The Golden Globe Award nominees were announced this morning-- you can find the full list here-- and as far as the TV Awards go, they managed to spread the love across a lot of different well-loved comedies and dramas. Boardwalk Empire had its first shot at awards glory since debuting earlier this fall and snagged a Best Drama nomination along with acting nods for stars Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald. Another freshman drama, The Walking Dead, was also recognized in that top category, alongside regular favorites Dexter, Mad Men and The Good Wife.
The comedy category expanded to six for some reason, managing to include the under-the-radar Showtime hit The Big C alongside five more expected nominees-- 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, Glee, Modern Family and Nurse Jackie. Notably absent was The Office, widely believed to be having a bit of a creative renaissance in its seventh season. As for acting nominations the biggest surprises were in the Best Actress, Drama category, where not only did Piper Perabo show up for Covert Affairs, but Katey Sagal snagged a nomination for Sons of Anarchy. The Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories are particularly insane, because the Globes don't just lump together comedies and dramas here, but miniseries and TV movies as well. I have no idea how a person is supposed to judge Hope Davis's work as Hillary Clinton in The Special Relationship against Sofia Vergara on Modern Family, or David Strathairn in Temple Grandin against Chris Colfer on Glee. If I were in the Hollywood Foreign Press I'd probably just go with whoever I'd most want to have lunch with-- and this is why nobody lets me vote on awards Check out all the TV nominees below, and share your favorite picks and snubs in the comments. BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA Boardwalk Empire Dexter The Good Wife Mad Men The Walking Dead BEST TV SERIES, COMEDY 30 Rock The Big Bang Theory The Big C Glee Modern Family Nurse Jackie BEST ACTOR, DRAMA Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Michael C. Hall, Dexter Jon Hamm, Mad Men Hugh Laurie, House BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA Julianne Marguiles, The Good Wife Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer BEST ACTOR, COMEDY Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Steve Carell, The Office Thomas Jane, Hung Matthew Morrison, Glee Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY Toni Collette, United States of Tara Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Tina Fey, 30 Rock Laura Linney, The Big C Lea Michele, Glee BEST MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE Carlos The Pacific Pillars of the Earth Temple Grandin You Don't Know Jack BEST ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE Idris Elba, Luther Ian MacShane, Pillars of the Earth Al Pacino, You Don't Know Jack Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship Edgar Ramirez, Carlos BEST ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE Hayley Atwell, Pillars of the Earth Claire Danes, Temle Grandin Judi Dench, Return to Cranford Romola Garai, Emma Jennier Love Hewitt, The Client List BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-O Chris Colfer, Glee Chris Noth, The Good Wife Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family David Straithairn, Temple Grandin BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE Hope Davis, The Special Relationship Jane Lynch, Glee Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire Julia Stiles, Dexter Sofia Vergara, Modern Family |
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