NBC Not Airing 2022 Golden Globes Amid HFPA Controversy | THR News - video Dailymotion

NBC has dumped the annual awards show from its schedule next year following widespread criticism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

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00:00It's official. NBC will not air the Golden Globes next year. The decision follows months

00:04of criticism of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a lack of diversity among

00:08its members as well as ethical lapses. NBCUniversal released a statement Monday that read,

00:14We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However,

00:18change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time

00:22to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization

00:28executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.

00:33The move comes despite the HFPA announcing a slew of potential reforms last week aimed at addressing

00:38its lack of diversity and other ethics issues. But those reforms were slammed for not going far

00:43enough and called, quote, window-dressing platitudes by Time's Up. They also prompted three high-profile

00:48studios, Netflix, Amazon, and WarnerMedia, to distance themselves from the HFPA. A group of

00:54100 publicity firms likewise said they would, quote, continue to refrain from any HFPA-sanctioned

00:59events until more meaningful reform was made. Hollywood stars like Tom Cruise have also taken a

01:04stance amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the HFPA. Cruise returned his three Golden Globe

01:09statues. Plus, Scarlett Johansson, who has been nominated for four Golden Globe awards, urged

01:14Hollywood to take a step back from the HFPA. While Golden Globe winner Mark Ruffalo recently

01:19offered in a statement, now is the time to step up and right the wrongs of the past. The HFPA has

01:24been under fire since it was revealed in a Los Angeles Times piece in February that its organization

01:29had no black journalists among its 87 members. For the latest updates on this story, go to THR.com.

01:35For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.