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As if the glitz and glamor of award season isn’t chaotic sufficient, a bevy of things are contributing to the 2024 cycle wanting like a scheduling nightmare dressed up in excessive heels and shimmering robes.
Essentially the most evident issue affecting change this yr is the historic twin Hollywood strikes of 2023, which notably resulted within the Emmy Awards being delayed and rescheduled for eight days after the Golden Globes this month. Plus, there are some widespread class modifications, eligibility window caveats, and, in fact, the Globes’ second try at a rebirth after a scandal that quickly drove the showcase TV.
It’s loads to absorb however concern not, we’re right here to assist clarify all of it in order that your award season viewing is rolled out like a crimson carpet.
Golden Globes’ facelift
The Golden Globe Awards and the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation (HFPA) – the small group of worldwide journalists who made up the Globes’ voting physique – have undergone a serious overhaul following the 2021 variety and ethics scandal first reported by the Los Angeles Instances that rocked the group. After going off the air in 2022 and returning to a televised format in 2023 with traditionally low ratings, the 2024 ceremony is promising extra change.
To begin, there’s a brand new voting physique after Dick Clark Productions (DCP) and Eldridge acquired the rights to the Globes, successfully dissolving the HFPA’s membership following a turbulent couple of years because the group tried to deal with the problems uncovered in 2021. The telecast additionally has a brand new broadcast dwelling on CBS after years on NBC, plus some new classes and normal restructuring (extra on that beneath). Comic Jo Koy is about to host Sunday’s occasion.
Class modifications
A part of the Globes’ overhaul consists of some technical changes to the ceremony itself. The present will notably function two new classes: Cinematic and field workplace excellence and finest efficiency by a stand-up comedian on tv, the place extra widely-seen content material can have a possibility to shine. With the addition of those new classes, the presentation of the Cecil B. DeMille and Carol Burnett lifetime achievement awards are being minimize.
It’s price noting, although, that regardless of the brand new parts, the Globes nonetheless haven’t labored out the kinks on the best way they categorize motion pictures, splitting the highest prize between drama and musical or comedy. That produced “musical or comedy” nominations for Netflix’s “May December,” which left lots of people scratching their heads.
On prime of all the things else, the Emmys have made some modifications that would shake up their presentation, with “Final Week Tonight With John Oliver,” which has received the late night time class for seven consecutive years, being reclassified into the identical bracket as “Saturday Evening Stay.” The transfer probably opens the door for a nightly present – like “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” or “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” – to be acknowledged.
Rescheduled dates
Even earlier than members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike in Could and July, respectively, January traditionally is a busy award season month, with the Golden Globes and the Critics Selection Awards kicking off the weeks-long run-up to the Oscars. As a result of strikes, nonetheless, the 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards will now be held on January 15 after it was postponed from its typical September slot. The Emmys had been final postponed in 2001 attributable to 9/11.
The Artistic Arts Emmys, honoring principally technical areas but additionally some packages and performers, can be held on January 6 and seven after they, too, had been rescheduled as the results of the strikes. And since January isn’t busy sufficient in spite of everything of that, the Critics Selection Awards can be held on January 14, the day earlier than the Primetime Emmys.
Eligibility home windows
Given the Emmy’s four-month delay and their eligibility window being June 1, 2022 by way of Could 31, 2023, among the reveals nominated can be getting acknowledged for various seasons on the Emmys and the Golden Globes.
This implies viewers will see Season 1 of “The Bear” being acknowledged on the Emmys whereas Season 2 can be acknowledged on the Globes. Identical cope with “Solely Murders within the Constructing,” which can see recognition for Season 2 on the Emmys and Season 3 on the Globes.
The Hollywood function that’s arduous to fill
The Oscars, Globes and Emmys have all secured their hosts – but it surely wasn’t simple. Jimmy Kimmel is returning to host the Oscars for the fourth time, and the Emmys went with Anthony Anderson, who conveniently is internet hosting a brand new recreation present on Fox, the community airing them.
The Globes had a more durable time with their search earlier than locking in Koy. CNN beforehand reported {that a} seek for a number was nonetheless underway in early December when the Globes introduced their nominations, and that comedic expertise similar to Chris Rock, Ali Wong and actors and “SmartLess” podcast hosts Will Arnett, Sean Hayes and Jason Bateman all turned down presents to host the ceremony earlier than Koy signed on.