Viewership for Hollywood awards shows is plummeting. Hosts Janice Min, Tatiana Siegel and Sean McNulty survey the rocky terrain that’s led to the Golden Globes’s shaky one-year NBC deal (far less than its once-$60 million a year license fee), and prompted the Academy’s new Hail Mary efforts to remake the Oscars (and red carpet) for ABC. “There’s no way now they’re getting $100 million a year [today],” McNulty says. In a season where Avatar 2, Steven Spielberg, Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis are in the mix, the shows are throwing everything against the wall to remain culturally relevant — with streamers likely their next home. The team also unpacks Amazon’s Thursday Night Football numbers (9:41), Apple Music’s Super Bowl steal (6:30), and Spielberg’s Toronto audience award with The Fabelmans (42:25).
I find your commentators out of touch and over confidently ill-informed especially regarding black creatives, their work and their impact.
Not only was BLACK PANTHER “in the running” for a nomination for Best Picture, it WAS nominated for BEST PICTURE — the FIRST “super hero” film ever nominated.
And no one corrected the host who was CLEARLY wrong.
I’m tapping out. This was last of one too many moments where I’ve felt the hosts be condescendingly dismissive or just plain loud and wrong. Out of touch, out of step.