NBC will air the Globes, no one will show up, so no one will watch it…
By fred | January 5, 2008
Funny thing about NBC : they’re stupid.
As you probably know already, most awards shows are in jeopardy still, because with only a few exceptions (like the ISA Awards) they all will have no writers, and most likely, or certainly, writers will be there on the picket lines.
And of course, if there are picket lines there won’t be no celebrities, and we all know the reason of the success of such shows are the famous actors & actresses showing on on the red carpet and on stage. If there’s no one (but some DB moguls) to show up, no one will care really, and no will will watch. But that doesn’t seem to stop NBC…
As reported earlier, Dick Clark Productions, producers of the Golden Globes for NBC, tried to work out a deal with the WGA in the same way Letterman did. But that was unsuccessful, leading Dick Clark Productions to released a statement of their disappointed that “the WGA has refused to bargain with us in good faith“.
Meanwhile, the Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg sent out this statement, indicating that the all members of the SAG are unanimous : they won’t cross picket lines, they will not show up for the Globes. They also remind everyone that only Letterman and Ferguson are late night shows where it’s good to be at (for now).
After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA picket lines to appear on the Golden Globe Awards as acceptors or presenters. We applaud our members for this remarkable show of solidarity for striking Writers Guild of America writers.
We have also been asked about our position regarding network talk shows. We urge our members to appear on the two programs that have independent agreements with the WGA, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. However, actors who are asked to appear on the struck network talk shows will have to cross WGA picket lines, creating the same situation that has led to the consensus among actors to skip the Golden Globes.
As I have said since this strike began on November 5th, we must stand united with our brothers and sisters at the WGA.
Patric Verrone, president of the WGA West, quickly issued a statement in response :
We are grateful to our brothers and sisters in SAG for their continued solidarity and support. The entire awards show season is being put in jeopardy by the intransigence of a few big media corporations. We urge the conglomerates to return to the bargaining table they abandoned and negotiate a fair and reasonable deal with writers to put this town back to work.
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