The past week hasn't cleared things up much, but help is on the way in the form of some significant awards season tea leaves.

This year's Golden Globe Awards show viewership showed a slight decline compared to the previous year. The audience is way down from several years ago.

The Golden Globe Awards drew an average of 9.3 million viewers for CBS on Sunday night, a modest decline from last year, according to Nielsen. The good news for the Globes is that the award show, on life support not long ago, has managed to stop the bleeding. Last year’s ceremony drew 9.4 million viewers, the first year it had broadcast on CBS.

Emilia Peréz,' 'The Brutalist,' 'Shogun,' 'Hacks' and 'Baby Reindeer' were among the big winners, while Zoe Saldaña, Fernanda Torres, Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Jean Smart, Jeremy Allen White, Colin Farrell,

Surprise victories and first-time award winners dominated the 82nd Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5 in Los Angeles.

The Golden Globes are a social affair with occasional breaks for awards. It’s a game of seconds inside the packed ballroom as A-listers attempt to get in as many hugs and hellos as possible before the cameras start broadcasting to the world again.

Golden Globe Awards on CBS on Sunday (Jan. 5) averaged 10.1 million viewers, based on VideoAmp overnight data, despite strong competition on NBC – an NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions.