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Sarah Jessica Parker has been named the 2026 Carol Burnett Award honoree, recognizing her contributions to the television industry both in front of and behind the camera.
As previously announced, Dame Helen Mirren will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the equivalent award recognizing contributions in film. Both awards will be presented on the new annual primetime special Golden Eve, airing on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The special will air three days before the 83rd annual Golden Globes, which is set to air live on Sunday, Jan. 11.
This marks the first time that women have claimed both awards in the six years that both have been presented. The Carol Burnett Award, created in 2019 and initially awarded to its namesake, has since been presented to Ellen DeGeneres, Norman Lear, Ryan Murphy and Ted Danson.
“Sarah Jessica Parker’s career embodies the very spirit of the Carol Burnett Award,” Helen Hoehne, president, Golden Globes, said in a statement. “Her trailblazing impact on television and her dedication to storytelling across stage and screen have left an indelible mark on popular culture. We are honored to celebrate her extraordinary contributions to entertainment.”
Parker, 60, is best known as the star and producer of HBO’s iconic Sex and the City, which ran for six seasons on HBO and spawned two feature films and the TV sequel And Just Like That. The initial series brought Parker six Golden Globes (four as an actor, two as a producer), two Primetime Emmys (one as an actor, one as a producer) and three Screen Actors Guild Awards (two as part of an ensemble, one solo)
Beyond her defining television achievements, Parker’s career spans film, stage and production. Her filmography includes Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2, The Family Stone, Failure to Launch, The First Wives Club, Ed Wood and Mars Attacks!
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Golden Gala honoring DeMille Award recipient Viola Davis and Burnett Award recipient Ted Danson, the 2026 edition evolves into Golden Eve, which promises “an unprecedented look at the honorees’ legacy while celebrating their body of work with personal stories, unforgettable Golden Globes moments, curated career retrospectives, and special presenters.”
Golden Eve will air as a marquee event during Golden Week, a weeklong Golden Globes-branded experience across Paramount platforms as well as celebratory kick-off events ahead of the 83rd annual Golden Globes, which is set to air live on Sunday, Jan. 11. Comedian Nikki Glaser is set to host the show for the second year in a row.
The Golden Globes, which likes to call itself Hollywood’s Party of the Year, is the world’s largest awards show to celebrate the best of film, television and now podcasting. Dick Clark Productions will plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globes.
The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
Carol Burnett will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 49th Annual Gracie Awards Gala on May 21 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The award recognizes a woman whose work in media honors the legacy of Gracie Allen, a pioneering force in the industry and the award’s namesake. The awards are presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF).
Rachel Platten, who had a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015 with “Fight Song” and who won a Daytime Emmy the following year for a performance on Good Morning America, will perform at the gala.
“Carol Burnett is a true icon of television and entertainment, whose impact spans decades and resonates with audiences of all ages,” Becky Brooks, president of the AWMF, said in a statement. “Her groundbreaking work on The Carol Burnett Show set a standard for excellence in comedy and storytelling.”
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Burnett won her seventh competitive Emmy Award in January for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love. The two-hour NBC special featured such pals as Julie Andrews and Cher and a performance by Katy Perry of “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together,” the theme song to The Carol Burnett Show.
That award gave Burnett a 61-year span of Primetime Emmys. She won her first such award in 1962 for outstanding performance in a variety or musical program for The Gary Moore Show.
In 2017, Burnett won a Grammy for best spoken word album for In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem & Fun in the Sandbox.
In 1985, Burnett became just the second woman (after Lucille Ball) to be inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Her many other honorary awards include the Kennedy Center Honors (2003), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005), the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2013), and the life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild (2015). In 2019, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association created The Carol Burnett Award which is an honorary Golden Globe to celebrate outstanding contributions to television. Burnett was the first recipient.
Burnett co-stars in the new series Palm Royal for Apple TV, which premiered March 20. The cast includes Kristin Wiig, Allison Janney, Laura Dern, Ricky Martin and Josh Lucas.
As a non-profit organization, AWMF is committed to developing educational programs, charitable activities and scholarship initiatives that directly benefit women in the media.
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