On Jan. 10, 2023, the Golden Globes made a return to the NBC network after a year-long hiatus of the broadcast.  

The Golden Globes hosted its first ceremony in 1944 and was put on the air for the first time nationally in 1964. Since then, the broadcast has aired annually, awarding actors, creators, and designers for their work in film and television. It was not until 2022, 58 years later, when NBC dropped the showing after an investigation from the LA Times revealed briberies and biased decisions on past award winners and journalists for the voting board, which contributed numerous boycotts of the show from major companies like Netflix. Following the article’s release, NBC and its streaming platform, Peacock, said they would drop the 80th ceremony from airing. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which selects the voting board members for the ceremony, has since rebranded themselves, selecting journalists of different backgrounds and ethnicities for the voting board. This helped the Golden Globes make its comeback.  

“It really took a crisis in order to allow this organization to evolve,” Todd Boehly, HFPA CEO, said. 

The Golden Globes ceremony reopened with a monologue from host Jerrod Carmichael, who started the night with a blatantly honest speech, stating he knew the reason why HFPA chose a Black host for the ceremony by acknowledging the organization’s past troubles. However, Carmichael was able to lighten the mood after with jokes about a phone call he had with a friend after finding out he was offered the $500,000 job. 

“(…) regardless of whatever the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s past may be, this is an evening where we get to celebrate. And I think this industry deserves evenings like these. And I am happy you all are here, and I am happy I am here, and I hope you have some fun tonight,” Carmichael said. 

The speech was followed with Ke Huy Quan winning the award for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture for the breakout film “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In his acceptance speech, he got emotional as he recalled his early childhood career in movies like “The Goonies” and “Indiana Jones” and how he thought his career in film had ended until directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert gave him a call asking him to audition.  

“Thank you so, so much for helping me find my answer. You have given more than I could have ever hoped,” Quan said.  

As the ceremony continued, so did the laughs and heartwarming moments. Angela Basset accepted the award for Best Supporting Actress in a motion picture for her role as Queen Ramonda in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’ In her speech, she remembered Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020, as she said how the cast and crew mourned, loved, and continued in memory of Boseman. Additionally, actress Michelle Yeoh received an award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” for Best Actress. Like Quan, she thanked the directors for giving her career another chance. She stated that, the older she got, the less opportunities she would receive, until she got her own phone call to audition. The night also included memorable wins for composer Justin Herwitz, director Steven Spielberg, and actor Eddie Murphy who earned the Cecil B. DeMille award. 

“The Golden Globes this year had winners and nominees I think were all deserved unlike years before, I think it had something to do with the new voting board but I like the change, it shows they [HFPA] are changing for the better,” Tyrese Kibet, senior, said.  

The Golden Globes are rumored to return again in 2024 after the 2023 ceremony’s success.