Posted on 03/01/2021 12:29:29 PM PST by EdnaMode
Winners notwithstanding, the obvious shortcomings of the 78th annual Golden Globes on-screen last night were reflected in the ratings for the NBC broadcast ceremony today.
Though the Comcast-owned network doesn’t plan to release final numbers from Nielsen until tomorrow, semi-adjusted fast nationals reveal the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler bicoastal hosted show took a hit from last year.
A big hit.
And we don’t just mean the worthy whack the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been taking from some of Tinseltown’s heaviest hitters over the 87-member group’s total lack of Black members.
Coming in with a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and about 5.4 million viewers, the Covid-19 adjusted 2021 Globes were fell about 60% in both categories from the partially adjusted fast nationals that Ricky Gervais fronted shindig snared last year.
That was The Office co-creator’s fifth and, he says, final stint hosting the Globes. The 2020 results rose to 18.3 million viewers and a 4.7 rating among the 18-49s in the final live+same day Nielsen numbers special ordered by NBC.
In their fourth time as co-hosts, SNL alums and chums Fey and Poehler saw their three-hour 2021 appearance drop hard from their previous tour of HFPA duty in the olden times of 2015. That co-host spell was a downturn of 11% in the key demo from Fey and Poehler’s second run MCing the often boozy and loose affair in 2014.
Now, even as these early numbers have all the metrics of an all-time low, let’s be honest, all of these comparisons are a bit of apples and avalanches.
As with almost everything in Hollywood and the wider world, the pandemic has played havoc with the calendar and the format. Absent much of the atmosphere that gives the Globes its appeal, last night’s glitchy and semi-virtual ceremony also aired nearly two-months later than the 2020 show. So, no NFL lead-in and little holiday season spillover, as but two differences. Additionally, like with the viewership low of the 2020 Emmys, we have seen the Nielsen results of a number of coronavirus awards shows and other big-ticket events shrink over the past year.
On the flip side, streaming numbers for such events have been on a steady-ish rise, reflective of the way TV is truly consumed nowadays.
What that will all add up to for NBC when they finally release their cumulative Globes results on Tuesday, we will have to see. But, with CBS looking like the Sunday winner right now, if you want to make a bet …
The Oscars used to be in April and then it kept moving earlier to Feb. Now covid has bounced it back to April.
Didn’t they do the whole thing over Zoom?
We get more honesty from the North Korean News Lady.
It’s not the Golden Globe it’s the Rust Globe the new Hollywood communists aren’t as strong as the older ones.
NOT the “golden globes” I had in mind anyway. Laz, can I get a second on that? 😂🙌
I think some people attended in person, and most of the nominees were on zoom.
They need one award—hypocritical virtue signaling sociopath.
Everybody who attends should get one!
Do they still wear the little ribbons for the cause du jour?
Nothing like rich celebs scolding everyone.
Golden Globes Ratings, in Early Numbers Report, Crash by More Than 60 Percent
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/03/01/golden-globes-ratings-in-early-numbers-report-crash-by-more-than-60-percent/
Golden Globes: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Lash Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. for Lack of Diversity
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/02/28/golden-globes-tina-fey-amy-poehler-lash-hollywood-foreign-press-assn-for-lack-of-diversity/
I might watch it if Ricky Gervais was hosting it.
The one from last year was superb the way he eviscerated all the Hollywood pompouss, hypocritical asses.
If you haven’t seen it here it is... Enjoy!
Oh, I watched that when it hit YouTube last year. I enjoyed the expressions of discomfort on the faces of the pompous Hollywood crowd.
That was hilarious. :D
They don’t care. They’ll still keep hiring the tina fey types as host, no matter how low the ratings.
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