
The Golden Globe Awards this year managed to stir up a lot of conversation because of the scalding jokes of host Ricky Gervais. Now the show is in danger of not happening next year because of a lawsuit.
In laying out their proposed schedules for handling the case, lawyers for Dick Clark Productions saw it coming to trial Dec. 1. The press association lawyers thought March 5, 2012, was a more realistic trial date.
But neither date, the association’s lawyers pointed out, would allow “sufficient time to take reasonable commercial steps for the production and distribution of the television broadcast of the 69th annual Golden Globes Awards Show.”
Next year’s show, the association lawyers said, is tentatively planned for Jan. 8 or 15. This year’s broadcast was Jan. 16.
I’m sure they will find out a way to amicably make it work, how do you just not hold an award show after 68 years in a row? I guess it’s possible that the show could get cancelled, but it would be kind of sad. What do you think? Could you live without the Globes?
Source: New York Times