Where to stream the Golden Globe winners

It’s traditionally the glitterati’s favourite event. More relaxed than the Oscars (and with an open bar), the Golden Globes bring together the worlds of TV and the movies to celebrate entertainment with an evening of cringy jokes and inspiring acceptance speeches. 

Series on Showmax were the big winners in the TV category last night, taking home five of the 11 awards given, more than any other streaming service in Africa. By contrast, Prime Video took home Best Comedy (Fleabag) and Best Musical or Comedy Actress (Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge); Netflix won Best Drama Actress (The Crown’s Olivia Colman) and The Act on DStv Now won Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette. 

Here’s where you can watch some of the night’s big winners.

Succession S2 – Best Drama; Best Actor

Storyline: Four very rich siblings behave very badly as they try to win their father’s approval – and control of his company, a global media empire

Wins: Best Drama, Best Actor (Brian Cox)

Nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin)

Golden Globe history: Last year, Kieran Culkin was the show’s only nomination

Other accolades: 2019 Emmys for Best Script and Best Theme Music. 2019 BAFTA for Best International Series. 2019 American Film Institute Award for TV Program of the Year. 2019 Director’s Guild of America Award for Adam McKay

Chernobyl – Best Limited Series; Best Supporting Actor

Storyline: Chernobyl dramatises the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst manmade catastrophes in history, and of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster

Wins: Best Limited Series, Best Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård)

Nominations: Best Actor (Jared Harris), Best Supporting Actress (Emily Watson)

Golden Globe history: This was Watson’s fifth acting nomination, following on from her recognition for Breaking The Waves (1996), Hilary and Jackie (1998), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), and Appropriate Adult (2011)

Other accolades: Won 10 Emmys in 2019, including Best Limited Series. Won The Television Critics Association Award for Best Movie or Miniseries. IMDb’s top-rated scripted series this decade

Ramy – Best Actor in a Comedy

Storyline: Ramy Hassan (stand-up comedian Ramy Youssef) is a first-generation Egyptian-American in politically divided New Jersey, where he’s caught between a Muslim community that thinks life is a moral test and a millennial generation that thinks life has no consequences.

Awards: Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical (Ramy Youssef)

Competition for Best Actor in Comedy or Musical: Bill Hader (Barry), Ben Platt (The Politician), Paul Rudd (Living With Yourself), Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)

Other accolades: Won the Audience Award at SXSW 2019. 97% critics rating, Rotten Tomatoes. On Best of 2019 lists everywhere from GQ to The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times to Mashable, Rolling Stone to Salon. Nominated for a 2020 Critics Choice award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

And the nominees were …

Some of our favourite shows of the year narrowly missed out on an award.

• Big Little Lies was up for Best Drama, Best Actress (Nicole Kidman) and Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep).
• The brilliant Barry was nominated for Best Comedy.
• The final season of Game of Thrones had Kit Harington up for Best Actor in a Drama.
• The final season of Mr. Robot, for which Oscar winner Rami Malek was nominated

View all the winners here.