9.4 million disappointed viewers watched last night’s Golden Globes
Golden Globes viewership was up for the 81st ceremony, despite the show
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Criticism of the 81st annual Golden Globes ceremony wasn’t the only thing up last night. Viewership for the perpetually flailing awards show grew by 50% from the previous year when dismal ratings finally pushed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) off the show for good. According to Nielsen’s fast national figures (per The Wrap), more than 9.4 million viewers watched The Golden Globes drown in flop sweat as Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner made puppy-dog eyes at each other on national television. It was the most successful Globes since 2020, with 2023’s Taylor Swift-less ceremony bringing in 6.3 million viewers.
Unfortunately for Jo Koy, whose opening monologue was widely panned, that means nearly 10 million saw him channel his inner Seth MacFarlane and describe the most popular movie about female autonomy of the year as a movie about “a plastic doll with big boobies.” That’s your Cinematic and Box Office Achievement winner, Mr. Koy. Show some respect. Still, viewers found solace in frequent shots of Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez chatting at their table, Meryl Streep doing the “Wakanda forever” thing from when people liked Marvel movies 100 years ago, and a Suits reunion that left much to be desired, particularly Meghan Markle. Hey, that’s live television. One award show has Will Smith slapping Chris Rock; the other has Kevin Costner mumbling through America Ferrera’s monologue from Barbie like he was being held hostage by the Golden Global Journalists.
But Sunday’s telecast didn’t just trounce last year’s numbers. It blew the doors off the previous three years of Golden Globes broadcasts—you know, the ones that happened during COVID and barely existed outside of the controversies the HFPA kept creating for itself. However, the Golden Globes couldn’t top 2020’s numbers, when very edgy comedian Ricky Gervais hosted for the fifth and supposedly final time and brought in more than 19 million. We suppose that explains why the Globes felt it necessary to award his latest special, Armageddon, an obligatory award for advancements in the field of jokes from the 2016 internet.
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| Meryl Streep doing the “Wakanda forever” thing from when people liked Marvel movies 100 years agoWith no context this sure looks like snark about Streep being out of touch. She was actually trying to be a good sport by playing along with a host who was dying on stage.
How many articles about this shit so far?
What’s weird to me is that I haven’t seen one article – not even a slideshow – listing the winners. Not that it would be hard to search for if I really wanted to know; just seems like something most entertainment blogs would post.
A live blog during awards show followed by a full list of winners use to be a standard around these parts. Somehow these sites under G/O Media have yet to hit bottom. Sad.
It’s all E. Buzz Miller’s fault.
I’m all for dunking on AV Club but they did do that.
Best film – drama
Oppenheimer – WINNER
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest
Anatomy of a FallBest female actor in a film – dramaLily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – WINNER
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Annette Bening, Nyad
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Cailee Spaeny, PriscillaBest film – musical or comedyBarbie
Poor Things – WINNER
American Fiction
The Holdovers
May December
AirBest male actor in a film – musical or comedyNicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Matt Damon, Air
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers – WINNER
Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
Jeffrey Wright, American FictionBest TV series – drama1923
The Crown
The Diplomat
The Last of Us
The Morning Show
Succession – WINNERBest female actor in a TV series – dramaHelen Mirren, 1923
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Sarah Snook, Succession – WINNER
Imelda Staunton, The Crown
Emma Stone, The CurseBest TV series – musical or comedyThe Bear – WINNER
Ted Lasso
Abbott Elementary
Jury Duty
Only Murders in the Building
BarryBest limited TV series, anthology series or TV movieAll the Light We Cannot See
Beef – WINNER
Daisy Jones & the Six
Fargo
Fellow Travelers
Lessons in ChemistryCinematic and box office achievementBarbie – WINNER
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Taylor Swift: The Eras TourBest original song in a filmAddicted to Romance by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa (She Came to Me)Dance the Night by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
I’m Just Ken by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (Barbie)
Peaches by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond and John Spiker (The Super Mario Bros Movie)
Road to Freedom by Lenny Kravitz (Rustin)
What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish and Finneas (Barbie) – WINNERBest original score in a filmLudwig Göransson, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the HeronBest male actor in a film – dramaBradley Cooper, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Barry Keoghan, SaltburnBest female actor in a film – musical or comedyFantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Natalie Portman, May December
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things – WINNERBest director in a filmBradley Cooper, Maestro
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past LivesBest animated filmThe Boy and the Heron – WINNER
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Suzume
WishBest male actor in a TV series – dramaPedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Kieran Culkin, Succession – WINNER
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Brian Cox, Succession
