Welcome to the Golden Globe Awards, where the TV nominees are always delightfully insane. There’s no other awards show where you can see total unknowns like Narcos, Mozart in the Jungle and Casual score major nominations. Where else can the CW get TWO nominations in the same category? Where else can Starz’s Outlander receive more nominations than Game of Thrones and Mad Men…combined?
Yes, those are just a few of the highlights from this year’s Golden Globe nominations, announced Thursday morning. With few exceptions, new shows ruled the day, especially those on Netflix, Amazon and Starz. Just look at Comedy Lead Actor, where returning winner Jeffrey Tambor is up against the likes of Aziz Ansari and Rob Lowe, plus Patrick Stewart and Gael Garcia Bernal (kudos to you if you can name all five shows those men are nominated for without researching it).
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Defending Drama Series winner The Affair was shut-out except for a supporting nomination for Maura Tierney while last year’s Comedy Lead Actress winner Gina Rodriguez from Jane the Virgin is back, and she brought along a second CW starlet, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend‘s Rachel Bloom. The two will compete against Jamie Lee Curtis, who inexplicably is nominated as a Lead Actress from FOX’s Scream Queens.
Overall, the TV nominations are led by Mr. Robot, Outlander, Transparent, Fargo, American Crime and Wolf Hall, all with three nominations apiece.
The 73rd Golden Globe Awards will air Sunday, January 10 at 8pm ET/5pm PT on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais.
DRAMA
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Narcos
Outlander
COMEDY
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
Wolf Hall
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schrieber, Ray Donovan
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES LEAD ACTOR
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES LEAD ACTRESS
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Sarah Hay, Flesh and Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie
TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Maura Tierney, The Affair
Judith Light, Transparent
FILM
DRAMA
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
COMEDY/MUSICAL
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larsen, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano, Love and Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mary Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Tne Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
SCREENPLAY
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
Steve Jobs
The Hateful Eight
SCORE
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Steve Jobs
The Revenant
SONG
“Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding, Fifty Shades of Grey
“One Kind of Love” by Brian Wilson, Love and Mercy
“See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa, Furious 7
“Simple Song #3” by David Lang, Youth
“Writing’s on the Wall” by Sam Smith, Spectre
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ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
FOREIGN FILM
The Brand New Testament (Belgium)
The Club (Chile)
The Fencer (Finland)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
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John watches nearly every show on TV, but he specializes in sci-fi/fantasy like The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural and True Blood. However, he can also be found writing about everything from Survivor and Glee to One Tree Hill and Smallville.
