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
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