12% Asian, 10% Black and 10% Center Jap.

“We acknowledge the HFPA’s dedication to ongoing change and look ahead to welcoming again the Golden Globes to NBC,” Frances Berwick, chairman of NBCUniversal Leisure Networks, mentioned in a press release.

Nominations for the 2023 awards can be introduced on Dec. 12.

After 2023, Globes organizers can pursue different distribution alternatives, NBC mentioned.

Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Enhancing by Rosalba O’Brien and Richard Chang

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