History Made at The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards THE 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES® RATINGS SURPASS 10 MILLION

This year’s 82nd Annual Golden Globes® live streaming audience was up 9% over the 2024 broadcast. While on social media, Golden Globes® dominated, up over 124% YOY. |
- THE 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES® averaged 10.1 million viewers, a notable feat while up against Sunday Night’s NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions on NBC.
- THE 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES® live-streaming audience was up 9% from last year on Paramount+ and the CBS App.
- This year’s Golden Globes was the #1 broadcast special across all of TV in the last 12 months, driving 40 million social interactions on show night.
- The 2025 Golden Globes was also The Most Social Golden Globes show ever, up +124% YOY outperforming the 2024 social media numbers for both the Oscars and Grammys.
- Overwhelming social media, the 82nd ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES surpassed 45.1 billion potential impressions, up 52% from last year.
*Ratings Source VideoAmp Overnight Data
*Streaming Source CBS
*Social Media Source Social Content Ratings and Quid Monitor
About Golden Globes®
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GOLDEN GLOBES®: THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS |

From Zoe Saldaña’s emotional first Golden Globes® nominee win to Adam Sandler joining in on the Chalamet-mania, relive some of the most heartfelt moments that stood out from the celebratory night. |
Golden Globes: The Most Memorable Moments
January 5, 2025
Brian Lowry
Reasonable minds will differ as to the most memorable moments from the 82nd annual Golden Globes, but here are some of the highlights that stood out from the night and are likely to be played and replayed in the days ahead. And if your favorite moment isn’t cited here, figure it was the last one left on the cutting-room floor.
A plea for trans rights. The night’s final moment might have saved the best for last in terms of impact and resonance, as Karla Sofìa Gascón, the trans star of “Emilia Perez,” voiced a plea of acceptance and expressed her hope and belief that light would overcome darkness.
Zoe Saldana and Demi Moore get choked up. The first award of the night produced one of the most emotional responses, a sentiment matched later in the evening by Demi Moore, who referred to being dismissed as “a popcorn actress” earlier in her career after claiming her first Globe for “The Substance.”
“This is the first time I’ve ever won anything,” Moore said.
All in the Family. Fernanda Torres, an upset winner for the Brazilian film “I’m Not Here,” dedicated the win to her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, who was the first (and only) Brazilian actress previously nominated for Golden Globe, in 1998, for the movie “Central Station.”
Brady Corbet’s daughter shares in her dad’s win. The director of “The Brutalist” gave a shout out to his young daughter, who cried listening to his speech, before also acknowledging the recent death of filmmaker Jeff Baena, the husband of Aubrey Plaza.
Adam Sandler joins in the Chalamet-mania. During her monologue host Nikki Glaser enlisted Adam Sandler to take a whack at saying Timothée Chalamet’s voice in his inimitable style, and he dutifully obliged with a “Chal-a-maaaaaay!”
Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara get silly about Canada. The presenter pair engaged in a fairly wild riff about their work in Canada that hadn’t extended beyond its borders, joking about the “Golden Antlers” they had respectively won for a series of increasingly zany roles. (The exchange prompted a lengthy bleep of Rogen.)
Pope-ular? Maybe not so much. In a cheeky nod to “Wicked,” Nikki Glaser briefly appeared in a papal hat to sing her big number from “Conclave,” before receiving a call that prompted her to think better of the whole idea.
‘SHOGUN’ AND ‘BABY REINDEER’ HIGHLIGHT THE GROWING POWER OF INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION |

The growing power of TV featuring international talent could be seen as FX/Hulu’s Shogun laid siege to the Globes’ drama category, being named best drama in addition to slicing off wins for stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano. The British limited series Baby Reindeer also made its presence felt, with wins in that category as well as for Jessica Gunning. |
‘Shogun’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ highlight the growing power of international television
January 5, 2025
Brian Lowry
The Golden Globes have long possessed an international flavor in their film awards, but the advent of streaming, and breakthrough success of programs such as Squid Game, Baby Reindeer and Shogun, has yielded a similar dynamic in the television categories.
The growing power of TV featuring international talent could be seen as FX/Hulu’s Shogun — after similar domination at the Emmys — laid siege to the Globes’ drama category, as the adaptation of James Clavell’s novel about feudal Japan was named best drama in addition to slicing off wins for stars Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano.
The British limited series Baby Reindeer also made its presence felt, with wins in that category as well as for Jessica Gunning as the eccentric female stalker.
Because television tended to consist more of home-grown productions, its focus has historically been narrower than the movies. American audiences in particularly grew up with the medium in the wake of World War II, as much of the world was dealing with its aftermath, providing entertainment that traveled more easily around the globe.
In the intervening years, Americans would be treated to classy British dramas on public television or the occasional outlier like Doctor Who, but projects that originated overseas — especially those that required subtitles for an English-speaking audience — were few and relatively far between. As the Hollywood Reporter noted, when the International Emmys were introduced in 1973, “The interest in, and market for, non-U.S. television was close to zero. This was the pre-cable, three-network world, and foreign programming, or diversity of any sort, was hard to find on the primetime schedules.”
Streaming services, with their boundless appetite for content, have helped change that, eroding resistance to watching subtitled programming in the U.S., and producing some memorable breakthroughs, as underscored by this year’s roster of Golden Globe nominees and winners.
According to a 2022 study by Whip Media, viewing of non-U.S. titles in America doubled from 2018 — the year before several new studio- and tech-backed streaming services, like Disney+ and Apple TV+, launched — and 2021. That trend has only continued in the subsequent years, which has been evident both from the increase in the availability of such fare and across the TV awards circuit.
Notably, Shogun does have some history in the U.S., with the original adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, also made a mark at the 1981 Golden Globes, winning as best TV drama as well as for stars Richard Chamberlain and Yoko Shimada. While that version was a massive ratings hit in the U.S. — helping earn Chamberlain, who also starred in The Thorn Birds, the nickname “King of the miniseries” — it was actually edited down and released theatrically in Japan.
VIOLA DAVIS, TED DANSON LAUNCH GOLDEN GALA: AN EVENING OF EXCELLENCE |

The Golden Globes® on January 3rd gave a rousing launch to its Golden Gala: An Evening of Excellence, with Ted Danson receiving the fifth Carol Burnett Award and Viola Davis being given the Cecil B. DeMille Award in an intimate ceremony that was both hilarious and deeply emotional. |
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