Golden Globes Set for Jan. 8

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The 74th annual Golden Globes Awards goes down Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at the Beverly Hilton, airing on NBC live 5-8 p.m. PT. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and dick clark productions (dcp) present the shindig.

NBC’s telecast of the Golden Globes this past January did a 5.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with 18.5 million total viewers. The 18-49 rating was down 5% from last year.

Ricky Gervais hosted, and USA Network was a big winner on the night, with Mr. Robot scoring for best drama, 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 racked up a bunch of movie prizes at this year's Globes.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.