On January 7th, 2024, the 81st annual Golden Globes premiered for the first big cinematic award ceremony of the new year. Beginning at 5:00 pm PST, the show was hosted by renowned comedian Jo Koy. While the show itself remained the same, the red carpet was not shown on E! like in past years and was instead presented across multiple streaming platforms such as Variety. The award show was aired on CBS as well as streamed on Paramount+. 

Variety’s Marc Malkin and ET’s Rachel Smith hosted the pre-show as they interviewed nominees for various categories. Some interviewees that were featured included Matt Bomer, who was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series for the show Fellow Travelers; Billy Crudup, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Television for The Morning Show; Natasha Lyonne, who was nominated for Best Actress in a TV Series for Poker Face; Kieran Culkin, who was nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series for Succession; and Brie Larson, who was nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series for Lesson in Chemistry. 

At 5:00 pm PST on the dot, Koy walked on stage and immediately began to make jokes surrounding the nominees. However, many of his jokes received mixed signals and resulted in an awkward opening for the show. At one point, Koy even went off-script, saying “I got this gig 10 days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up You’re kidding me right? … I wrote some of these [jokes] and they are the ones you are laughing at.”

The awards began to roll out at 5:25 pm PST. The first award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, was announced by Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl) and Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls). The Golden Globe was awarded to Ali Wong who performed in the show Beef. When giving her speech, Wong thanked her family and children. 

At 5:28 pm PST, Hunter Schafer (Euphoria) and Justin Hartley (This Is Us) announced the next award, which was Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series. The Golden Globe was given to Steven Yeun who was also given the award for Beef. Yeun and Wong were the first Asian actors to win that category.

Then at 5:38 pm PST, it was announced that they would award the Best Supporting Actress on Television. The award was won by Elizabeth Debicki who starred in The Crown. Immediately after, Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Keri Russell (The Diplomat) announced the actor award for the same category, which was won by Matthew MacFayden for Succession. 

At 5:55 pm PST, George Lopez (George Lopez) and Gabriel Iglesias (Coco) came up to announce the winner for Best Actor in a TV Series Musical or Comedy, which was won by Jeremy Allen White for his work in The Bear. It was right after this award that the next award, Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on television, was announced by Jim Gaffigan (Luca). The award went to Ricky Gervais, who was not in attendance. Instead, Gaffigan accepted the award on his behalf. This was an all-new award. 

At 6:15 pm PST, America Ferrara (Ugly Betty) and Kevin Costner (Yellowstone) announced who won the categories Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a TV Series Drama. The two winners wound up being Ayo Edebiri in The Bear as well as Kieran Culkin in Succession. 

By 7:11 pm PST, the award for Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television was given to the series Beef. Shortly after, The Bear was given the award for Best Television Series Musical or Comedy. This was the third award won by the shows for the night. 

At 7:24 pm PST, Dua Lipa (Barbie) and Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) announced the winners for Best Performance in a Television Series-Drama. Sarah Snook won for Succession. Finally, they announced the final TV award to Succession for Best Television Series – Drama at  7:24 pm PST.