8.7 Million Viewers Against Football

The 83rd annual Golden Globes reached an average of 8.7 million viewers on Sunday night, which marked the ceremony’s third year in a row of airing on CBS.

Measured by Nielsen, that total represents a 6% drop from the 9.3 million viewers reached by the 2025 ceremony — which marked a 2% decrease from the 2024 ceremony.

Airing at 5 p.m. PT, this year’s live Golden Globes ceremony benefitted from lead-in viewership from the NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars that aired on CBS. But the ceremony also competed directly with NBC’s telecast of the NFL wild card game that saw the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers to secure a playoff berth.

Nikki Glaser hosted the Globes for the second year in a row and was once again positively received. Variety critic Alison Herman wrote that “Glaser continued to confidently strut the thin and delicate line between landing punches while seeming infectiously excited to be in the Beverly Hilton ballroom,” and producers of the ceremony told Variety they “certainly hope” she’ll return as host again next year.

Glaser’s opening monologue generated 14 million views across social media platforms after 36 hours. On the Golden Globes’ YouTube page as of Tuesday evening the 11-minute monologue was up to 3.7 million views. CBS said the ceremony delivered the most “social interactions” in Globes history with some 42 million interactions on Sunday night.

Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment served as showrunners and executive producers of the Golden Globes. The ceremony was produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Variety parent company PMC in a joint venture with Eldridge.

The Globes also aired in 165 international territories.