Golden Globes TV Review: Taylor Swift, Kevin Costner & “White People’s Roles” Help Ceremony Pick Up The Pace After Stumbling Start
deadline.comA lot less boozy than the Golden Globes at its traditional best, the return of the once flatlining ceremony to broadcast TV tonight proves what every 12-step program participant knows: You got to start somewhere some day, but don’t get on Taylor Swift’s bad side.
Shifting to CBS after decades on NBC, and up against a Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins match-up on Sunday Night Football, the Globes cut to superstar Taylor Swift’s reactions for a ratings boost almost as much as the NFL does when she’s in a stadium private box.
Initially, those gauche efforts by the show and host Jo Koy earned a scowl from Swift at her table early on, but they doggedly kept at it.
From that perspective, the biggest star in the ballroom and the world aside, the Globes’ main goal tonight may have simply been to prove they could pull it all off without offending everyone.
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