Rypro 525

Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
"American Horror Story" (2011)
"Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
"Boss" (2011)
"Game of Thrones" (2011)
"Homeland" (2011)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
"Enlightened" (2011)
"Episodes" (2011)
"Glee" (2009)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"New Girl" (2011)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
"Downton Abbey" (2010)
"The Hour" (2005)
"Mildred Pierce" (2011)
Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Kelsey Grammer for "Boss" (2011)
Jeremy Irons for "The Borgias" (2011)
Damian Lewis for "Homeland" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
Claire Danes for "Homeland" (2011)
Mireille Enos for "The Killing" (2011)
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Madeleine Stowe for "Revenge" (2011)
Callie Thorne for "Necessary Roughness" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Johnny Galecki for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)
Matt LeBlanc for "Episodes" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
Laura Dern for "Enlightened" (2011)
Zooey Deschanel for "New Girl" (2011)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Laura Linney for "The Big C" (2010)
Amy Poehler for "Parks and Recreation" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
Hugh Bonneville for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Idris Elba for "Luther" (2010)
William Hurt for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)
Bill Nighy for Page Eight (2011) (TV)
Dominic West for "The Hour" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
Romola Garai for "The Hour" (2011)
Diane Lane for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
Elizabeth McGovern for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Emily Watson for "Appropriate Adult" (2011)
Kate Winslet for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" (2011)
Paul Giamatti for Too Big to Fail (2011) (TV)
Guy Pearce for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)
Tim Robbins for Cinema Verite (2011) (TV)
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" (2011)
Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" (2010)
Maggie Smith for "Downton Abbey" (2010)
Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009)
Evan Rachel Wood for "Mildred Pierce" (2011)

CRM114

Interesting three way battle for Drama Series. Game of Thrones has to win, doesn't it?

And here's hoping Jeremy Irons wins Actor for The Borgias.

Wouldn't mind seeing Mireille Enos get an award either.

superdeluxe

No Network Dramas, Four first year nominees.

If they decide to not to do a 2 peat with Boardwalk, Game of THrones has a great shot.

superdeluxe

Unless they want to make Boardwalk a winner 2 years in a row, it will be minor shock for GoT not to win.

Rypro 525

surprised now looking that American Horror Story got the best drama nod over Breaking Bad and Mad Men (which got nada)

superfro

I like New Girl, but even I know that should've been Happy Endings or Parks & Rec up there. Really? I'll never understand how something could potentially win Best Series with on airing half of it's shows or less. (Or you know...replace Episodes entirely. Yikes.)

No Community bums me out too, but not a surprise at all. Good for American Horror Story and Homeland. All deserved.

superdeluxe

Mad Men did not air during the required airtimes for the awards I believe. This is also why it wasn't up at the Emmys.

crazychris88

Um, yeah, Kelly Macdonald is without a doubt a lead actresss on Boardwalk Empire. And shame on them for nominating American Horror Story and Boss over Breaking Bad. And don't even get me started o nthe comedy categories. New Girl and Enlightened. The 2 new worst shows of the season that I tried to start watching. Where the hell is Eastbound and Down?

superdeluxe

Just Found out that the Foreign Press also gets to vote on the winners, Game of Thrones has done well overseas.

Geofferson

Incomprehensible to me how Breaking Bad wasn't nominated. AHS, really???

superdeluxe

Boss/AHS are head scratchers. Boss was not even critically acclaimed was it?

Homeland I can understand.

Michael Corvin

That shouldn't stop them from just giving it to MM anyway. You know they want to.

CRM114

What's wrong with AHS? Aside from Boardwalk, it's the only show I have any interest in right now. What season is Breaking Bad on now?

superdeluxe

Nothing Wrong with AHS, just surprised it was picked over Breaking Bad.

I think BB is on Season 4 or 5.

RichC2

I actually like AHS, it's trashy and over the top but a ton of fun. I respect the production values of Boardwalk Empire but still don't like the show, Game of Thrones and Homeland are the "hot" show right now. Boss is critically acclaimed, but I haven't seen it.

Honestly, I'm more surprised by Boss than AHS in this case. The Globes generally don't like gritty which Boss kind of is. AHS plays out more like a mini-series, which is a rarity in US television (ie - they started off with a ton of mysteries and resolved almost every one of them, and the finale isn't until next week -- unlike most shows that would span every mystery into its own overlong episode) which probably helped.

That said, from what I recall BB has never been a Golden Globe favorite, it has only 1 nomination and that was last year for Bryan Cranston. Steve Buscemi won. So while it deserves to be there (best show on TV), it isn't surprising that it isn't there.

I think New Girl is much funnier than Happy Endings which is hugely hit or miss with me, no matter Modern Family has that one on lock down. Rather The League or Always Sunny be up there.

The HFPA has a generally quirky taste. Angelina Jolie's directorial debut is nominated for Best Foreign Language pic.

It doesn't mean anything, but Stephen King has Breaking Bad listed as his #1 of 2011 (includes music, movies and tv), Slant Magazine has it at #2 behind Louie, Time has it as #3 behind #2 Parks and Rec and #1 Louie. #1 on The New Yorker. #1 in New York Magazine. #1 on Canada.com. And this story of a Math Teacher cooking Meth with her kid - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...ton-amc-269457

superfro

Maybe they based it on the complete season for Breaking Bad and realized the entire first half of it was boring as fuck.

Geofferson

Boss received pretty solid critical praise. Problem was nobody watched -- I suspect many don't even know it existed.

Homeland deserves the nomination.

Goat3001

As much as I like AHS I have to agree that it shouldn't be there over Breaking Bad.

Wouldn't mind seeing Homeland sweep Best Series, Best Actor and Best Actress.

onebyone

I don't agree with everything on the list, but it isn't so totally bizarre that I cannot see why on earth the nominations were made. Ok, maybe Mireille Enos for "The Killing" seems bizarre but that's just one head scratcher.

Jessica Lange for "American Horror Story" was who I most wanted to see nominated. She's always been a great actress, but she's kicking it up a notch on this for for even someone of her stature. An amazing performance.

dino88

American Horror Story nominated for best drama is laugh-out-loud funny.

Gunde

A lot of the nominations are. Not as bad as SAG, but still...

superdeluxe

HFPA is so quirky that it might just give the award to a show about dragons and swords.

Patman

Do people still take the GGs seriously? It's about nominating hot actors/actresses so they show up at the GG ceremony, or nominating "hot" shows with more sizzle than merit to attract eyeballs to their ceremony.

DJariya

Homeland....enough said.

superdeluxe

Well Many use GG as a pre-cursor for odds making on the Oscars.