Tuesday 15 January 2013

Golden Globes experiences 17% audience boost in US

Golden Globes experiences 17% audience boost in US:


The cast of Les Miserables celebrate their win for best musical or comedy

Sunday's broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles secured the event's biggest US audience in six years, it has been reported.



The NBC network said the three-hour ceremony was watched by 19.7 million viewers - up 17% from last year's show.



According to Nielsen Media Research, there was also a 28% leap in the target audience aged between 18-49.



Hostage thriller Argo won best drama and best director for Ben Affleck, while musical Les Miserables picked up three.



The 70th annual awards, which are handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were hosted by TV comedy actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler after three years of British comedian Ricky Gervais steering the show.



"Ricky Gervais could not be here tonight because he is technically no longer in show business," they joked, referring to Gervais's barbed, envelope-pushing monologues.



"As Ricky learned the hard way, when you run afoul of The Hollywood Foreign Press, they make you host this show two more times."


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