The Golden Globes crowned a new galaxy of television stars on Sunday, honouring a slew of shows in their first season and leaving old favourites out in the cold, reports Reuters. Psychological thriller “Homeland” won best TV drama series and best actress for Claire Danes in her role as a suspicious bipolar CIA agent. Only “Modern Family” retained its Golden Globe trophy from last year. Actor Kelsey Grammer took home the best drama actor trophy and Jessica Lange was honoured for her supporting role in “American Horror Story”.
New comedies
The Golden Globes also shed light on new comedies. Matt LeBlanc won the Golden Globe for playing a version of Joey in the TV industry satire “Episodes”. Laura Dern was a surprise best comedy actress winner for HBO’s little-watched “Enlightened,” while Britain’s “Downtown Abbey” was a popular winner of best TV mini-series.
Viewership off slightly
All the hype surrounding British comedian Ricky Gervais’s return to host Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards failed to boost the TV audience. The star-studded Hollywood awards ceremony lured 16.8 million total viewers to the telecast. That was a slight dip from the 17 million who tuned in last year when Gervais ruffled feathers in the audience.
Ricky Gervais boring?
Gervais promised not to hold back when it came to jokes about some of the ‘wealthiest most privileged people in the world. But his performance as host of the Golden Globes left many critics underwhelmed. Writers for many of the US magazines and newspapers described the British comedian as ‘boring, ‘tame’ and ‘restrained’, reports dailymail.co.uk
Legal battles
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, in a lawsuit has accused the award show’s TV producer, Dick Clark Productions, of violating their partnership by signing a long-term contract with NBC without its approval reports latimes.com. At issue is a 2010 deal that Dick Clark Productions made with NBC to keep the Golden Globes on the network through 2018. That deal, worth about $150 million, was to go into effect starting with this year’s show.
(Additional information from latimes.com and dailymail.co.uk)
Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2012.
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