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Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"In Treatment" (2008)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"True Blood" (2007)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:"Californication" (2007)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Bernard and Doris (2007)
"Cranford" (2007)
"John Adams" (2008)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)
Recount (2008) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)
Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)
Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)
Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)
Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)
Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)
Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)
Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)
Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)
Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)

Damn, no Shield or Lost nods. surprised Generation Kill didn't get any nods in the mini series catagory.

No Lost is inexcusable. That show has bounced back in a huge way.

And sorry, but Weeds has sucked for 2 years now. I'm sick of shows getting nominated based on their reputation(*cough*West Wing*cough*).

Weeds should've stayed in the suburbs. House sucks too now its a one note show.

Kevin Connolly? Really? I enjoy "Entourage," but Piven's the only regular that really stands out in that series.

No love for "The Shield" is really surprising. This final season was excellent.

And while I've never seen the show, the collective critical jizz spilled for "The Wire" could fill the Grand Canyon. No nods for that show will upset some people, I'm sure.

But I don't really care about awards shows (except for the Oscars, but that's because I usually make a pool for that), much less the Golden Globes.

They got the Comedy series nominations absolutely correct. 5 great shows.
Also replace House with Lost and the Drama category would be very acceptable s well.
Good TV noms this year.
I'll be rooting for Recount and Leary and Spacey for their roles in that great movie.

The title should say 2009 rather than 2008.

Wow, out of all those, I've only watched a few.

I think Christina Applegate deserves the nod for her work on Samantha Who? as does Steve Carrell for The Office.

But Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption? Really? It was a decent movie, but nothing noteworthy.

I think the Hollywood Foreign Press' love for HBO exceeds their love of individual shows. In Treatment, True Blood & Entourage do not deserve to be nominated, imo.

I am very happy to see January Jones nominated. Her work in season 2 of Mad Men was exceptional.

Wow.

Only one network show in drama. thats insane.

And yet they didn't nominate the Wire (it was eligible). And it was never nominated for best drama.

I think In Treatment definitely deserved the acting nods.

No Lost. That's pretty freakin' ludicrous.

Lost was simply amazing this past season. I watched most episodes multiple times before deleting them. Henry Ian Cusick was brilliant in The Constant (episode 5). If he's not recognized with a nomination somewhere along the line then these people aren't watching the same shows I am.

Very happy to see True Blood in there along with Anna Paquin.

No Shield and one nomination for The Dark Knight is lame.

I love the Shield but the final two seasons were without a doubt the weakest of the series. LLost should have been nominated though. Brotherhood was very strong as well.

I'm glad to see that "True Blood" got into the mix, especially in its first season (correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't "Six Feet Under" completely ignored by the globes in its first year)?

I'm happy to see Christina Applegate and Niel Patrick Harris up there as well, two very deserving actors.

Why doesn't James Roday or Dule Hill ever get nominated in the comedy category?

I enjoyed True Blood, but I can't believe it got nominated for Best Drama.

On a side note, I'm happy to see Anna Paquin's boobalicious performance get nominated for the "Golden Globes".

You have to wonder how these nominations are done (does anyone here know? Is there a committee?)

I'm a little partial to The Wire, but I can see how people judged that it doesn't hold a candle to True Blood (that would be sarcasm - I like True Blood, but.... really? this gets nominated over The Wire?)

I also have to wonder how much alignment with politics fits into the nomination - Recount gets 5 nominations (including 2 out of 5 best male performance)? I guess it's a shame it was released on TV - it may have taken home some Oscars! Or is it just that there are so few made for TV movies/mini-series?

And I have to echo the displeasure of Connolly getting the nod over Piven for nomination for actor in comedy/musical.

I would have liked to see The Shield at least get a sympathy nomination or 2. Kind of like the Peter Jackson 'body of work' consideration at the Oscars.