The 2026 awards season is officially in full swing with the arrival of the 83rd annual Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11. Nikki Glaser returns as host, joined by presenters like Charli XCX, Ayo Edebiri, Julia Roberts, and dozens of other glammed-up celebs. Will Sinners sink its teeth into the Best Motion Picture — Drama statuette? Will Leo’s lefty action epic One Battle After Another edge out the Timmy ping-pong parable Marty Supreme for the Comedy win? Most importantly: How will we watch all those little Golden Globes get meted out? No secret codes necessary; just check the details below.
How to watch the Golden Globes live
If you want to watch on broadcast network television, the awards show will air live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. For the streaming audience, if you have Paramount+ Premium, you can watch live there as well. Subscribers to Paramount+ Essentials can catch it on-demand the next day. The cord-cutters among us with pay TV streaming services can watch it live across those that carry CBS, of course, like Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirecTV. The latter two have five-day free trials, so you could potentially watch without paying a dime.
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But the best way to watch this, and pretty much any live event, is a cheap antenna you can buy at a dollar store. The broadcast will be free after the cost of the device, which will deliver HD video marvelously. It will also spare you yet another streaming subscription — or handing your email or other marketing info over to a streaming company.
How to stream the red-carpet coverage
For those interested in the shows before the show, there are a few ways to catch the usually meme-able red-carpet coverage. Live From E!: Golden Globes 2026 kicks off on E! from 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. and airs on the E! Network, Peacock, USANetwork.com, and E! and USA apps across devices. Variety is throwing its own preshow again, this time presented by Fire TV, starting at 3:30 p.m. PT/6:30 p.m. ET, and that will be up for free on Fire TV home screens as well as Amazon’s other devices like the Echo Show and Fire Tablets and on Variety’s YouTube and website. And as with every splashy awards show, you can always follow along on X, Bluesky, or IG — we’ll be there.
