SAG Awards review: An ad-free show on Netflix YouTube hits all the right notes – GoldDerby

So after just watching the SAG Awards on Sunday night, my first thought is, “Television is way overrated. Let’s put every awards show on streaming.” Seeing as how it worked out with the ceremony running on Netflix’s YouTube Channel, I’m thinking this should be made a permanent arrangement. I mean, I know that after Netflix signed a multiyear partnership last month with SAG-AFTRA to showcase the Screen Actors Guild Awards on the streaming platform itself beginning in 2024 after a quarter-century on TBS and TNT, there was fear that this could mark the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it. Clearly, the trepidation was entirely unjustified. Let’s just say I’m relieved this ceremony will remain in Netflix’s hands for the foreseeable future. I can’t remember the last time I watched such a joyous, smooth, relaxed, celebratory awards show from beginning to end, with nearly no glitches. (Well, except for Mark Wahlberg reading Sarah Polley’s film as being called “Women Are Talking.” Whoops.) The whole thing was so heartfelt that it was easy to get caught up in the raw emotion of the night, which felt like a coming-out party for the Asian American acting community after so
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