Golden Globes Nominations ~ All Things TV

I’m ashamed to admit that the nominations for Golden Globes completely snuck up on me this year! Glee leads the pack in TV with 4 nominations. To be fair, I think the world would have imploded if Jane Lynch hadn’t been nominated. As usual I hate the Golden Globes for smushing together the drama, comedy and miniseries for the supporting categories. How dare they make us try to choose between Michael Emerson and NPH? It’s simply cruel. There are certainly shows we would have like to have seen recognized which are noticeably missing (Fringe, Castle, Chuck, Community, to name a few), but over all there’s a lot to be happy about.

So not, without further ado, here are the nominations for all of the TV Categories (after all, this is a TV Blog!)

* = shows that we watch

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
  Big Love (HBO) (we are seasons behind, so I can't say we "watch" anymore)
*Dexter (Showtime)
*House (Fox)
*Mad Men (AMC)
*True Blood (HBO)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
*30 Rock (NBC)
  Entourage (HBO)
*Glee (FOX)
*Modern Family (ABC)
 The Office (NBC) (we don't really watch, but we really plan too!)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
  Simon Baker, The Mentalist
*Michael C. Hall, Dexter
*Jon Hamm, Mad Men
*Hugh Laurie, House
*Bill Paxton, Big Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
DRAMA
  Glenn Close, Damages
*January Jones, Mad Men
  Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
*Anna Paquin, True Blood
  Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL
*Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
  Steve Carell, The Office
  David Duchovny, Californication
  Thomas Jane, Hung
*Matthew Morrison, Glee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL
  Toni Collette, United States of Tara (we watched part of the first season and liked it)
  Courteney Cox, Cougar Town
  Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
*Tina Fey, 30 Rock
*Lea Michele, Glee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
*Michael Emerson, Lost
*Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
  William Hurt, Damages
*John Lithgow, Dexter
  Jeremy Piven, Entourage

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A
SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
  Jane Adams, Hung
  Rose Byrne, Damages
*Jane Lynch, Glee
  Janet McTeer, Into the Storm
  Chloe Sevigny, Big Love

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
  Georgia O’Keefe (Lifetime)
*Grey Gardens (HBO)
  Into the Storm (HBO)
  Little Dorrit (PBS)
  Taking Chance (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
  Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance
  Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind
  Chiwetel Ejiofor, Endgame
  Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm
  Jeremy Irons, Georgia O’Keefe

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
  Joan Allen, Georgia O’Keefe
*Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens
*Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens
  Anna Paquin, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
  Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby