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By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Practically 6.3 million viewers watched the return of the Golden Globes on Comcast Corp’s NBC community, in keeping with rankings launched Wednesday.
In 2021, 6.9 million folks watched the Hollywood award present. The Globes weren’t televised final 12 months on account of a variety and ethics scandal on the Hollywood International Press Affiliation (HFPA), which voted for the winners.
NBC’s viewership figures for Tuesday evening’s ceremony don’t embrace those that watched Comcast’s Peacock streaming service.
The Globes have been delayed to a Tuesday as an alternative of the standard Sunday this 12 months to keep away from clashing with an prolonged Nationwide Soccer League season. Tuesday evening viewership is normally decrease through the NFL season than on Sundays.
All of Hollywood’s main awards applications have seen their TV rankings plummet in recent times, with most viewers on conventional tv.
In January 2020, Globes attracted 18.3 million TV viewers. The 2021 present was blocked on account of COVID-19 restrictions, which pressured many candidates to seem by way of video.
NBC agreed to broadcast the 2023 ceremony beneath a one-year contract after the HFPA diversified its non-Black journalist membership in 2021 and made different modifications.
As TV viewership plummeted, the community mentioned it had Golden Globe content material on E! Information and NBC Digital recorded almost 11 million views, up 54% from 2021.
Prime Hollywood stars attended the occasion, whereas Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical brief story “The Fabelmans” and the darkish Irish comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” obtained high awards.
The present obtained blended opinions from TV critics. Some praised the laid-back, alcoholic environment that had change into the hallmark of Globes. A couple of winners admitted they drank.
“The speeches had been jarring and sometimes whimsical, and the sense of occasion was alternately critical and energetic in that good Globes vogue,” wrote Selection’s Daniel D’Addario.
Others mentioned Globes didn’t justify their existence.
“We had been higher off with out them,” mentioned Kelly Lawler of USA At this time.
“At a time when awards present rankings are plummeting, the TV and movie industries are going by means of a significant upheaval, and the efforts for variety and inclusion in Hollywood are removed from reaching their targets, the Globes not really feel like they’ve a spot. Lawler added. (Reported by Lisa Richwine; Edited by Alistair Bell and Jonathan Oatis)
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