Overview
- Nielsen reports 8.66 million live-plus-same-day viewers for the Jan. 11 telecast on CBS, a decline of roughly 6–8% from 2025.
- The broadcast marked a second consecutive yearly drop after a 2024 rebound, even as winners like One Battle After Another and Hamnet shaped awards-season chatter.
- Competing NFL playoff games and the absence of a late CBS lead-in were cited as likely factors reducing linear viewership.
- Paramount tallied about 42–43 million social interactions, and Nikki Glaser’s opening monologue drew roughly 14 million views within 36 hours.
- Nielsen’s rollout of a “big data” component this season complicates direct comparisons with prior Globes ratings.