UPDATED 1/19; Initially revealed 1’8: CBS can breathe a sigh of aid.
The Golden Globes seems to be on the up and up, with 9.4M reside + same-day viewers tuning in to observe the 81st annual ceremony, up 50% from 2023’s present, in keeping with early Nielsen information. This quantity is prone to go up barely when closing numbers are in.
UPDATE: In Nielsen’s time zone-adjusted quick nationals, together with Out-of-Dwelling scores, the Sunday viewers for the present reached 10 million. Moreover, the proprietary reside streaming platform of Deadline mum or dad Penske Media amassed greater than 6 million extra views in its first 24 hours throughout websites together with Deadline.
That’s a win for CBS and for the Globes after the award present attracted its lowest viewers ever final yr on NBC. The elevated viewers is probably going due partly to the truth that the ceremony was moved again to Sunday, after airing on a Tuesday in 2023. The telecast additionally benefitted from being led in by a giant NFL doubleheader, which certainly boosted scores.
Sunday night time’s telecast additionally managed to surpass 2021’s viewers of 6.9M. Although, this yr’s viewers nonetheless couldn’t maintain a candle to the 18.3M who tuned in for the 2020 present.
That was the final telecast earlier than the awards present got here underneath fireplace for revelations a few lack of variety and allegations of impropriety throughout the HFPA, the group that beforehand awarded the Globes however was disbanded final yr. This was the primary Globes handy out awards underneath its new governing physique.
The Golden Globes can also be not the one award present to see a decline in viewership over the past a number of years. The 74th Emmy Awards additionally hit an all-time low in 2022 with 5.92M viewers. Although the Oscars almost touched 20M viewers final yr, that telecast can also be drastically down from the 40M who used to tune in throughout the previous decade.
Awards have been handed out Sunday to Cillian Murphy, took Greatest Male Actor in a Movement Image Drama for Oppenheimer after Christopher Nolan received Greatest Director for the pic. Common’s historic epic additionally received Male Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, and the pic’s Ludwig Göransson took Unique Rating. Lily Gladstone made historical past together with her first profession nomination and win, and Poor Issues managed an upset within the Greatest Movement Image Musical or Comedy class. Learn the complete winners listing right here.
Nellie Andreeva contributed to this report.
