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Golden Globe Awards 2012: nominees

Downton Abbey and Mildred Pierce lead the nominations in the 2012 Golden Globes -with Guy Pearce the only Aussie in the TV categories.

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Downton Abbey and Mildred Pierce lead the nominations in the 2012 Golden Globes, with 4 nods each, including for Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television.

Guy Pearce, who was nominated yesterday for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, is the sole Aussie nominated in the TV categories.

Boardwalk Empire follows with 3 nominations including for Best Television Series – Drama.

Modern Family and newcomers The Hour and Homeland each earned three nominations a piece.

Television Nominees:

Best Television Series – Drama
A. American Horror Story Fx
Twentieth Century Fox Television
B. Boardwalk Empire Hbo
Leverage, Closest To The Hole Productions, Sikelia Productions And Cold Front
Productions In Association With Hbo Entertainment
C. Boss Starz
Lionsgate Television In Association With Grammnet Nh Productions, Roya
Productions And Old Friends Productions
D. Game Of Thrones Hbo
Bighead, Littlehead, 360 Television, Grok And Generator Productions In
Association With Hbo Entertainment
E. Homeland Showtime
Showtime Presents, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions,
Keshet, Fox 21

16. Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series –
Drama
A. Claire Danes Homeland
B. Mireille Enos The Killing
C. Julianna Margulies The Good Wife
D. Madeleine Stowe Revenge
E. Callie Thorne Necessary Roughness

17. Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Drama
A. Steve Buscemi Boardwalk Empire
B. Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad
C. Kelsey Grammer Boss
D. Jeremy Irons The Borgias
E. Damian Lewis Homeland

18. Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
A. Enlightened Hbo
Ripcord Productions In Association With Hbo Entertainment
B. Episodes Showtime
Showtime Presents, Hat Trick Productions, Crane Klarik Productions
C. Glee Fox
Ryan Murphy Television In Association With Twentieth Century Fox Television
D. Modern Family Abc
Levitan-Lloyd Productions In Association With Twentieth Century Fox Television
E. New Girl Fox
Chernin Entertainment In Association With Twentieth Century Fox Television

19. Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
A. Laura Dern Enlightened
B. Zooey Deschanel New Girl
C. Tina Fey 30 Rock
D. Laura Linney The Big C
E. Amy Poehler Parks And Recreation

20. Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
A. Alec Baldwin 30 Rock
B. David Duchovny Californication
C. Johnny Galecki The Big Bang Theory
D. Thomas Jane Hung
E. Matt Leblanc Episodes

21. Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
A. Cinema Verite Hbo
A Pariah Production In Association With Hbo Films
B. Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) Pbs
A Carnival/Masterpiece Co-Production
C. The Hour Bbc America
Kudos Film And Television/Bbc America Co-Production.
D. Mildred Pierce Hbo
A Killer Films/John Wells Production In Association With Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
And Hbo Miniseries
E. Too Big To Fail Hbo
A Spring Creek And A Deuce Three Production In Association With Hbo Films

22. Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
A. Romola Garai The Hour
B. Diane Lane Cinema Verite
C. Elizabeth Mcgovern Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
D. Emily Watson Appropriate Adult
E. Kate Winslet Mildred Pierce

23. Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
A. Hugh Bonneville Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
B. Idris Elba Luther
C. William Hurt Too Big To Fail
D. Bill Nighy Page Eight (Masterpiece)
E. Dominic West The Hour

24. Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
A. Jessica Lange American Horror Story
B. Kelly Macdonald Boardwalk Empire
C. Maggie Smith Downton Abbey (Masterpiece)
D. Sofia Vergara Modern Family
E. Evan Rachel Wood Mildred Pierce

25. Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television
A. Peter Dinklage Game Of Thrones
B. Paul Giamatti Too Big To Fail
C. Guy Pearce Mildred Pierce
D. Tim Robbins Cinema Verite
E. Eric Stonestreet Modern Family

The 69th Golden Globe Awards will be presented on January 15, 2012, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and broadcast live in Australia on Foxtel.

15 Responses

  1. Happened to flick on to the last 15 mins of Homeland, but it was enough to gage that it is a Top show! Over the past few years all we’ve had to chose from with cloak-7-dagger shows, have been those woefully predicatble and boring programs like Criminal Minds etc etc. But Homeland really looks good. OK, I only viewed a smidgin of it. However, I know a good story and good acting when I see it!

  2. If anyone beats Jessica Lange for anything she is nominated for in the coming tv awards Season for her work in “American Horror Story” a huge injustice will have been perpetrated. Simply the best work by any woman ever in any television series ever. And the series itself goes from strength to strength each week. Love it!!!

  3. @l3xm4rk

    It is very easy to go past Buscemi when you sit through 13 episodes of Bryan Cranston out acting anyone in television or film

    Also in regards to Modern Family, I have watched it since the start and enjoy it, by my goodness it does not deserve the praise it gets. For some reason Community, Parks & Rec and Louie are overlooked, I can kind of understand why It’s Always Sunny misses out, but it’s still fantastic.

    Oh well at least the Emmy’s have a decent idea of what quality is.

  4. Well, apart from all the whinging below, it is great to see Game of Thrones, Homeland and Downton Abbey nominated.

    Would like to see Game of Thrones or Homeland win best drama, but Boardwalk Empire might take it out again (won last year).

    Peter Dinklage is a lock for best supporting actor – great performance as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones.

    Reckon Maggie Smtih will take best supporting actress.

    Claire Danes to take a globe 2 years in a row (won last year for Temple Grandin) – think she’s awesome in Homeland.

    Hard to go past Steve Buscemi for best actor.

    Modern Family for comedy.

    Downton Abbey for mini-series.

  5. How does Zooey get a nomination after being on air for 5 minutes, and Emily doesn’t after 7 years?
    There should be tension at the Deschanel family Christmas, I reckon.

  8. Anyone with any knowledge of film and television knows what a embarrassment the golden globes are.

    To not have the best television show since Deadwood nominated (Breaking Bad) is just too stupid for words. Also rubbing salt into the wound is American Horror Story get a nomination, I have watched all 11 episodes so far, it is entertaining, but as an actual piece of television it is a pretty crap show.

    Not having Aaron Paul nominated is also pathetic, gave easily the best performance in this years fourth season, nearly actually out-acting Cranston. So get rid of Eric Stonestreet who now is just playing a characiture of the role he did so well in season 1. While at it, get Johhny Galecki out of the lead actror in comedy series, he is a very poor actor playing a thinly written character. Replace him with either Charlie Day, Joel McHale or Louis C,K. Actually just put those three in place of Galecki, Thomas Jane and Matt Leblanc

  9. What the…? There is so much wrong with this, but the really unforgivable one – no Breaking Bad for best drama?!

    Then there’s pretty much the entire comedy category (well, I can’t comment on Enlightened as I haven’t seen it, but I Know that Glee, Modern Family, The New Girl and especially Episodes are bad); other undeserved noms in American Horror Story and Boss; and shows like Parks and Rec, Community, Always Sunny and more are absent from their categories.

    At least Cranston and Homeland got a bit of love, but this list mainly makes me cranky.

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