The awards show was not aired in 2022 because the organization behind it, the HFPA, was criticized for a lack of diversity and ethics. After a year’s hiatus, the 2023 Golden Globe Awards will return to NBC, several senior sources briefed on the plan told .
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the embattled organization of non-US journalists and photographers behind the Golden Globes, came under fire just before the ceremony in 2021 when a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times revealed that the HFPA did not do so at the time, included all blacks among its then 87 members and had engaged in unethical behavior and shady financial practices. The resulting uproar led to numerous Hollywood constituencies, including a large contingent of Hollywood advertisers boycotted the HFPA (Tom Cruise even returned the three Globes they awarded him), prompting NBC to refuse to broadcast a Globes ceremony in 2022.
Historically, the Globes have been held on a Sunday in January, but the first Sunday in January 2023 is New Year’s Day; the second is January 8, the final day of the NFL regular season, which puts it at odds with NBC Sunday Night Football; And the thirdit’s January 15th when the Critics Choice Awards have already made their claim, hence the change to a Tuesday. NBC and HFPA officials declined to comment on the story. The Globes’ return to network television marks a victory, albeit a controversial one. For Todd Boehly, the sports and entertainment mogul who has served as interim CEO of the HFPA since October 2021 and whose investment firm Eldridge Industries bought the HFPA in July and took ownership of Dick Clark Productions, the Globes’ longtime producer. , by MRC in August.
Eldridge Industries also has a financial interest in Cain International, which has an interest in The Beverly Hilton Hotel, the sitewhich houses the Globes, and at THR, which is owned by Penske Media.
