Following Nikki Glaser‘s successful run hosting the 82nd Golden Globes, it appears the show’s producers want to bring her back for more. While much of the attention for the Golden Globes was on winners, like Emilia Perez and The Brutalist, and notable snubs, like Anora and Challengers, many agreed that it was a better show than the previous year, when comedian Jo Koy bombed on stage following a series of poorly timed jokes and attempted to throw the writers under the bus. Comedian Nikki Glaser, best known for her work on the Comedy Central Roast, was a bright spot for many, and just what the ceremony needed after years of controversy. Turns out the producers of the Golden Globes realize they might have a winner on their hands and are looking to repeat this success.
Following the Golden Globes, executive producer Glenn Weiss spoke with Variety about the show, and, regarding Glaser returning to host next year, said, “We absolutely had a great experience with her, and think that she would be great at this in the long term.” When asked if they had already spoken with the comedian about returning, Weiss responded, “Perhaps! I can’t talk officially for anything. I will say, as someone who produces and directs award shows, she really found her niche here, and I think it really worked out beautifully on this show. And I would love to see it continue.” Weiss spoke about what made Glaser such a great host for the Golden Globes, saying:
“Nikki, in my mind, home run. She really prepared. She did her homework. She’s been practicing material at clubs, sometimes four or five shows a night for a couple of weeks straight, working on this pretty hard since November. And when you have a host that’s that prepared and that dedicated and also not tone deaf, listening to what’s going on in our business and even in the room on the fly, she’s really good at this. And she proved herself to be a really good host. Part of what the Globes are is it’s a party atmosphere. It’s not a traditional, stuffyish kind of environment. We do want to be loose, people in the audience do have access to alcohol, and it’s meant to be fun and a party. And Nikki, her whole tone and and her way of being is really in line with what this show is. And I think she really scored very well last night.”
Unlike the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes have only recently featured hosts regularly in their ceremony. The ceremony was hostless until the 39th Golden Globes in 1982, when Robert Preston and Linda Gray co-hosted. Having a host was on and off for years, with 1996 to 2009 not featuring a host. Starting in the 2010s, the Globes tried to regularly feature a host, with comedian Ricky Gervais having hosted the most Golden Globes awards shows, with a total of five in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted together four times in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2021.
Nikki Glaser Is the Perfect Host for the Golden Globes
Glaser’s performance at the Golden Globes might mark a new era for the awards show and a new long-running gig where she could become the face of the ceremony for a new generation of fans. She also made history by being the first solo female comedian to host the Golden Globes. Glaser was a bold choice, as her style of humor is a little edgier than awards shows tend to be, but one that paid off and helped the ceremony feel relevant. Despite the fact that Glaser herself lost the Best Performance in a Stand-Up Comedy or Television to Ali Wong, Glaser won the night in the end.
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Glaser being a fixture at the Golden Globes for the foreseeable future would also be a sharp contrast to the Academy Awards. While the ceremony was known for hosts like Bob Hope and Billy Crystal, the award show has struggled to find a host that can capture audience excitement for nearly a decade and a half. Jimmy Kimmel has hosted three Academy Award ceremonies, but they rarely generated a level of excitement from audiences. The Academy’s attempt to find the next face of the Academy Awards has been so tumultuous that they opted to go without a host for three years in a row, from 2019 to 2021.
Hopefully, Conan O’Brien can bring the same laughs to the 97th Academy Awards that Glaser brought to the Golden Globes. We’ll find out on March 2.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
