The Golden Globes will begin giving an award to the most effective podcast of the yr

The Golden Globes is increasing past movie and TV with a brand new class. It should dole out an award for the most effective of the yr beginning at subsequent January's ceremony. Organizers informed that the thought was to acknowledge the affect and attain of podcasts throughout the spectrum of leisure.

Six finalists will probably be chosen from the 25 hottest podcasts throughout audio and video codecs (sorry, middle-aged dads who spent lots of of {dollars} on recording gear to grumble about their staff of their basement studios). So it's possible that extra celebrities may seem on the present.

Amy Poehler and Trevor Noah have podcasts which might be among the many 25 largest within the US on Spotify. — the present hosted by actors Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes — is on the checklist too. As such, the most effective podcast award seems like a ploy by the Golden Globes to get extra stars on the present, which might make it fairly humorous if, say, The Day by day received as a substitute.

It seems like an odd transfer for the Golden Globes (which began handing out an award for Cinematic and Field Workplace Achievement final yr) to wade into the podcasting world. Nonetheless, it's good to see a mainstream awards ceremony shining a highlight on podcasts. There are devoted awards exhibits for podcasts, however the Golden Globes is placing them on a much bigger stage.

Different awards exhibits have been refining their class lineups. We'll quickly begin seeing a long-overdue class for . However, it was somewhat disappointing to see the Emmy for short-form animated program final yr because of a drop in submissions.

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