Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony averaged 10.1 million viewers across CBS and Paramount+ (and the CBS app), up 7.4% from last January’s show, according to Dick Clark Productions. Globes producer DCP used VideoAmp overnight data and CBS’ own streaming data to arrive at this number.
The 2024 Golden Globes, hosted by comedian Jo Koy, averaged 9.4 million viewers on the same platform, a 50 percent increase over the previous Globes, which aired on NBC. (It did not reach the pre-coronavirus level of the program). The Golden Globe Awards used to be broadcast permanently on NBC until a diversity scandal rocked the show’s previous voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. After taking a break in 2022, NBC aired the bare-bones, clunky Globes in 2023 before letting its television rights expire. CBS scooped them up in time for the 2024 telecast. Dick Clark Productions, which owns and produces the Golden Globe Awards, is now a Penske Media company. PMC is also the parent company of IndieWire.
This year it was comedian Nikki Glazer’s turn and she gave a much better performance than Coy. IndieWire critic Ben Travers called Sunday night’s 82nd Golden Globe Awards ceremony a “huge step forward from last year’s disaster.” Travers gave Sunday’s show a “B-” rating and a “D”, a significant improvement from its rough rating in 2024. According to reports the morning after the show, producers are already hoping to have Glazer back next year.
The 2025 Golden Globe Awards featured a highly anticipated matchup with the NFL. On NBC and Peacock, the 14-2 Minnesota Vikings visited the 14-2 Detroit Lions and defeated the visitors without breaking a sweat.
The NFC North matchup will always be Sunday’s No. 1 telecast. Average viewership was 28.5 million, a 24 percent increase over the January 2024 “Sunday Night Football” game (Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins) that competed with the Globes.
“Shogun” won the award for best television series in the Sunday drama category, and “Hax” was named top television comedy. Best Film — Drama went to “The Brutalist,” and “Emilia Pérez” won Best Comedy or Musical Film of the Year. (“Emilia Perez” is clearly a musical, not a comedy, but it won the most trophies in total, with four.) “Wicked” won the inaugural film award and box office performance award. See the complete list of winners here.
