Golden Globe nominations for this year will be announced in just a few weeks, so here’s a survey of the contenders and the most likely predictions at this time. Weigh in with your thoughts, and let me know if I’ve left off anyone important. A reminder that last year’s nominees mean zilch at the Globes and that the race is almost entirely unpredictable.
Last year’s nominees:
GABRIEL BYRNE, IN TREATMENT
MICHAEL C. HALL, DEXTER
JON HAMM, MAD MEN
HUGH LAURIE, HOUSE
JONATHAN RHYS-MEYERS, THE TUDORS
Ineligible last year:
BILL PAXTON, BIG LOVE
New contenders:
JOSEPH FIENNES, FLASH FORWARD
NATHAN FILLION, CASTLE
Potential first-time nominees:
SIMON BAKER, THE MENTALIST
BRYAN CRANSTON, BREAKING BAD
Past nominees:
MICHAEL CHIKLIS, THE SHIELD
KIEFER SUTHERLAND, 24
This category may be all set. Swap out Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, whose inclusion last year was mind-boggling and who likely has been all but forgotten about at this point, and send in one of the two remaining Emmy nominees from this year who were left off the list last year: Bryan Cranston and Simon Baker. Cranston probably has a better shot, and having more than seven episodes in the critically-acclaimed second season of “Breaking Bad” should help him. Both actors are past nominees, Cranston in 2003 for his considerably less impressive “Malcolm in the Middle” supporting role, and Baker in 2002 in this category for “The Guardian.” Neither Fiennes nor Fillion seem strong enough to place, but beware of Paxton, who has been nominated every time his show has been eligible. The Globes have forgotten all about “The Shield” and “24,” and they never liked “Battlestar Galactica.” There’s no fall show like “Prison Break” that could shock by showing up here, and the only crazy possibilities I can think of would be Paul Wesley for “The Vampire Diaries” or a posthumous nod for Patrick Swayze on “The Beast.”
Predicted nominees:
GABRIEL BYRNE, IN TREATMENT
BRYAN CRANSTON, BREAKING BAD
MICHAEL C. HALL, DEXTER
JON HAMM, MAD MEN
HUGH LAURIE, HOUSE
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Does this mean you don't like The Tudors. Haven't seen it recently but in the first two seasons it deserved nods in acting and production categories.
These are merely predictions, not preferences. I've only seen the pilot of the Tudors, which was fine but didn't do much for me. In any case, this show has had almost zero awards buzz since it started, and that's why I can't imagine it would be included again.
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