The nominations are in for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, and as usual, the Hollywood Foreign Press loves new TV shows. New programs like Amazon’s Transparent, Showtime’s The Affair and even the CW’s Jane the Virgin broke through, supplanting the usual suspects.
However, the most-nominated TV programs are Limited Series. Fargo leads all programs with five nominations (including a promotion for star Allison Tolman, competing as a Lead Actress after being Supporting at every other awards show). HBO’s True Detective has four nominations while, The Affair, The Good Wife, House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, The Normal Heart and Olive Kitteridge all have three nominations.
In the Drama categories, Showtime is well represented with three nominations for freshman series The Affair and two for Ray Donovan. Newcomer Viola Davis also scored a nomination or How to Get Away with Murder.
In the Comedy categories, the CW earned its first two nominations ever with freshman series Jane the Virgin getting in for Best Comedy Series and Lead Actress. In fact, other than Allison Janney for Mom, it’s the only network comedy nominated, with no nominations for shows like Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory or last year’s winner, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Other newbies include Amazon’s Transparent with two nominations and HBO’s Silicon Valley. In addition, Orange Is the New Black, which was submitted as a Drama last year, earned three nominations as a Comedy.
This year, the Golden Globes also redefined the Miniseries categories as “Limited Series,” which is the reason HBO’s True Detective is competing in those categories and not Drama Series like it does at other awards shows. The debate over what constitutes a Drama and a Miniseries has been big this year with anthology programs like American Horror Story and Fargo competing as Miniseries while True Detective decided to submit as a Drama Series.
For film, the big winner is Birdman with seven nominations while Boyhood and The Imitation Game both have five.
The Golden Globe Awards will air Sunday, January 11 on NBC, once again hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
TV
DRAMA SERIES
The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
COMEDY SERIES
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES
Fargo
The Missing
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
True Detective
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Clive Owen, The Knick
Dominic West, The Affair
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Claire Danes, Homeland
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson, The Affair
Robin Wright, House of Cards
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Ricky Gervais, Derek
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES LEAD ACTOR
Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo
Martin Freeman, Fargo
Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
TV MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES LEAD ACTRESS
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Allison Tolman, Fargo
Frances O’Connor, The Missing
TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Colin Hanks, Fargo
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voigt, Ray Donovan
TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Joanna Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Allison Janney, Mom
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective
FILM
DRAMA
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
COMEDY/MUSICAL
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent
DRAMA LEAD ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
COMEDY LEAD ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava Duvernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
SCREENPLAY
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gone Girl
Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (France)
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
SCORE
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Gone Girl
Birdman
Interstellar
SONG
“Big eyes, Big Eyes
“Glory,” Selma
“Mercy Is, Noah
“Opportunity, Annie
“Yellow Flicker Beat,” The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
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