The Jan. 7 Golden Globes was established as successful by the in a single day scores, however new figures present that it was extra profitable than first thought.
The ceremony aired stay on CBS and Paramount+. Nielsen scores mentioned the stay broadcast earned 9.4 million viewers in the future later. Nevertheless, last figures put the viewers at greater than 10 million, up 50% from final yr and its largest viewers since 2020. The Golden Globes was the second-largest live-streamed CBS particular occasion on Paramount+ by way of common minute viewers (AMA) and attain.
The 81st annual Golden Globes scored a further 6 million streamed views on Penske Media’s Concord Platform in its first 24 hours, bringing complete views to 16 million. That platform consists of such websites as Selection, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, WWD, and Vox.
In different excellent news for the making-a-comeback Globes, a number of doomsday predictions by no means occurred. Some web sites in December mentioned no stars would present up. (They did). A number of websites additionally reported that 64 Golden Globes voters had been “threatening to withhold their last ballots” to protest that they wouldn’t be seated within the Intl. Ballroom on the Beverly Hilton. Because it seems, solely a handful made the menace, and all of them voted.
The 64 people in query are “legacy voters,” which means they had been members of the Hollywood International Press Affiliation who carried over into the brand new Golden Globes group when the HFPA was dissolved. These legacy voters are a part of the 300 people worldwide, in additional than 70 nations, who voted on this yr’s awards. And, regardless of some climate warnings, it didn’t rain on the present.
The 2024 engagement is great progress for The Globes, because it’s undergone vital organizational change and ignites much more hope for the longer term.