Has anyone considered that the Golden Globes just aren't compelling TV in a GOOD year, and this year they were a complete waste of time (for all of the reasons stated above PLUS the sheer lack of any drunken celebrities)?
On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 12:15:22 PM UTC-5 Adam Bowie wrote: > Even allowing for the fact that I've never understood why the Golden > Globes are remotely considered of interest - any more than, say, my > personal picks of the last year - and even before reading the recent LAT > pieces on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as well as learning that > they are as white as a sheet, I did read that this was the first year for > several years that the ceremony hadn't fallen after an NFL playoff game. > Also, nobody's really heard of many of the films this year because nobody* > has been to the cinema and all the big releases have been pushed. > > I don't doubt there are underlying reasons for awards shows' decline, but > some of those might come into play. > > > Adam > > * I realise that's a gross generalisation, and cinemas may be open where > you live. Personally, I only saw Tenet in a cinema in the last 12 months, > and normally go at least once every couple of weeks on average... > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 5:02 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I largely agree, though I think both you and the CNN piece may be making >> an exaggerated, or at least still premature, obituary, both on awards shows >> and television. Millions of Americans still watch television every day, >> just a lot less than they used to. Even averagely successful broadcast >> shows are still a pretty good way to reach concentrated numbers of eyeballs >> for advertisers. >> >> >> >> On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 8:21 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:11 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Viewership down 60% >>>> >>>> >>>> https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/02/entertainment/golden-globe-ratings/index.html >>>> >>> >>> I was going to post last summer an observation I had about TV: for >>> almost all of my life, the situation of lockdown we were in would have led >>> to amazing ratings for network television. Everyone was stuck in their >>> houses in the evening. Yet if there was a bump in ratings it wasn't enough >>> to draw any attention. I ultimately never wrote it up because there was >>> nothing to interpret from it. We all know the myriad of options and non-TV >>> distractions. >>> >>> But the above story makes my observation from last year relevant. Even >>> if network TV shows draw more viewers than cable TV shows (streaming >>> services don't release their numbers), network TV has become marginal to >>> American culture and changes in ratings are no longer meaningful. People >>> didn't tune in to the Golden Globes for the same reason they don't tune in >>> to network TV every day. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHs4ydFpdDMc7iu84-wtsRe0JOtj9vdJrJn4wTxvRHhpA%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHs4ydFpdDMc7iu84-wtsRe0JOtj9vdJrJn4wTxvRHhpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLdqxDCx-LSUXg27Dxe_6b--Q4huskcf0KREZdAx%2B8wVw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLdqxDCx-LSUXg27Dxe_6b--Q4huskcf0KREZdAx%2B8wVw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2700e610-baa4-4683-aff1-06ef4612b8e4n%40googlegroups.com.
