Despite a long ceremony chock full of awards, emcee Nikki Glaser kept the show moving along with lightly cutting and relatively inoffensive jokes.

Taking on a hosting role with a strained past, the comedian won plaudits from critics and her comedy peers for her lightly bawdy jokes and Hollywood ribbing.

Hollywood is back to its regularly scheduled programming, which includes a fun and frenzied Golden Globes. The enjoyable but unserious cousin of the awards shows has finally found its stride, post-Hollywood Foreign Press Association scandals.

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.