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NBC announced on Monday that it will not broadcast the 2022 Golden Globe Awards following months of criticism around the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform,” NBC said in a statement. “However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”
Representatives for the HFPA and the Golden Globes didn’t immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ requests for comment.
The news about NBC not airing next year’s Golden Globes comes after Netflix, Amazon Studios, and WarnerMedia announced they’re boycotting the HFPA until it implements concrete and meaningful change. The organization has been in the spotlight for months since the Los Angeles Times published investigations into its inner workings in February. The investigations have shed light on an alleged culture of corruption at the HFPA and reported that in the fiscal year ending in June 2020, its members took home nearly $2 million in payments for committees and other tasks. The LA Times also reported that the organization has a stark lack of diversity; among its 87 members, the HFPA includes no Black journalists. The awards' nominees and winners are overwhelmingly white.