Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes on CBS sought to build off the awards show’s growing audience from last year, delivering several award-worthy moments. But, as shown by the show’s widely derided ads for betting platform Polymarket, the odds weren’t always in the program’s favor.
The 2026 ceremony featured Nikki Glaser returning for a second year to host the show at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, bringing another critically acclaimed monologue, a sketch poking fun at podcasts, and even a KPop Demon Hunters and Marty Supreme mashup, which was reminiscent of her “Pope-ular” Wicked-Conclave mashup from last year.
Among the big winners, Netflix’s Adolescence took four awards, including Best TV Limited Series. Meanwhile, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another also had four awards, including one for actress Teyana Taylor, who delivered one of the most memorable and emotional acceptance speeches on the night. Plus, Timothée Chalamet, a four-time nominee, won his first Golden Globe for A24’s Marty Supreme.
Here are three takeaways from the show:
Nikki Glaser deserves an award for her CBS roast
Glaser got things started with another well-received opening monologue, which included listing Leonardo DiCaprio’s career accomplishments and noting he achieved them all “before [his] girlfriend turned 30.”
However, some of the comedian’s sharpest jokes repeatedly called out the entertainment industry over its recent M&A, including Paramount and Netflix fighting over which company ultimately gets Warner Bros. Discovery.
“Let’s get down to business: We’ll start the bidding for Warner Bros. at five dollars. Do I hear five dollars?” Glaser said to start the show.
With Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison in the audience, Glaser also called out CBS, joking that the network was getting the award for “most editing” and saying it’s the place to “see B.S. news.” The jokes come on the heels of the news network’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, recently pulling a 60 Minutes segment about the U.S. sending deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
Maybe Polymarket ads and weird production choices weren’t a good bet
Though Nikki Glaser’s return was a win for the Golden Globes, some gambles didn’t pay off.
Among the odd choices—and perhaps in honor of the Golden Globes’ addition of a podcasting category—Marc Malkin, senior culture and events editor at Variety, and Entertainment Tonight host Kevin Frazier served as announcers in a podcast-like setup.
