Golden Globe Awards 2026: winners | Television tonight

Previously:

Nikki Glaser now hosts the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton (you can watch live on Paramount+ or primetime replay at 7:30 tonight on 10).

Glaser got a lot of laughs for a biting but not overly cruel monologue.

She started bidding on Warner Bros, calling the Justice Dept the best editors in Hollywood, joking about LA as a barren industrial location: “BadFor money’, Leo di Caprio’s girlfriends compared Sean Penn’s face to a leather handbag and asked George Clooney to fix problems with her coffee-espresso machine.

And there was a joke about “CBS News, America’s newest place to see BS News. Ouch.

The first prize is a film category, with Teayana Taylor winning the award for Best Supporting Actress One battle after another. Stellan Skarsgard won Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Sentimental value (defeating Jacob Elordi).

TV categories (winners in bold):

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Diego Luna, Andor
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo, Task
Adam Scott, Severance
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

“What a truly humbling moment this is,” Wyle said. “I was very lucky, I grew up in a family that gave high priority to the arts… to all the health workers in the world, thank you.”

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, no one wants this
Ayo Edebiri, The bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Jenna Ortega, Wednesday
Jean Smart, Hacks

“I’m a greedy bitch,” Jean Smart joked before pointing out that she was the happiest person in the room and the entire world, then referencing a “rant” she delivered on the red carpet. “I think we all know we have to do the right thing. So let’s all do the right thing,” she added.

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Owen Cooper, adolescence
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Ashley Walters, Adolescence

“What an incredible journey me and my family have been on,” Cooper said… “I was the only boy in drama class, but I thought it was… I’m still learning every day… bring on 2026, you’ll never walk alone, good night.”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Adam Brody, no one wants this
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Glen Powell, Chad Powers
Seth Rogen, the studio
Martin Short, Only murders in the building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

“This is so weird,” Rogen said, referring to the Globes scene depicted in The Studio. “Steve Martin and Martin Short – I grew up watching you guys and thinking I would beat them one day.” And what, no thanks to Sal Saperstein?

Ok Snoop Dogg announces a winner for Best Podcast. Yes, welcome to 2026, thanks for that.

Golden just won best song in a movie for KPop Demon Hunters. All is right with the world again.

Fran Drescher interrupts Nikki Glaser’s singing. “Your voice is so annoying!”

Yay, Rose Byrne wins a movie acting gong for If I had legs, I’d kick you. “Thanks to my mom and dad, they bought Paramount+ so they could watch the movie Golden Globes.”

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Jacob Elordi, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti, Black Mirror
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Jude Law, Black Rabbit
Matthew Rhys, The Beast Within Me

“This is for our entire cast and crew… from the bottom of my heart,” Graham said. “You saved my life,” he told his wife and producer before dedicating the award to his mother. “In the words of Bob Marley: One love.”

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried, Long Clear River
Sarah Snook, all her fault
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend

Michelle Williams was not present to receive the award.

KPop Demon Hunters just won the Motion Picture Animation award. It yielded only one vote TVT Prices, a bit shocking.

And here are Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams. Duh.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Catherine O’Hara, the studio
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

“I promised my mom I wouldn’t swear, but what the f###!” Doherty said. She thanked the cast and crew of Episode 3 and then acknowledged the role of the therapists. “It was an honor to play one, thank you very much.”

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Bill Maher: Anyone else seeing this?
Brett Goldstein: The second best night of your life
Kevin Hart: Acting my age
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Sarah Silverman: Postmortem

Ricky Gervais was not present, but host Wanda Sykes, “a queer black woman,” thanked God and the trans community. Gold.

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Britt Lower, Severance
Helen Mirren, MobLand
Bella Ramsey, the last of us
Keri Russell, the diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Various

“Speaking of pinch-me moments… Vince Gilligan, thank you for writing me in the role of a lifetime,” Seehorn said, thanking the cast and crew. “Thank you to the Golden Globes voting body, I am so grateful that I get to do this for a living.”

Best Television Series – Drama
The diplomat
The Pitt
For many
Disconnection
Slow horses
The White Lotus

“It takes a village, as you know, or in my case a village idiot,” said R. Scott Gemmell. “We have the best crew, the best writers, producers, doctors and an incredible cast. I also want to thank the first responders and healthcare workers who are the real heroes.”

Best Limited Television Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Adolescence
All her fault
The beast in me
Black mirror
Dying for sex
The girlfriend

“Stephen, you filled a hole in my heat,” said writer Jack Thorne before acknowledging the young creatives involved in the show. “You are proof that the world can be better… hope is a beautiful thing.”

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacking
Nobody wants this
Only murders in the building
The studio

This time Rogen thanked the crew of The studio, including the caterer. “Without all of you, this show would not be possible.” Filming for S2 starts in a week.

Honorary awards (previously presented):
Cecil B. DeMille Prize: Helen Mirren
Carol Burnett Prize: Sarah Jessica Parker

All TV winners are now ready!