Golden Globes 2024 live: 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 last year, according to Nielsen statistics.

The figure represents the ceremony’s biggest audience since 2020, the year before an LA Times investigation n revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single Black member.

The HFPA dissolved, and the Globes brand was bought by Dick Clark Productions (owned by Penske Media, the parent company of Hollywood trade publications including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety). CBS bought the rights to air the show at a huge discount and the awards are now voted on by “more than 300 member journalists from around the world, of whom half are ethnically and racially diverse,” according to the Globes Foundation.

According to last night’s data, CBS will be very happy with their investment.

At last night’s joke-free Globes, Barbie took home just two awards – Best Original Song and a controversial new category celebrating Best Box Office Achievement, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig otherwise snubbed. Adam White asks what this means for its award season future

During his opening monologue, Koy seemed nervous but attempted to lighten the mood by referencing Swift’s highly publicised displays of support 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 camera switched to a close-up of Swift, she could be seen pursing her lips before taking a sip from her drink, a decidedly icy expression on her face.

Speaking to GMA3 the morning after the ceremony, Koy said of his hosting experience: “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 red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight when she immediately started crying. Larson mentioned that she was trying to be “present” at the awards show because of the “legends” that were around her, until she turned around and saw Jennifer Lopez.

“Oh my God. I can’t, I’m gonna cry,” she told the interviewer, as she closed her eyes to stop 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 said, before fanning herself and adding: “She’s the reason why I wanted to be an actor.”

After enthusiastically arriving on stage, Koy poked fun at subjects ranging from Oppenheimer ‘s running time through to Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan’s genitalia, before 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 told the crowd, who laughed in response. The camera zoomed in on the streaming service’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, after he cracked the joke. Both Harry and Meghan were not present at the ceremony.

Jacob Stolworthy reports:

A joyous ceremony was thrown in Los Angeles after a rocky start, with the Golden Globes determined to recover from recent years of controversy. Tom Murray and Roisin O’Connor report:

Jacob Stolworthy reports:

The 81^st Annual Golden Globe Awards averaged 9.4 million viewers, up +50 per cent from last year, according to Nielsen statistics.

The figure represents the ceremony’s biggest audience since 2020, the year before an LA Times investigation n revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the awards’ voting body) did not have a single Black member.

The HFPA dissolved, and the Globes brand was bought by Dick Clark Productions (owned by Penske Media, the parent company of Hollywood trade publications including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety). CBS bought the rights to air the show at a huge discount and the awards are now voted on by “more than 300 member journalists from around the world, of whom half are ethnically and racially diverse,” according to the Globes Foundation.

According to last night’s data, CBS will be very happy with their investment.

At last night’s joke-free Globes, Barbie took home just two awards – Best Original Song and a controversial new category celebrating Best Box Office Achievement, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig otherwise snubbed. Adam White asks what this means for its award season future

During his opening monologue, Koy seemed nervous but attempted to lighten the mood by referencing Swift’s highly publicised displays of support 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 camera switched to a close-up of Swift, she could be seen pursing her lips before taking a sip from her drink, a decidedly icy expression on her face.

Speaking to GMA3 the morning after the ceremony, Koy said of his hosting experience: “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 red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight when she immediately started crying. Larson mentioned that she was trying to be “present” at the awards show because of the “legends” that were around her, until she turned around and saw Jennifer Lopez.

“Oh my God. I can’t, I’m gonna cry,” she told the interviewer, as she closed her eyes to stop 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 said, before fanning herself and adding: “She’s the reason why I wanted to be an actor.”

After enthusiastically arriving on stage, Koy poked fun at subjects ranging from Oppenheimer ‘s running time through to Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan’s genitalia, before 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 told the crowd, who laughed in response. The camera zoomed in on the streaming service’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, after he cracked the joke. Both Harry and Meghan were not present at the ceremony.

Jacob Stolworthy reports:

A joyous ceremony was thrown in Los Angeles after a rocky start, with the Golden Globes determined to recover from recent years of controversy. Tom Murray and Roisin O’Connor report:

Jacob Stolworthy reports: