NBC set to pull the plug on Globes telecast? (SAG won't cross line)

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Source: MSNBC

Source says network likely to make announcement this week

MSNBC staff and news service reports
updated 2 hours, 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC engaged in 11th-hour sessions Sunday to try to save the boycott-stricken Golden Globes, but the network apparently is poised to pull the telecast as a result of the Hollywood writers strike.

A source close to NBC told msnbc.com that the network has already made its decision to pull the Golden Globes telecast, and to expect an announcement confirming the telecast cancellation on Tuesday or Wednesday.

“NBC feels that it’s better to have an awards show with no one watching than have a show where no one shows up,” the source told msnbc.com. “They decided this over the weekend, despite saying that they’re still negotiating. Now, what hasn’t been decided is what they’re going to do with all that airtime, and that’s why they haven’t made an announcement yet.”

The HFPA, whose 100-odd members organize the ceremony, is pushing NBC to pull the plug on the broadcast because that will prompt the Writers Guild of America to lift its pickets and enable stars to attend the January 13 event. On Friday, the Screen Actors Guild said its members would not cross picket lines to attend.



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[Snarkturian Clone]

1. I hope they have to pull the plug.

The Golden Globes are COMPLETELY and TOTALLY useless. Even more useless than the Academy Awards. What a coincidence that many of the best picture/best actor/actress noms are all from movies that didn't come out yet when the noms were announced.

[geomon666]

2. Just run last years Golden Globes.

Nobody will know the difference.

[damntexdem]

3. They keep being set to pull the plug.

Why don't they just pull the damn thing?

[AnnieBW]

4. I spoke to a SAG representative today at CES

I'm at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. I get to harass Kevin Martin from the FCC tomorrow about the new media "rules". :D Anyway, I spoke to a young woman who apparently works for SAG. She's not an actress, but a union functionary. I told her to pass along that a lot of people outside of Hollywood approve of their support for the WGA strike. She was happy to hear that. She said that the same issues that the writers are striking over are hitting the actors, too. She seemed to be glad to hear that there was a lot of support in the hinterlands.

[Cha]

5. Oh thanks, Annie!

I support that too..and I, for one, will miss the Golden Globes. I like movies and actors and I like to see them all spiffed up.