Jo Koy can be high-quality. That was the overall consensus on the Golden Globes after-parties, the place most agreed that Koy flopped — however he stays a well-liked expertise. The humorist has two specials coming to Netflix, together with one this yr that taped final November in Brooklyn. He has tens of millions of followers and is consistently touring, hitting the street as soon as once more this weekend and even taking just a few of his personal jabs at what occurred. Plus, the Globes grew by a whopping 50% — averaging 9.4 million viewers — after bottoming out in 2023.

In different phrases, Jo Koy is OK. Nonetheless, with that sort of world platform, his misstep stung a bit. This was a milestone for the comic, and his hiring was a proud second for a lot of Filipino Individuals — a bunch usually ignored by Hollywood. (Working example: The Globes put out a press launch noting that the “Beef” stars had been the primary Asian actors to win a Golden Globe for a restricted collection. However they weren’t: Darren Criss, who’s half-Filipino, gained for the restricted collection “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” in 2019. The group later despatched a correction.)

Koy is understood for telling wild tales about his household, Filipino tradition, parenting and a lot extra. However crafting hourlong stand-up units could be very completely different from creating an awards present monologue for the at all times powerful Hollywood crowd. And Koy was reminded of that throughout the first jiffy of the Globes telecast. This wasn’t the Jo Koy that his audiences are used to, and it quickly grew to become obvious that the short turnaround (he was solely introduced on Dec. 21) hadn’t completed him any favors. Nor did the concept he wanted to do a standard monologue, when maybe a extra private routine might need gone over significantly better.

Now, it in all probability wasn’t cool for him to throw his writers below the bus when jokes fell flat. Nevertheless it did seem that the nerves had gotten the most effective of him, and he was greedy, in actual time, that this was not going nicely and maybe that they had ready the routine all improper.

The trustworthy fact is, this stuff not often go proper. That’s why it’s more durable than ever to recruit awards present hosts, and solely a handful succeed — and are such execs that they make it look simple. Jimmy Kimmel, who ought to in all probability be Oscars host for all times, and Grammys host Trevor Noah are two examples. (And sure, it’s no accident that these are seasoned talk-show-host vets who’re used to steering large TV ships.)

In any other case, it makes extra sense to return to host pairings — particularly on the Globes, the place duos can play good cop/unhealthy cop. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler by themselves wouldn’t have had the identical chunk or power as the 2 collectively. And even the yr the Globes went unconventional by placing collectively Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, the banter between them in some way made it work nicely.

Maybe the most important query is, whenever you’re making an attempt to squeeze 27 awards into one telecast, is there time for a bunch in any respect? Viewers on social media famous that Koy just about disappeared after his opening monologue, resulting in on-line jokes that he had been fired mid-show. However that at all times must be the case when you might have so many kudos to present out; it’s why the SAG Awards have gone again to no host in any respect this yr. Should you’ve solely acquired time for a brief monologue, is that basically even internet hosting?

Producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss introduced just a few welcome touches to the printed, together with a round stage that allowed for some distinctive pictures (together with inserting the viewers behind the presenters). And a few of the finest moments got here late within the telecast, because of the chemistry between Andra Day and Jon Batiste, after which a goofy dance break by Kristen Wiig and Will Farrell.

In the end, it regarded and felt like the everyday Golden Globes present, regardless of the brand new house owners at Dick Clark Prods. (which Selection guardian firm PMC owns in a three way partnership with Eldridge), a brand new community (CBS) and new producers in Kirshner and Weiss. And the scores uptick means that similar to Jo Koy, the Golden Globes are going to be high-quality.