Final Golden Globe Predictions

The SAG Awards announcement this morning has considerably less effect on my Golden Globe predictions for television than it does for movies, especially since Globe voters often have distinctly different tastes. I’m mostly not changing my predictions, which means that the hyperlinked category headings will prove informative for my logic behind each race. The miniseries and TV movie categories are complete guesswork, which also means that the supporting categories, as always, are a crapshoot. They make me particularly nervous because there are so many contenders, and last year Chris Noth and Scott Caan came from nowhere, so we’ll see what happens there. Reactions by category tomorrow morning, followed by episode reviews from this past Sunday’s slate. Leave your predictions in the comments and come back tomorrow for reactions!

No guts, no glory:
“Once Upon a Time” for Best Drama Series
“Boss” for Best Drama Series
Connie Britton nominated twice for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Best Television Series - Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter
The Good Wife
Homeland
The Walking Dead

Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl
30 Rock

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Cinema Verite
Downtown Abbey
The Kennedys
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Timothy Olyphant (Justified)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Connie Britton (American Horror Story)
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Linney (The Big C)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jim Broadbent (Any Human Heart)
Idris Elba (Page Eight)
Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood)
Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys)
Bill Nighy (Page Eight)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayley Atwell (Any Human Heart)
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey)
Rachel Weisz (Page Eight)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Damian Lewis (Homeland)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)