Sarah Jessica Parker to Receive the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes — And Hollywood Raises a Knowing Eyebrow

The HFPA has announced that Sarah Jessica Parker — yes, our Carrie Bradshaw of cosmos and complicated romances — will receive this year’s Carol Burnett Award, the Globes’ highest honor for achievement in television. And if you heard a faint gasp ripple across Beverly Hills, rest assured it wasn’t from the Santa Ana winds.

After all, Parker isn’t exactly the first name that jumps to mind when we talk about comedy legends. Carol Burnett herself built television’s greatest laugh factory brick by brick, while Parker built… well, a shoe closet the size of the Burbank Studios. But before you dismiss the choice, allow this old gossip maven to remind you: comedy isn’t only about punchlines — it’s about timing, transformation, and holding the screen so tightly the audience can’t look away.

And that, kittens, is where Parker shines.

Let’s remember she cut her teeth on Broadway as a child, pirouetting through Annie long before she clinked glasses at Pastis. Her early TV work had sparkle in its seams — bright, fizzy performances that hinted at bigger things. And once Sex and the City landed in 1998, Parker became the face of a new era of television: the era of flawed, funny, fashion-forward women leading their own stories.

Don’t forget, SATC rewrote the rules of TV comedy. It wasn’t slapstick, no — but it was sharp, nimble, and deeply character-driven. Parker carried that series like a vintage Birkin: effortlessly, gracefully, and with just enough wry humor to make Manhattan blush. Week after week, she served crisp, observational comedy disguised as romantic philosophizing — a cocktail worthy of Nora Ephron with a twist of Manhattan irony.

And unlike many TV darlings, Parker didn’t fade when the credits rolled. She produced. She championed women storytellers. She shepherded shows that pushed television into smarter, riskier, more emotionally authentic territory — the very kind of creative evolution Carol Burnett herself applauded throughout her own career.

So yes, some may scoff that Parker isn’t “comic enough” for the Carol Burnett Award. But perhaps the Globes are telling us something: comedy today is more than pratfalls and punchlines. It’s about shaping the television landscape, defining an era, and staying stitched into the culture long after the finale. Parker did that — and in her Jimmy Choos, no less.

When she steps onto that stage at the Beverly Hilton, expect elegance, gratitude, and maybe even a wink to the skeptics. And trust me, dolls — Carol Burnett, with her generous heart and sharper-than-she-lets-on wit, will likely be the first to applaud.