Golden Globes Ratings Down 5%

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBC’s telecast of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards rated a 5.5 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen's overnight ratings, with 18.5 million total viewers. That was down 5% from last year's demo ratings.

USA Network was a big winner on the night, with Mr. Robot winning the Golden Globe for best drama, ahead of Game of Thrones, Narcos, Empire and Outlander, and Christian Slater taking best supporting actor in a drama for his role in that series. Amazon too won a pair, with Mozart in the Jungle winning best comedy and its star, Gael Garcia Bernal, for best actor in a comedy.

Frontier drama The Revenant cleaned up on the film side.

Host Ricky Gervais brought his brand of snarky wit to the proceedings.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.