The Golden Globes’s debut on CBS, and under the new ownership of Penske Media, could not have been more successful... at demonstrating what a bad awards show package looks like. The red-carpet pre-show was a mess. Hastily hired host Jo Koy bombed. The announcer bungled people’s names, and much of the presenter patter was poorly written, and dragged on longer than the time allotted for speeches. [Sidebar: Who thought it was a good idea to give Kevin Costner a mic, because that dude spoke at a pace of about three words per minute and felt very much like he had blown off rehearsal.1] The new lounge-like set design meant fewer people had good seats, and thus more of them had to trek for miles just to get their statues; that Beef theme song is NOT designed for a long march to the stage. In an amazing audio metaphor for how it all went, during Mark Hamill’s introduction of the new Cinematic Achievement category, you could hear a bunch of plates crash to the floor somewhere in the ballroom.
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