Golden Globes 2023 ratings: down 26% from the 2021 show

Rankings at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards reveal the performance of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Awards in its return to… NBC.

Live coast-to-coast 5-8pm PT / 8-11pm ET Tuesdays on NBC and broadcast on Peacock, 80th Annual hosted by Jerrod Carmichael golden balls It received a rating of 1.1 and 6.3 million viewers, down 26% and 9%, respectively, from the last Globe broadcast.

According to NBC, the Globes has been “the most special social event across all television seasons to date (linear and streaming), both in terms of social shares and social video views,” and Golden Globes content via E! News and NBC digital platforms had nearly 11 million digital page views and video views, up +54% from 2021.”

NBC will release Peacock and Digital Watch combined when Nielsen’s Live + 3 Day data becomes available.

In March 2021, the last time NBC’s Globe aired, Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler’s Golden Globes host #78 had just 6.9 million viewers and a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49, according to time zone-adjusted numbers for the Sunday show. , which was a binary and ostensible relationship amid the pandemic. (The last Globes ceremony before the pandemic hit, in January 2020, drew 18.3 million viewers.)

The Globes lost NBC as broadcast partner for the 79th show in 2022, after a Los Angeles Times report detailed new allegations of questionable financial practices within the small, reclusive organization, as well as a paltry record of diversity and representation (including a complete lack of) black members. ). Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held the 2022 Golden Globes as a private ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, without any nominees in attendance.

Last September, following a letter from new HFPA President Helen Hohne detailing reforms the HFPA had implemented, NBC announced that it had put in place a one-year Golden Globes broadcast deal with the organization and Globes producer Dick Clark Productions, “which allows for HFPA and DCP to explore new opportunities for domestic and global distribution across a variety of platforms in the future. The 2023 show received its Tuesday slot due to NFL Football on Sunday this Sunday, and the NCAA National Game will be held on Monday, per NBC. (The Critics’ Choice Awards had already scheduled the following Sunday, January 15, for its event.)

Tuesday’s Globes, again held at the Beverly Hilton, saw ABC’s Abbott Elementary, HBO’s House of the Dragon and The White Lotus, while Universal’s The Fabelmans and HBO’s Inisherin’ The Banshees were the winners. The main categories of films. See the full list of 2023 Golden Globes winners here.

Additionally, six-time Globes winner and nominee Eddie Murphy He received the 2023 Cecil B. DeMille Award, while five-time Golden Globe winner and 16-time nominee Ryan Murphy took home the Carol Burnett Award.

The Globes is far from the only awards show with high ratings lately, most of which have been in steady decline since before the pandemic.

In September, total Emmys viewership was down 25% from 2021 and reached a new ratings record. Airing Mondays, as the Emmys always do when they’re on NBC for “Sunday Night Football,” Kenan Thompson received the 74th Emmy Awards he hosted, earning a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49, the lowest major pilot statistic ever for an Emmy. The show drew 5.9 million viewers compared to CBS’ 2021 exit, which had 7.9 million. This was also a new low and in stark contrast to the previous year’s showing, which is reflected in the continuing decline in audience size at the Emmys.