Golden Globe Nominations (TV): Mad Men Snubbed, Outlander, Mr. Robot In, what is Casual?

The television side of nominations from The Golden Globes gave some love to Empire after its SAG snub yesterday in the form of a Drama Series nomination but said ‘shut the door, sit down’ to Mad Men by snubbing its send-off season. In its place are this year’s Emmy winner for Best Drama Series, Game of Thrones, plus a trio of newcomers that are sure to make internet message boards and Netflix execs happy. Mr. Robot, Outlander and Narcos were all nominated for Drama Series. That also meant that the freshman season of Better Call Saul was left off. AMC shouldn’t be too sad though, both Jon Hamm and Bob Odenkirk scored Drama Actor noms. But, as we know, the Golden Globes are really fickle and like new blood more than previous winners. Last year’s winner for Drama Series (The Affair) and Drama Actress (Ruth Wilson – The Affair) didn’t make the cut.

Comedy Series exploded with streaming service success with Mozart in the Jungle and Transparent from Amazon, Orange is the New Black from Netflix and something called Casual. No really, I have no idea what that is. Or was, until this morning when I had to Google it. It’s a Hulu exclusive which is another notch in the streaming belt. Interestingly enough, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recently changed their eligibility rules in order to expand to streaming services and the results clearly benefitted the Television categories.

The second season of Fargo had a good day, oh you betcha. It scored three nominations; TV Movie/Miniseries and Actor and Actress in a TV Movie/Miniseries (Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst, respectively). Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel) was nominated in the same category as Dunst and sets the stage for another Globe showdown between a pop star and an actress from Fargo. I’m pretty sure we all remember where we were when Madonna beat Frances McDormand back in 1997 (psst…Madonna deserved it).

There were two double nominees today: Idris Elba (TV – Luther, FILM – Beasts of No Nation) and Lily Tomlin (TV – Grace & Frankie, FILM – Grandma).

In all, American Crime, Outlander, Mr. Robot, Transparent and Wolf Hall all tied for the most nominations, with three apiece.

The 73rd Golden Globes Nominations for Television are:

DRAMA SERIES
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
Outlander
Narcos

DRAMA – ACTOR
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Wagner Moura, Narcos
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan

DRAMA – ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Robin Wright, House of Cards

COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTRESS
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Jamie Lee Curtis, Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie

COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTOR
Aziz Anzari, Master of None
Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe, The Grinder
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
American Crime
American Horror Story: Hotel
Fargo
Flesh & Bone
Wolf Hall

TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTOR
Idris Elba, Luther
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Patrick Wilson, Fargo

TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTRESS
Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Sarah Hay, Flesh & Bone
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Queen Latifah, Bessie

SERIES, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Regina King, American Crime
Judith Light, Transparent
Maura Tierney, The Affair

SERIES, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Tobias Menzies, Outlander
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

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