Golden Globes Seen By Almost 17 Million Audiences

First Released: The month of january 16, 2012 1:53 PM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Ough Gervais sometimes appears onstage throughout the 69th Annual Golden Globe Honours in the Beverly Hilton Worldwide Ballroom in Beverly Hillsides, Calif. on The month of january 15, 2012The Nielsen Co. states Sundays Golden Globes ceremony was seen by 16.8 million TV audiences. It beat all network competition in the period of time but dipped slightly from last years audience for that film and television honours show. Based on time zone-modified Nielsen fast national figures launched Monday, the Globes finished within 1 % from the 17 million audiences who updated to the 2011 broadcast. Transported by NBC from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time, this program broadcast reside in each time zone. Some western marketplaces also transported an encore telecast rigtht after the live coverage. British comedian-actor Ough Gervais came back for his third go as host, lampooning most of the nominees, presenters as well as the sponsoring Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Copyright 2012 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.