How to Watch the Golden Globes 2024: Date, Time and Streaming

The bar for a profitable Golden Globes is often low: Did not less than one winner crack an acceptance-speech joke they’d most likely remorse the subsequent day? Was there unpredictable political pontificating? Was the champagne nonetheless flowing into the wee hours?

But then a Los Angeles Times investigation in 2021 revealed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the eccentric, cloistered nonprofit of about 85 journalists that voted on the Golden Globes for some seven a long time, had precisely zero Black members. The occasion has spent the final two years present process a reboot: The H.F.P.A. was dissolved. Private possession took over, and new management was employed.

This 12 months, the Globes are again on TV, of their regular Sunday-night slot. (NBC didn’t broadcast the occasion in 2022, and final 12 months’s pared-back Globes have been booted to a Tuesday evening due to soccer.) Now they’re on CBS, and a diversified voting physique of greater than 300 leisure journalists has chosen the winners and added two new classes. (Oh, they usually additionally discovered a brand new strategy to nominate Taylor Swift.)

Will or not it’s sufficient to win again audiences? (The 2023 Globes had about 6.3 million viewers, down 10 p.c from the final televised Globes ceremony in 2021; by comparability, the Oscars draw about 19 million viewers.) Will the A-listers present up? Will the ceremony be a nod to the boozy, freewheeling affairs of outdated or play it extra strait-laced like final 12 months’s sober — some mentioned, “boring” — ceremony?

We’ll discover out Sunday evening. Here’s easy methods to watch.

What time does the present begin, and the place can I watch?

The ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 p.m. Pacific on the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. CBS is the official tv broadcaster.

Online, you possibly can watch the present stay on the CBS app, which is free to obtain, although you’ll must sign up utilizing the credentials out of your cable supplier. The present will even stream on Paramount+, although solely subscribers who’ve the Showtime add-on will have the ability to watch stay. For those that don’t, the ceremony may be streamed starting Monday on Paramount+. There are additionally a lot of stay TV streaming providers that provide entry to CBS, together with Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and FuboTV, which all require subscriptions, although many are providing free trials.

Is there a pink carpet?

Variety will stream pink carpet arrivals starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, 3:30 p.m. Pacific on its web site and social media platforms as a part of the official Globes preshow, which will probably be hosted by the Variety journalists Marc Malkin and Angelique Jackson and the “Entertainment Tonight” correspondent Rachel Smith. You can even watch on ETonline.com or the Golden Globes web site.

Who is internet hosting?

The comic and actor Jo Koy, who has launched a number of Netflix specials and starred within the comedy film “Easter Sunday” in 2022, will take the reins for the primary time.

Who is presenting?

The lineup of actors, comedians and musicians who will hand out awards consists of Amanda Seyfried, America Ferrera, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Florence Pugh, Gabriel Macht, George Lopez, Issa Rae, Julia Garner, Justin Hartley, Michelle Yeoh, Oprah Winfrey and Will Ferrell.

Who votes on the awards?

With the H.F.P.A. dissolved, an expanded group of greater than 300 leisure journalists from all over the world is now accountable for deciding on the nominees and winners. And the Globes have promised it’s a way more various group that now consists of Black voters.

What’s new this 12 months?

The Globes launched two new classes, one for stand-up comedy on tv and the opposite for blockbuster movies — outlined as these taking in not less than $100 million on the home field workplace and $150 million worldwide (howdy, “Barbie”-”Oppenheimer”-“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” showdown).

With the exception of the blockbuster class, which has eight slots, the classes now have six nominees every, up from 5. In different phrases, extra stars to populate the televised ceremony and the pink carpet spectacle.

Who is nominated?

“Barbie,” Greta Gerwig’s live-action tackle the favored doll, leads the pack with eight nominations, together with three within the authentic track class. (Yes, “I’m Just Ken” made the reduce.) Close on its heels is “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s three-hour blockbuster biopic concerning the theoretical physicist who led the trouble that produced the primary nuclear weapons. It’s up for finest drama, director and actor, amongst different awards.

On the TV facet, it appears to be like to be an enormous evening for “Succession,” which ended final spring and earned a document 9 nominations. The viewers favorites “The Bear” and “Only Murders in the Building” picked up 5 apiece.

What must you look ahead to?

“Oppenheimer” will probably be trying to bolster its case on the Oscars with wins right here in the perfect drama and director classes. But don’t depend out “Killers of the Flower Moon,” whose feminine lead, Lily Gladstone, may change into the primary Indigenous performer to win finest actress in a drama.

Among the TV nominees, Meryl Streep, who’s up for finest supporting actress in a comedy for her function because the actress Loretta Durkin in Season 3 of “Only Murders in the Building,” may break her personal document for essentially the most Golden Globe appearing wins with a victory (this might be her ninth statuette). Ali Wong, who performed a profitable businesswoman drawn right into a road-rage-fueled feud within the Netflix comedy “Beef,” may change into the primary actress of Asian descent to win finest actress within the restricted sequence class.

And, if “Succession” wins finest drama, it can tie the document for many wins within the class (at present held by “Mad Men” and “The X-Files,” which every have three).

Will Taylor Swift be there?

The singer picked up her fifth Golden Globe nomination, for her live performance movie, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” due to the brand new blockbuster movie class, however no phrase but on her plans for the night.

Will the winners within the TV classes supply any hints concerning the Emmys subsequent week?

What a wierd 12 months: The twin actors’ and writers’ strikes that largely introduced Hollywood to a standstill additionally bumped the Emmys from their regular September spot, despite the fact that voting befell in June. They’re now set to air after Jan. 15, despite the fact that the winners for the 2022-23 season have been locked in months in the past. Which is to say: Nope!