Official Kick Off to 2018 Awards Season Begins with THE 75TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS®, Jan. 7 on CTV

– New this year, CTV to air star-studded GOLDEN GLOBES 75^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (Dec. 13), hosted by Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, featuring all-new interviews with Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jacob Tremblay, and more –
– Bell Media programming garners total of 24 Golden Globe nominations this year; for full list of nominees announced this morning, click here –
– CTV's ETALK brings viewers exclusive GOLDEN GLOBES access and coverage, as the only Canadian outlet with a platform position on the red carpet –
– E! returns with signature specials: COUNTDOWN TO THE RED CARPET: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, official red carpet pre-show LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, and E! AFTER PARTY: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS –

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TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2017 /CNW/ - Hosted by late night talk show host and comedian Seth Meyers (LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS), THE 75^TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, which celebrates the best in television and film, officially kicks off the 2018 awards season, airing Sunday, Jan. 7 live across the country at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CTV and CTV GO (check local listings). New this season, before the hardware is handed out in January, CTV delivers the star-studded GOLDEN GLOBES 75^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL, airing this coming Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO.

Today's announcement follows this morning's nominations for THE 75^TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, with Bell Media programming garnering a total of 24 nominations, including including three out of five nods in the Best Television Series – Drama category for THIS IS US, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, and GAME OF THRONES; six nominations for HBO's BIG LITTLE LIES including Best Performance nods for series stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Alexander Skarsgard, Laura Dern, and Shailene Woodley; Best Performance  nods for Freddie Highmore (THE GOOD DOCTOR), Chrissy Metz and Sterling K. Brown (THIS IS US), Elizabeth Moss (THE HANDMAID'S TALE), Liev Schreiber (RAY DONOVAN), and Kyle MacLachlan (TWIN PEAKS); while SHOWTIME's new buzz-worthy comedy series SMILF garnered two major nominations in its first season. CraveTV is streaming all of SHOWTIME's Golden Globe-nominated programming, including SMILF, TWIN PEAKS, and RAY DONOVAN, as well as HBO's BIG LITTLE LIES, and THE HANDMAID'S TALE. The Movie Network and HBO Canada subscribers can stream all HBO's Golden Globe-nominated programming now on TMN GO. A full list of this year's nominations is available at Etalk.ca.

Hosted by Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, who have a combined 13 Golden Globe nominations between them, the two-hour event special GOLDEN GLOBES 75^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (Dec. 13) highlights the best moments spanning the past seven-and-a-half decades of the Golden Globes. Featuring the biggest film and TV stars of all time, red carpet highlights, and fashion throughout the past 75 years, the special also features new and exclusive interviews with Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Christine Lahti, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Kate Winslet, Brad Goreski, and more.

Celebrating glamour, humor, heartfelt speeches, and classic moments from what has been dubbed as Hollywood's "Party of the Year", GOLDEN GLOBES 75^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL also includes comedic highlights from past hosts and presenters and a countdown of the best Golden Globe Award-winning movies of all time, as selected by members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). An encore presentation of the anniversary special airs New Year's Eve (Dec. 31) at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO; Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. ET on E!, and will be available for viewing on-demand at CTV.ca.

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Front-and-centre for all of the red carpet action, CTV's ETALK kicks-off the awards season by bringing viewers exclusive GOLDEN GLOBE access and coverage as the only Canadian outlet with a platform position on the GOLDEN GLOBE red carpet. ETALK Anchors Ben Mulroney and Danielle Graham report from L.A., delivering exclusive one-on-one interviews with Hollywood's elite. ETALK also dishes on the night's best moments and the post-show party circuit with ETALK's exclusive GOLDEN GLOBE^® coverage airing Monday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings). Plus, extended highlights and interviews from the red carpet will be available online at Etalk.ca, and viewers can follow @EtalkCTV on social media for the latest breaking news surrounding the GOLDEN GLOBES.

E! kicks off its GOLDEN GLOBES party Sunday, Jan. 7 with its signature specials: beginning with the two-hour COUNTDOWN TO THE RED CARPET: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (4 p.m. ET), featuring behind-the-scenes preparations, insider interviews, nominee predictions, and fashion forecasting. E!'s official red carpet pre-show, LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (6 p.m. ET), gives viewers a front-row seat to see the stars and all the excitement with live coverage of the fashion, flair, glitz, and glamour. Then, E! AFTER PARTY: THE 2018 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (11 p.m. ET) recaps the most memorable highlights from the star-studded night.

The GOLDEN GLOBES is the second most-watched entertainment event last broadcast year, second to CTV's broadcast of THE OSCARS.

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