According to Deadline, Neilsen shared data from the 83nd Golden Globe award show which just aired on CBS Sunday. The data showed a decrease in viewership with 8.66 million viewers tuned in to watch the show live. This was a 7% decrease from last year which saw around 9.27M. The 2023 telecast saw an all-time low with viewership dipping to 6.3M. The Golden Globes were at 18.3M viewers in 2020.
Deadline also compared to how The Golden Globes stacked up to other award shows this year and previous years. The views this year were higher than the 2025 Emmys, but lower than the Oscars. The Emmy’s averaged at 7.42M whereas the Oscars were averaging at 19.3M viewers last year. One reason for the decline is the air time placement. CBS telecasted the The Golden Globes this Sunday evening, but without a NFL game lead-in. The game between the Jacksonville Jaguars adn Buffalo Bills for a post in the payoffs aired at 1 p.m., allowing a gap between the two broaadcasts. This allowed some viewers tohave the availability to switch channels tosee what other programs were on to watch.
The NFL season can be a blessing and a curse, Deadline explains. For a show to follow immediately after a game is a blessing, since the show will benefit from the football game viewers. However, in this case, the award show did not only not immediately follow the end game, but Fox and NBC were also telecasting divisional Playoff game as well.
Paramount noted to Deadline that there was plenty of talk online about the Golden Globes. In fact, the online chatter was up 5% from last year. Paramount stated that there were over 43M interactions this year. The ET:Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet pre-show average 3.4M viewers, according to Neilsen ratings. red carpet live reshow averaged 3.4M viewers, according to the Neilson ratings.
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