Friday, January 29, 2021

Golden Globe Musings: Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy/Musical

Golden Globe nominations for this year will be announced soon, 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:
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Ben Platt (The Politician)
Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

New contenders:
Steve Carell (Space Force)
Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

Potential first-time nominees:
Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows)
Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Eligible again:
Jim Carrey (Kidding)

Past nominees:
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Eric McCormack (Will and Grace)
William H. Macy (Shameless)

Last year, only two of the previous year’s nominees were eligible to come back, and this year that’s true again. Douglas and Hader will have to wait for their shows to return, while there’s been no word in almost a year and a half on whether Rudd’s series will ever be back. It’s hard to imagine Platt repeating given his show’s poor performance at the Emmys, but it’s always possible. I’d be much more thrilled if Globe voters remembered Carrey and the fact that his now-cancelled show was even better in season two. Last year’s winner, Youssef, should be back without question, and he’ll likely be joined by a combination of actors from new series and never-nominated fan favorites. I don’t see Sudeikis missing, and I really hope that Hoult doesn’t either. Even though his record-breaking Emmy-winning show hasn’t been nominated for a single Globe, Levy should be in for its final year, and I suspect that Berry, whose show broke through in a few categories with Emmy nominations this year, may join him.

Current predictions:
Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows)
Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)

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