Yahoo Movies Ratings: Golden Globes Take Expected Plunge, Hit 26-Year Audience Low
In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s bicoastal and mostly virtual broadcast of the 78th Golden Globes on Sunday night not at all surprisingly delivered one of the gala’s smallest audiences in … well, a while.
Averaging 6.9 million total viewers and a 1.5 demo rating in updated Nielsen finals, the Globes were down more than 60 percent from last year’s numbers — and delivered their smallest audience since 1995 (which was the last year that TBS hosted the show before turning it over to NBC).
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TVLine readers gave the ceremony an average grade of “C-,” while cohosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s monologue earned a “B.”
Last year’s Ricky Gervais-hosted telecast, which led out of an NFC Wild Card Playoff game, averaged 18.3 million viewers and a 4.3 rating, marking eight- and 12-year lows. The 2019 Globes, hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, reported 18.6 million viewers and a 5.2 rating, which was on par with 2018, when the Seth Meyers-hosted Globes posted 19 million viewers and a 5.0 rating.
Elsewhere, in fast nationals….
ABC | AFV (5.7 mil/0.8) and American Idol (6.5 mil/1.0) were steady, while The Rookie (3.4 mil/0.4) tied its demo low.
CBS | The Equalizer (7.6 mil/0.7) and NCIS: LA (5.7 mil/0.5) each dipped, while New Orleans (4.9 mil/0.5) was steady.
THE CW | Batwoman (477K/0.1) and Charmed (340K/0.1) were steady in the demo, though the former slipped to a new audience low.
FOX | Cherries Wild (2.5 mil/0.5) and Bless the Harts (1 mil/0.3) were up, while The Simpsons (1.3 mil/0.4), The Great North (1.1 mil/0.3), Bob’s Burgers (1 mil/0.3) and Family Guy (1.1 mil/0.4) were all down, with many if not all of the latter bunch hitting demo lows.
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