The 83rd Golden Globe Awards averaged 8.7 million viewers on Sunday night, marking the third consecutive year the ceremony aired on CBS.
This total viewership is down 6% from the 9.3 million viewers achieved through the 2025 ceremony and down 2% from the 2024 ceremony, as measured by Nielsen.
The live broadcast of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, which airs at 5 p.m. PT, benefited from advance viewership from the NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars, which aired on CBS. However, the ceremony also directly competed with the NBC telecast of the NFL Wild Card Game, in which the New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Chargers to earn a playoff berth.
Nikki Glazer hosted the Globes for the second year in a row and was once again well-received. Variety critic Alison Herman wrote, “Glaser confidently continued to tread the thin, delicate line between landing punches while appearing contagiously excited to be attending the Beverly Hilton Ballroom,” and the producers of the awards show told Variety that she is “confident” she will return as host next year.
Glaser’s opening monologue had 14 million views across social media platforms after 36 hours. The 11-minute monologue had been viewed 3.7 million times on the Golden Globe Awards’ YouTube page as of Tuesday night. CBS said the ceremony resulted in the most “social interactions” in the Globe’s history, with approximately 42 million interactions Sunday night.
White Cherry Entertainment’s Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner served as showrunners and executive producers for Golden Globes. The awards ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions, a joint venture with Eldridge and owned by Variety’s parent company PMC.
The Globes was also broadcast in 165 international territories.
