Final Golden Globe Predictions

Please find my final Golden Globe predictions for all television categories below. I’m hopeful that they’ll be considerably more creative than the nominees for the SAG Awards this morning, which welcomed new nominees but none from new shows. I’m going to err on the side of Globe voters not blindly following SAG and Emmy trends. Maybe they will still include Julianna Margulies, Eric Stonestreet, Sofia Vergara, and Amy Poehler. I think “Mad Men” will be entirely forgotten, but I’m not confident that Liev Schreiber will be the one to take Jon Hamm’s place, and I’m not sold on Damian Lewis coming back or Michael Sheen popping up. I’d love to see “The Bridge,” a show that I forgot all about when I put together my musings, do well, but I think it may have an easier time at the Emmys. I swapped out Kate Mara for Kathy Bates in the supporting actress category, and I’m just hoping the nominations announcement is full of good surprises.

No guts, no glory:
“Homeland” shut out
“The Killing” for Best Drama Series
Three actresses from “Orange is the New Black” in Best Supporting Actress

Best TV Series – Drama
Breaking Bad
House of Cards
Homeland
Masters of Sex
Orange is the New Black

Best TV Series – Comedy/Musical
The Big Bang Theory
Enlightened
Girls
Modern Family
Veep

Best Miniseries or TV Movie
American Horror Story
Behind the Candelabra
Luther
Phil Spector
Top of the Lake

Best Actor in a TV Series – Drama
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
James Spader (The Blacklist)

Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black)
Kerry Washington (Scandal)

Best Actor in a TV Series – Comedy/Musical
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development)
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
Michael J. Fox (The Michael J. Fox Show)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones)

Best Actress in a TV Series – Comedy/Musical
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)
Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)

Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Al Pacino (Phil Spector)

Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Helena Bonham Carter (Burton and Taylor)
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Laura Linney (The Big C: Hereafter)
Helen Mirren (Phil Spector)
Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV Series
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Peter Sarsgaard (The Killing)
Corey Stoll (House of Cards)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a TV Series
Kathy Bates (American Horror Story)
Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black)
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)