Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Golden Globe Nominations announced

The nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Below are the TV nominations. A few surprises, a few snubs, as usual.

Best TV drama series: "Big Love," HBO; "Dexter," Showtime; "House," Fox; "Mad Men," AMC; "True Blood," HBO.

Best TV comedy or musical series: "30 Rock," NBC; "Entourage," HBO; "Glee," Fox; "Modern Family," ABC; "The Office," NBC.

Best actor in a TV drama: Simon Baker, "The Mentalist," CBS; Jon Hamm, "Mad Men," AMC; Michael C. Hall, "Dexter," Showtime; Hugh Laurie, "House," Fox; Bill Paxton, "Big Love," HBO.

Best actress in a TV drama: Glenn Close, "Damages," FX; January Jones, "Mad Men," AMC; Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife," CBS; Anna Paquin, "True Blood," HBO; Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer," TNT.

Best actress in a TV comedy: Tina Fey, "30 Rock," Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie," Toni Collette, "The United States of Tara," Lea Michele, "Glee"; Courteney Cox, "Cougar Town."

Best actor in a TV comedy: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" Steve Carell, "The Office" David Duchovny, "Californication," Matthew Morrison, "Glee," Thomas Jane, "Hung."

Best actor in a supporting role: Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"; Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"; William Hurt, "Damages"; John Lithgow, "Dexter"; Michael Emerson, "Lost."

Best actress in a supporting role: Jane Lynch, "Glee"; Rose Byrne, "Damages"; Janet McTeer, "Into the Storm"; Jane Adams, "Hung"; Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love."

Best TV movie or miniseries: "George O'Keeffe," Lifetime; "Grey Gardens" HBO; "Into the Storm," HBO; "Little Dorrit," PBS; "Taking Chance," HBO.

Best actor in a miniseries or TV movie: Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance," HBO; Kenneth Branagh, "Wallender," PBS; Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Endgame," PBS; Brendan Gleeson, "Into the Storm," HBO; Jeremy Irons, "Georgia O'Keeffe," Lifetime.

Best actress in a miniseries or made-for-TV movie: 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."

Let me just say that Jim Parsons being ignored for 'Big Bang Theory' is ridiculous. Him and Neil Patrick Harris are the two best comedic actors on network TV today and Parsons should have been recognized. In fact, the absence of any nods for 'Big Bang Theory' is a real head scratcher.

In the Drama categories, I'm real bummed that 'Rescue Me' didn't receive any nominations either. The FX drama had its best season this year and Denis Leary turned in an incredible performance.

On the other hand, real happy to see nominations for Jane Lynch for 'Glee,' and Michael Emerson for 'Lost.' Also a well deserved nomination for 'Modern Family' in the best comedy category, although some of the actors could have been recognized as well, namely Ed O'Neill.

So what do you think? Who got snubbed? Which nominations surprised you?

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