Tonight, the entertainment industry's awards season gets off to its appropriate, public-facing start with all the 75th annual Golden Globes Awards. And while the series can often be more useful as a punching bag because of its bizarre categories than as a useful measure of artistic achievement, that does not mean it can not be entertaining television -- and that, my friends, is where we can help. Who is hosting this year?
That could be Mr. James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, better known as host of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the former host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, or The Guy That Played With Donald Trump's Hair.
He'll probably be better than Ricky Gervais was last year, but hopefully we will get a minumum of one odd cutaway to Gervais in the audience acting indignant, and that will help facilitate the transition. Who is up for awards, anyhow?
On the movie side, it's a mix of what you'd expect (La La Land! Moonlight!) And what you wouldn't (Deadpool! And Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool!) . However, the television categories are a legitimate murderer's row, with displays like Game of Thrones, Westworld, Stranger Things, and The Night Of battling it out in various categories.
You can check out the entire list of nominees right here.
You have convinced me. How do I watch this show of awards?
Well, the service itself will be aired live on NBC, starting at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. But the system will kick things off to the red carpet, with lots of awkward interviews and imitation hugging, two hours earlier: in 6PM ET / 3PM PT.
Golden Globes Awards 2018 live stream: Go here
If you're a cable or satellite subscriber, you may have assumed that you could watch the series at NBC.com/live since it was on the site's schedule. Surprise! You can not! Even though the site is simultaneously promoting the display while it's preventing you from watching it.