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December 14, 2008
Timing, Timing, Timing...
Wow… I must have been distracted by all the blood in the streets around here…
BFCA is having its televised awards show on a Thursday night… because, presumably, the Sunday on which people were returning from the holiday vacation or the Monday after seemed ridiculously early.
But I only noticed that after I saw a Golden Globes ad on NBC for January 11. January 11. Uh, January… 11.
Sure, it’s the earliest GG ceremony ever… but to a civilian eye, it might seem like just a few days earlier than years past. I guess last year’s earliest Globes ever (January 13) never really struck me as odd because I was too busy handing Kleenex to HFPA members and press that had already paid for new formal wear.
Year before, when the Globes were on Jan 15, it was the earliest ever too… but was still the top of the third week of January.
But now we are settling into The Globes being the second Sunday in January… no matter how close to the first of the year that is. That's where The People's Choice Awards used to live.
Of course, The Academy times its nomination voting deadline to beat the Globes night, no matter when it is. But The Globes went so early this year that The Academy gave up on that… nominations close the day after The Globes. Of course, 95% of ballots normally have been sent in before then, but who knows… there is no official announcement, so look for The Globes to make a stronger case as an influencer this year.
Anyway… I guess I should have noticed this earlier… but I didn’t. There is something about saying it out loud.
And it does seem, upon writing it, to be minutiae. And it is. But these are the kind of details that do make our little OCD awards season spin on its axis.
Posted by dpoland at December 14, 2008 11:16 PM
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Oddly enough, I remember that, for several years, I could count on two things during the Sundance Film Festival: The Golden Globes during the first weekend, the Super Bowl during the second weekend. Now, one event is earlier, another is later. Again, minutiae. Still...
Posted by: Joe Leydon ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 15, 2008 10:06 AM
LA Times just named a new film critic.
Nope, not one of the many qualified unemployed ones. They moved from within. Film editor Betsy Sharkey is the new #2.
I've never met her and know nothing about her. But I can't wait for DP to opine.
Posted by: LYT at December 15, 2008 02:42 PM
Is she hot?
They should have hired LexG.
Posted by: LexG at December 15, 2008 02:49 PM
That job almost certainly pays less than the one that you have.
Posted by: jeffmcm at December 15, 2008 02:54 PM
Yeah but I'd get to roll with my idol Turan.
Posted by: LexG at December 15, 2008 02:55 PM
What would be the primary concern of AMPAS in trying to schedule around the Golden Globes? Would they really be concerned about the preponderance of the gg having on their voters, both in results and maybe backlash of the gg results or are they trying to protect the image of the integrity of the their awards?
Over the years has there been much of a numbers swing in the lead-up awards as to when they appear on the calendar? If it's a year that NBC or ABC has the Super Bowl, I would think they'd take a shot of moving either the People's Choice or globes to say the Tuesday after the Super Bowl so they could campaign the heck out of that think during their broadcast. As long as they don't do something stupid like move it after the Oscars to where they're totally irrelevant, I wouldn't imagine it really mattering. Early Feb doesn't seem too late.
Posted by: Triple Option at December 15, 2008 02:56 PM
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