As expected, Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony has been scrapped and will now be replaced by an hour-long press conference which will air on NBC at 9pm. The winners will be announced, with clips of the stars shown from parties.

According to Variety, only journalists will be in attendance at the news conference and the writers picket lines are expected to form outside of the Beverly Hilton.

This is the expected line-up for Sunday’s proceedings according to Nikki Finke’s sources…

At 7 PM, we will air a Dateline with clips and interviews with nominees. (Currently scheduled to air for two hours on Saturday night.)

At 8 PM, we are negotiating with Dick Clark Enterprises for a one-hour retrospective/clip show.

At 9 PM there will be a press conference covered by NBC News announcing the Golden Globe winners. (9pm-10pm)

At 10 PM, we will broadcast an “Access Hollywood” style, Golden Globes party show…visiting the various parties in Hollywood

Full article on the matter HERE

Remember, the Oscar nominations are to be announced next week and the silence over the plans for that ceremony will have to be broken soon.