Online spoilers have ruined the fun for West Coast viewers of the Golden Globes in the past, finding out the winner even before it was announced during the broadcast. This won’t be a problem anymore in next year’s ceremony since it will be televised live nationally for the first time.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced this week that the 67th installment of the Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast on NBC network at 5 pm on January 17 in the West Coast. The East Coast, which is three hours ahead, will get to see the show live at 8 in the evening.

For the past years, the broadcast is live in other areas except in the West Coast.

The reason behind this move is to increase the ratings of the awards broadcast. In 2008, the ceremony became a simple news conference following the Hollywood writers’ strike.
This year, the ceremony’s glamour was reinstated but resulted with only 14.6 million viewers – the lowest ever. Meanwhile, the Oscar Awards garnered 36.3 million viewers this year.

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