NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix rode the hunger for TV content during a year of pandemic viewership to a dominant showing at the Golden Globe nominations.
The streaming giant scooped up 20 small-screen nods — nearly three times as many as its closest competitor, HBO, and beating the 17 TV nominations it got last year. By one estimate, Netflix will spend about $19 billion on video content in 2021.
“Most folks with their business have one of two things — they have quantity or they have quality. Netflix has both. So naturally they’re going to get more nominations,” said Dan Rayburn, a principal analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
A year after traditional broadcast networks were completely shut out in all nominations, NBC was the lone broadcaster represented.