Monday, December 13, 2010

Final Golden Globe Predictions

Tomorrow morning, the nominees for the Golden Globe Awards will be announced. The TV portion isn’t nearly as exciting as the film stuff, especially because the Emmys are so far away while the Oscars are coming right up. There’s often a tendency for the Globes to try to mimic the most recent Emmy ceremony, so names like Archie Panjabi, Eric Stonestreet, and Aaron Paul could pop up here. The most important thing to remember about the Globes is that once they abandon shows, they forget about them completely, like “24,” “Lost,” and others (which is why I’m not predicting “In Treatment” for anything). The second important thing to remember (about awards in general) is that there are always exceptions, like Michael Emerson getting nominated last year. Also, sometimes the Globes take a while to catch onto big things, and the absence of nominees like Bryan Cranston or Jim Parsons may change (or may not) this year. Since there’s not much excitement likely to be had, I’m abstaining from no guts, no glory predictions. You can see my film predictions here and come back tomorrow for hourly category analysis (following the 8:40am or so announcement of nominees).

Best Television Series - Drama
Big Love
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
30 Rock

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Pacific
Return to Cranford
The Special Relationship
Temple Grandin
You Don’t Know Jack
The Walking Dead (6th nominee)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Bill Paxton (Big Love)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Glenn Close (Damages)
Lauren Graham (Parenthood)
January Jones (Mad Men)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Thomas Jane (Hung)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Ed O’Neill (Modern Family)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette (The United States of Tara)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Linney (The Big C)
Lea Michele (Glee

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
James Badge Dale (The Pacific)
Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)
Al Pacino (You Don’t Know Jack)
Dennis Quaid (The Special Relationship)
Michael Sheen (The Special Relationship)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Claire Danes (Temple Grandin)
Hope Davis (The Special Relationship)
Judi Dench (Return to Cranford)
Winona Ryder (When Love Is Not Enough)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Goodman (You Don’t Know Jack)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Oliver Platt (The Big C)
David Strathairn (Temple Grandin)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin)
Susan Sarandon (You Don’t Know Jack)
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland)

3 comments:

Greg Boyd said...

So, no chance for "Parks and Rec"? Come on, it has to get in over "Glee"...

You're probably right, though.

Movies with Abe said...

Given the fact that I've re-watched the first season and the first four episodes of the second season over the past few days with my roommate, I couldn't agree with you more. Let's hope!

Greg Boyd said...

It is just so good. I honestly couldn't believe it when you ranked the show ahead of "Modern Family" in your top new shows of last year. But you were right.

My favorite episodes, by the way, were "The Practice Date", "Christmas Scandal" (hope there's more Dexhart stuff in season 3), "Summer Catalog" (for the pot-smoking director alone), and "Freddy Spaghetti". But they were all really good.

Except for "Sister City", which was just kind of absurd and irritating (though funny in places). If you read Alan Sepinwall, he had a preview of the first six episodes of season 3 up a few weeks back in which he said they were as strong as any that the show has ever done. If that's the case, January 20 can't come soon enough.