Golden Globes 2024 stay: Awards show sees huge ratings boost with controversial host

The 81^st Annual Golden Globe Awards averaged 9.4 million viewers, up +50 per cent from final yr, in line with Nielsen statistics.

The determine represents the ceremony’s greatest viewers since 2020, the yr earlier than an LA Times investigation n revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting physique) didn’t have a single Black member.

The HFPA dissolved, and the Globes model was purchased by Dick Clark Productions (owned by Penske Media, the mother or father firm of Hollywood commerce publications together with The Hollywood Reporter and Variety). CBS purchased the rights to air the show at a huge low cost and the awards are actually voted on by “more than 300 member journalists from around the world, of whom half are ethnically and racially diverse,” in line with the Globes Foundation.

According to final evening’s information, CBS might be very comfortable with their funding.

At final evening’s joke-free Globes, Barbie took residence simply two awards – Best Original Song and a controversial new class celebrating Best Box Office Achievement, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig in any other case snubbed. Adam White asks what this implies for its award season future

During his opening monologue, Koy appeared nervous however tried to lighten the temper by referencing Swift’s extremely publicised shows of assist for her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce.

“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift… there’s just more to go to here.”

As the digicam switched to a close-up of Swift, she might be seen pursing her lips earlier than taking a sip from her drink, a decidedly icy expression on her face.

Speaking to GMA3 the morning after the ceremony, Koy stated of his internet hosting expertise: “I had fun. You know, it was a moment that I’ll always remember. It’s a tough room. It was a hard job, I’m not going to lie.”

During Sunday’s ceremony, Larson was giving a pink carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight when she instantly began crying. Larson talked about that she was attempting to be “present” on the awards show due to the “legends” that had been round her, till she circled and noticed Jennifer Lopez.

“Oh my God. I can’t, I’m gonna cry,” she instructed the interviewer, as she closed her eyes to cease herself from crying. “I can’t deal with J-Lo.”

“I can’t. I’m gonna cry. I’m gonna cry. I can’t,” the Captain Marvel star stated, earlier than fanning herself and including: “She’s the reason why I wanted to be an actor.”

After enthusiastically arriving on stage, Koy poked enjoyable at topics starting from Oppenheimer ‘s running time through to Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan’s genitalia, earlier than setting his sights on Harry and Meghan.

“It turns out Harry and Meghan Markle were still getting paid millions of dollars for doing absolutely nothing – and that’s just by Netflix,” he instructed the group, who laughed in response. The digicam zoomed in on the streaming service’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, after he cracked the joke. Both Harry and Meghan weren’t current on the ceremony.

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