People who aren't celebrities love to see celebrities taken down.” Alas, Glaser explained, “the set that people in Middle America want me to do is not the set I can do” because a comic who couldn’t also win over the stars would sink herself by failing to get laughs and claps in the room.

After last year’s utter catastrophe of a Golden Globes opening—stale, crass, practically booed-at jokes by host Jo Koy —what a wonderful bit of whiplash it was to watch this year’s host, Nikki Glaser, right the ship and then some at the top of Sunday night’s broadcast.