The Golden Globes averaged 9.3 million viewers for CBS on Sunday evening, down modestly from final 12 months, in response to Nielsen.
The excellent news for the Globes is that the awards present, on life assist not way back, managed to cease the bleeding. Final 12 months’s ceremony drew 9.4 million viewers, the primary 12 months it was broadcast on CBS.
However the rankings are a far cry from the Globes viewers of about 20 million viewers it drew in 2010. Scores for the Globes plummeted following the pandemic and a collection of self-inflicted scandals that almost killed the occasion totally.
The Globes additionally had some nice competitors on Sunday. NBC aired the “Sunday Evening Soccer” regular-season finale between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, which drew greater than 25 million viewers, Nielsen stated.
The awards present’s slight decline contrasts with rankings for different main reside occasions, that are usually up. The Oscars have had three consecutive years of viewership progress, as has the Grammys. (Each will likely be put to the check once more quickly—the Grammys air on CBS on Feb. 2 and the Oscars return on ABC on March 2.) Viewership additionally elevated for the Emmys in September.
Critics gave excessive marks to the telecast on Sunday. New York Instances critic Jason Zinoman praised host Nikki Glaser for her “star monologue” and Selection said the present has regained its “chaotic glory”. Evaluations have been considerably higher than final 12 months’s present, when critics panned the occasion and present host Jo Coy.
Globes voters handed out awards to a lot of movies on Sunday, however “The Brutalist” and “Emilia Perez” took prime honors. The TV awards have been comparatively noisy, with “Shogun,” “Hacks” and “Child Reindeer” taking prime honors, simply as they did on the Emmys in September.
Winners and presenters he avoided third-rail political topics on Sunday, together with the incoming Trump administration, a departure from earlier Globes ceremonies.
The Nielsen rankings weren’t made accessible to the general public Monday, as is commonplace protocol after a serious reside occasion. Sometimes, the networks order advance Nielsen rankings for a payment the day after a reside occasion after which launch the numbers (and attempt to spin them positively) themselves.
However Paramount, CBS’s father or mother firm, has been slowed down for months contractual dispute with Nielsen, the trade’s long-standing supplier of rankings knowledge. CBS now not has entry to Nielsen’s rankings knowledge, and Nielsen offered the ultimate numbers to its current prospects Tuesday morning.
On Monday evening, CBS and Dick Clark Productions, the occasion’s producer, launched knowledge measured by VideoAmp, a Nielsen competitor. CBS and Dick Clark Productions stated 10.1 million folks watched the Globes, citing VideoAmp and its personal knowledge.
