Golden Globe nominations: ‘The Crown,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘The Undoing’ lead television; non-white actors largely snubbed

Netflix’s The Crown, Pop’s Schitt’s Creek and HBO’s The Undoing topped the television nominations this morning at the Golden Globes with six, five and four apiece, respectively.

The Crown earned a whopping five acting nominations today; two in lead for Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin (playing Princess Diana), two in supporting for Gillian Anderson (playing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) and Helena Bonham Carter and Josh O’Connor. It is the last season for each of those actors in those roles as new actors will take them on for the final two seasons.

Other Drama Series nominees – Ozark and Ratched – also earned acting nominations, but two found Drama Series as their only mentions; Lovecraft Country and The Mandalorian. Among the snubs were freshman series’ P-Valley, about a Mississippi Delta strip club and the bodice ripper period piece Bridgerton. Both shows were also snubbed in the acting categories.

In comedy, four of the five series nominees are freshman shows, with Emmy champ Schitt’s Creek the only veteran, nominated by the Globes today for the first time and for its final season. Emmy nominated hit What We Do in the Shadows was snubbed entirely. New shows The Flight Attendant and Ted Lasso earned first nominations for their brand new networks, HBO Max and Apple TV+, respectively.

Several acting categories, including all actress categories, were entirely white nominees this year. Ramy Youssef (comedy actor), Don Cheadle (comedy actor) and John Boyega (supporting actor) were the only non-white acting nominees for television this morning despite tremendous roles and performances available like Nicco Annan and Brandee Evans of P-Valley and Jurnee Smollet and Jonathan Major of Lovecraft Country.

This year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient is Jane Fonda and the Carol Burnett Award will go to Norman Lear.

The nominations were announced by Golden Globe winners Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson. This year’s ceremony will air live on February 28 at 5pm PT on NBC. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will return to host the mostly virtual event and do it from both coasts; Fey will be in the Rainbow Room in New York while Poehler will be at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills where the Golden Globes are traditionally held.

Here is the full list of motion picture nominations for this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

Best Television Series – Drama 

• “The Crown” (Netflix)
• “Lovecraft Country” (HBO Max) 
• “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) 
• “Ozark” (Netflix)
• “Ratched” (Netflix)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

• “Emily in Paris” (Netflix)
• “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
• “The Great” (Hulu) 
• “Schitt’s Creek” (CBC) 
• “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV+) 

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

• “Normal People” (Hulu/BBC) 
• “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) 
• “Small Axe” (Amazon Studios/BBC) 
• “The Undoing” (HBO) 
• “Unorthodox” (Netflix)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

• Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) 
• Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) 
• Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”)
• Al Pacino (“Hunters”) 
• Matthew Rhys (“Perry Mason”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 

• Olivia Colman (“The Crown”) 
• Jodie Comer (“Killing Eve”)
• Emma Corrin (“The Crown”) 
• Laura Linney (“Ozark”) 
• Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

• Bryan Cranston (“Your Honor”)
• Jeff Daniels (“The Comey Rule”) 
• Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) 
• Ethan Hawke (“The Good Lord Bird”) 
• Mark Ruffalo (“I Know This Much Is True”) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

• Don Cheadle (“Black Monday”)
• Nicholas Hoult (“The Great”) 
• Eugene Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
• Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) 
• Ramy Youssef (“Ramy”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy 

• Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”)
• Kaley Cuoco (“The Flight Attendant”) 
• Elle Fanning (“The Great”) 
• Jane Levy (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) 
• Catherine O’Hara (“Schitt’s Creek”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

• Cate Blanchett (“Mrs. America”) 
• Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”)
• Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) 
• Nicole Kidman (“The Undoing”) 
• Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Queen’s Gambit”) 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

• John Boyega (“Small Axe”) 
• Brendan Gleeson (“The Comey Rule”) 
• Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
• Jim Parsons (“Hollywood”)
• Donald Sutherland (“The Undoing”) 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television 

• Gillian Anderson (“The Crown”) 
• Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”) 
• Julia Garner (“Ozark”) 
• Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) 
• Cynthia Nixon (“Ratched”)

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