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Dominic West, The CrownBest female actor in a TV series – musical or comedyRachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear – WINNER
Elle Fanning, The Great
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne, Poker FaceBest non-English language filmAnatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of InterestBest performance in stand-up comedy on TVRicky Gervais, Ricky Gervais Armageddon – WINNER
Trevor Noah, Where Was I
Chris Rock, Selective Outrage
Amy Schumer, Emergency Contact
Sarah Silverman, Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Wanda Sykes, I’m an EntertainerBest male actor in a TV series – musical or comedyBill Hader, Barry
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear – WINNERBest screenplay for a filmGreta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall – WINNERBest supporting male actor in a TV seriesBilly Crudup, The Morning Show
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession – WINNER
James Marsden, Jury Duty
Ebon Moss–Bachrach, The Bear
Alan Ruck, Succession
Alexander Skarsgård, SuccessionBest supporting female actor in a TV seriesElizabeth Debicki, The Crown – WINNER
Abby Elliott, The Bear
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
J Smith-Cameron, Succession
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Hannah Waddingham, Ted LassoBest male actor in a limited TV series, anthology series or TV movieMatt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & the Six
Jon Hamm, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers
David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Steven Yeun, Beef – WINNERBest female actor in a limited TV series, anthology series or TV movieRiley Keough, Daisy Jones & the Six
Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
Juno Temple, Fargo
Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers
Ali Wong, Beef – WINNERBest supporting male actor in a filmWillem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor ThingsBest supporting female actor in a filmEmily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers – WINNERPedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Kieran Culkin, Succession – WINNER
Jeremy Strong, Succession
Brian Cox, Succession
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Dominic West, The CrownBest female actor in a TV series – musical or comedyRachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear – WINNER
Elle Fanning, The Great
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne, Poker FaceBest non-English language filmAnatomy of a Fall – WINNER
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of InterestBest performance in stand-up comedy on TVRicky Gervais, Ricky Gervais Armageddon – WINNER
Trevor Noah, Where Was I
Chris Rock, Selective Outrage
Amy Schumer, Emergency Contact
Sarah Silverman, Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
Wanda Sykes, I’m an EntertainerBest male actor in a TV series – musical or comedyBill Hader, Barry
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear – WINNERBest screenplay for a filmGreta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall – WINNERBest supporting male actor in a TV seriesBilly Crudup, The Morning Show
Matthew Macfadyen, Succession – WINNER
James Marsden, Jury Duty
Ebon Moss–Bachrach, The Bear
Alan Ruck, Succession
Alexander Skarsgård, SuccessionBest supporting female actor in a TV seriesElizabeth Debicki, The Crown – WINNER
Abby Elliott, The Bear
Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
J Smith-Cameron, Succession
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Hannah Waddingham, Ted LassoBest male actor in a limited TV series, anthology series or TV movieMatt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & the Six
Jon Hamm, Fargo
Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers
David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Steven Yeun, Beef – WINNERBest female actor in a limited TV series, anthology series or TV movieRiley Keough, Daisy Jones & the Six
Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
Juno Temple, Fargo
Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers
Ali Wong, Beef – WINNERBest supporting male actor in a filmWillem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer – WINNER
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor ThingsBest supporting female actor in a filmEmily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers – WINNER
Reba swept the year’s Golden Globes again.
Repeatedly highlighting how much this guy sucked at this dumb gig really isn’t doing anybody any favors. It’s unnecessarily mean to a relative unknown, and I’d think AV Club writers would have at least a little empathy for people who aren’t funny but are desperately trying to be so on a bigger stage than their skills merit.
Agree. I doubt Koy got up that morning planning to ruin the show. No one is perfect but, these days, we sure do expect that from everyone.
AI has no empathy.
Boy, the AV Club’s really sticking it to that Jo Koy guy again. He must work there or something.
Let me be blunt: is there a Golden Globes crisis in America today?
Oh, I get it. I get jokes.*laughing*
Thankyou for reminding me of one of my favourite throwaway Simpsons jokes.
It’s been almost as long since that joke as that joke was since 1961.
Good lord, you know how jealous the writers at avclub must be to have this much animosity for a guy who had one bad set. How many of the avclub staff submitted packets for this show and got rejected?
So what does it say about me that I didn’t even know the Golden Globes were on? That I was discussing and armchair-quarterbacking Ukraine strategy instead of looking to see which awards went to who? Alas, I’m so uncultured.
Same but, by golly, I’m going to say something about this! I don’t enjoy picking on The Club but the dearth of variety in reporting has me checking in less and less, but I still like to interact so….
The Club also has a presence on Facebook so the ‘buzz’ about this show is deafening at this point.