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The Golden Globes ceremony has a new home in 2024.
Hosted by comedian Jo Koy, the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be broadcast on CBS and live-streamed on Paramount+ with Showtime from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
(Paramount+ Essential subscribers cannot stream the awards live but will be able to access it on demand the day after the Golden Globes airs.)
After returning to TV last year, the Golden Globes left broadcast network NBC, which ended its partnership with the dissolved Hollywood Foreign Press Association (now known as the Golden Globe Foundation).
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Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge acquired all of the Globes’ assets, rights and properties from the HFPA in June 2023, after which the Globes underwent a significant overhaul, including of the roster of voting members for the awards. DCP is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge that also owns The Hollywood Reporter.
How to Watch the 81st Golden Globe Awards Without Cable
The Golden Globes ceremony is broadcast on CBS, which means you can sign up for a trial from a live TV streaming service that carries the network (such as DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV) if you want to watch without cable. Several streaming cable alternatives carry these networks and many of them are offering free trials.
Ahead, find out where to watch the 81st Golden Globe Awards ceremony online with and without a cable subscription.
DirecTV Stream
Watch CBS with DirecTV Stream. The cable alternative’s packages offer CBS, along with more than 75 other channels — such as ABC, NBC, Fox, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel, ESPN and much more.
And you can watch the awards ceremony on CBS for free too, when you sign up for a five-day free trial to watch the Golden Globes on DirecTV Stream. Afterwards, you can either cancel the service or keep watching, with prices starting as low as $69.99 for the entry-level entertainment package. Other plans offer more than 105-150 channels, with prices ranging from $84.99 to $159.99 per month.
For a limited time, new subscribers can get a Visa gift card worth up to $400; learn more here.
Paramount+
Watch the Golden Globes for free when you sign up for a seven-day free trial for Paramount+, which starts at $5.99 per month. Afterwards, you can cancel the streaming service altogether, or you can keep watching.
Subscribers can access hundreds of movies and TV series with Paramount+, such as Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Frasier, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, all of the Star Trek franchises, the Yellowstone prequels 1883 and 1923 and others. Additionally, Paramount+ with Showtime goes for $11.99 per month for the ad-free package, which includes Showtime originals, such as The Curse, Yellowjackets, The Chi and more.
Paramount+ on Prime Video
Paramount+ is also available as an add-on channel on Prime Video. Prime members and new subscribers can get a free seven-day trial for Paramount+ on Prime Video ($8.99 per month for the standalone service). After that, it auto-renews at an additional $11.99 per month (includes Showtime) in addition to the Prime or Prime Video membership price.
Not a Prime member? Sign up for a 30-day free trial to take advantage of all that Amazon Prime has to offer, including access to Prime Video; fast same-, next-, or two-day free shipping; in-store discounts at Whole Foods Market, access to exclusive shopping events — like Prime Day and Black Friday — and more.
Fubo
Watch CBS, as well as more than 170 other news, entertainment and sports channels with a subscription to Fubo — which starts at $74.99 per month. In addition, you can record more than 1,000 hours of TV shows, movies, games and more, so you can even watch later on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or smart TV.
Meanwhile, other packages offer 254 channels for the Elite package for $84.99 per month, or 298 channels, with Showtime and 4K picture quality for the Premiere package, for $94.99 monthly.
The online TV streaming service also offers a five-day trial for new subscribers, so you can watch the Golden Globes online for free during that time.
Hulu + Live TV
To watch CBS, a subscription to Hulu + Live TV is another fantastic option. The streaming service has access to more than 90 live channels — like BET, CNN, Food Network and more — starting at $76.99 per month and comes with Hulu’s entire streaming library, as well as Disney+ and ESPN+.
In addition to live TV, Hulu + Live TV lets subscribers watch originals from Hulu, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), The Muppets Studio and Pixar, as well as ESPN+ for original sports programming and live sports from Formula 1 as well as the NFL, MLB and other sports leagues. It includes unlimited cloud DVR, too. Unfortunately, Hulu doesn’t offer a free trial at this time.
How to Watch the 81st Golden Globe Awards Outside of the U.S.
If you want to watch the Golden Globes, but you’re outside of the U.S., you can still stream the awards ceremony with any of the above streaming services paired with ExpressVPN. For the uninitiated, it’s a virtual private network that lets you legally access U.S. web servers, even if you’re in another country. So you can now stream the Golden Globes on a smartphone, tablet, laptop and smart TV. Learn more about ExpressVPN here.
If you’re watching the Golden Globes online through a TV that doesn’t have a smart feature, you can plug in a streaming device such as Apple TV 4K, Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, Chromecast 4K with Google TV or Roku.
How to Watch the 81st Golden Globe Awards With Cable
The Golden Globes will air on the broadcast network CBS. You can watch through your cable TV provider or on the networks’ websites with your cable TV account login.
HBO’s Succession leads the TV nominees with nine nods (including for best drama series), while Barbie has also earned nine nominations in almost every top film category (including best musical/comedy motion picture, best performance by a female actor in a musical/comedy motion picture for Margot Robbie, best motion picture director for Greta Gerwig and best motion picture screenplay for Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach). Other top film nominees are Oppenheimer (eight) and Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things (seven each). Check out a complete list of Golden Globe 2024 nominations here.
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Watch the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony online on Sunday, Jan. 7 for free through DirecTV Stream (with a seven-day trial) or Paramount+ With Showtime.
