News Broadcasting
BBC Drama bags 10 nominations for Golden Globe Awards
MUMBAI: BBC Drama productions has bagged 10 nominations at the Golden Globe Awards. Bleak House, a BBC/WGBH and Boston/Deep Indigo Production for BBC One, has been nominated in the category of Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television in the Golden Globe Awards.
Gillian Anderson is shortlisted for her role as the captivating Lady Deadlock in the Best Performance by an actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture mde for television.Adapted by writer Andrew Davies, the twice-weekly, 14-part drama has been produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark, asserts an official release.
Gideon’s Daughter, a BBC America/TalkBack production for BBC One, has garnered two acting nominations in the Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television for stars Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt who have been shortlisted in the supporting role category.
Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, Gideon’s Daughter, is a companion piece to Friends and Crocodiles.Tsunami, The Aftermath, a HBO/Kudos Production for BBC Two by writer Abi Morgan, has received three nominations in the Golden Globes. Sophie Okonedo and Chiwetel Ejio for are shortlisted in the Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for television.
Toni Collette has been nominated in the supporting role category. Finally, Heroes, the new series from creator/writer Tim Kring – licensed by the BBC from NBC Universal International Television Distribution – is nominated in two categories: Best Television Series – Drama, and actor Masi Oka is shortlisted for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for television. The series is due to broadcast on BBC Two in 2007.
BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter said, “We’re all delighted that the talent behind our recent drama productions, combined with the best of British acting talent, have earned much deserved presitigious Golden Globe nominations.”
The Golden Globe Awards will be held on 15 January in Los Angeles.
News Broadcasting
News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI:Â Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
