The Golden Globe nominations were released today, and with them comes the necessary disclaimer that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association isn’t bound by anything that might be mistaken for journalistic integrity or standards of any sort. The voting might as well be done by retarded children and a pool of smallmouth bass.
Anyway, when held up against the film nominations, the TV noms don’t look as stupid. Here they are:
BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men
The Walking Dead
They nominated two AMC series, neither of which was “Breaking Bad.” Sigh.
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
Showtime has some good series, but I’m tired of media insisting that “The Big C” and “Nurse Jackie” (not to mention “Weeds”) are comedies. Comedies have jokes. They’re supposed to make you laugh. Anyone who can explain to me how “Nurse Jackie” is funnier than “Community” will get a shiny nickel from me. And a punch in the throat.
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Julianna Margulies The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Nice to see Katey Sagal finally get some recognition (a season too late, of course). And I’ve honestly never heard of “Covert Affairs.” I loved Perabo in Coyote Ugly, though. Can’t fight the moonlight.
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Sure, that works.
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Alec Baldwin should win based on his Jack Donaghy Christmas card alone:
“Happy Holidays…is for terrorists. Merry Christmas.”
No ‘Community’?
(*pumps shotgun, kicks in front door of Hollywood Foreign Press offices*)
Idris Elba was AWESOME on Luther, but I’m bummed the red-head sociopath didn’t get nominated.
Hung is barely a comedy and Thomas Jane is by far the least funniest part of the show. I can’t knock the Showtime shows cause I’ve enjoyed them.
But I think my favorite nomination is Jennifer Love Hewitt for playing a prostitute that banged around with political figures.
Scott Caan being nominated gives hope to Skeet Ulrich next year. I don’t want to watch a medium that doesn’t reward those thespians.
I thought Danger Guerrero was gonna mention Terriers, but he threw a lateral on me.
I am just going to brag for two seconds as my cousin got nominated for Original Song for that awful-looking Gynnie Paltrow movie in which she pretends to be country
@ Jen – Good point.
(*reloads shotgun, heads back to Hollywood Foreign Press offices*)
(*kicks in door moments after they finish fixing it from the last time I kicked it in*)
AND ANOTHER THING WTF TERRIERS!
I watched Covert Affairs. It was an enjoyable time filler. That being said, Piper does not deserve an award nomination of any kind. I still haven’t watched all of Boardwalk Empire, but Kelly Macdonald has my undying devotion for her role in Gosford Park, which was only reinforced by the job she did in No Country for Old Men. So, YAY for her.
And…I know this is a TV site, but Burlesque, really??? Did the nominators actually see the movie?
Nurse Jackie winning an award for best comedy would be like the time Jethro Tull won a Grammy for “best hard rock/metal performance.”
Joel McHale should sit in the audience with a bottle of scotch and heckle the hell out of them. Why do you hate Community, foreigners?!
Also, I’m disappointed that nobody ever nominates John Noble for Fringe. He’s so good, dammit!!!
@Upstate — Nurse Jackie winning would be more like if Jethro Tull won an award for best comedy.
Community didn’t get nominated because it’s not good.
Nurse Jackee
Now that’s a comedy.
How was Always Sunny snubbed across the board? Ridiculous…
Well, at least Outsourced wasn’t nominated, which is kind of a surprise if you consider what was.
@ Pepe Silvia
hey! if this is anyone besides Steve Allen, you’re stealing my bit!
I know that it’s a miracle the show is still on the air, but how is Bradley Whitford not being nominated for comedy awards for The Good Guys. Say what you want about Colin Hanks, but Bradley Whitford is absolutely hilarious on that show. Also Jenny Wade is hot as fuck.
Ally Walker should have been Best supporting actress. SoA was held together by her evil this season. And nobody on TV… NOBODY… plays the pleading, blubbering “Dont’ kill me” scene better than her. She had to do it twice (once this year and once last year) with a 50% success rate.
@Homo Erectus – Um…no. She played a character who was a great foil to the club, but her acting is shite. Watch again as she sucks in breath just before she delivers a line every single time.
Kurt Sutter deserves praise for making such a crap actress relevant to the show. She only got the part because her husband is the boss of FX.
@Patty Boots – I think Anna Torv was more deserving of an award this year. She was amazing, especially after her rocky start on Fringe.
to make up for my haterade about Skylar on Breaking Bad yesterday in the “10 Worst Characters on The Best TV Shows” post, I will point out that it’s bullshit that Aaron Paul isn’t up here. But then again, all the nominations for the Golden Globes are just bought by studios… these voters don’t watch half of this shit.
@Jen &Danger Now that’s comedy
You know, if you replaced Edie Falco with Gary Busey, people really wouldn’t notice the change.
Michael Pitt is 10 times better on Boardwalk than Buscemi or Macdonald… but since I’ve never seen any of the other Supporting Actor shows, I guess I can’t complain too much.
Arrested Development showed us that even if you win awards, there’s no accounting for mass bad taste from Middle America. I give Community one more season…
Why was Louie snubbed? That show was the tits.
the last time I checked retarded didn’t mean stupid. why use retarded as pejorative when you must know you are hurting vulnerable people.