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New Blood at the Globes
Jon Hamm in Mad Men courtesy AMC
If the barometer of an interesting TV awards show is the number of fresh faces invited to the party, then the Golden Globe nominations (announced Thursday morning) passes the test. Not with a perfect score, mind you. Any institution that so completely ignores NBC's wonderful Friday Night Lights deserves some spirited jeering.
And the Globes' addiction to sexy sizzle and hype can lead to some puzzling choices: Big Love, fun as it is, over The Sopranos' final season? Bill Paxton over James Gandolfini? (And if the Globes is going to shower love on Big Love, how could the women who play Bill's wives go unheralded, especially Ginnifer Goodwin?) Californication over Weeds?
But let's look at the bright side. The Hollywood Foreign Press clearly spent some time checking out the TV landscape during last summer's remarkable season of cable breakthroughs. My own pick for No. 1 show of the year, AMC's Mad Men, is nominated for best drama, along with its dashing leading man, Jon Hamm. FX's Damages, with nods for best drama, actress (Glenn Close), and supporting players Rose Byrne and Ted Danson, raked in the most nominations of any TV series.
And I'm delighted to see the Globes taking notice of my top-ranked (in my top-10 list) new network series from the fall: ABC's Pushing Daisies, nominated for best couple, with recognition as well for its lead couple, Lee Pace and Anna Friel. (I'm just sorry the ridiculous supporting actor categories, which lump together series and TV-movie actors, didn't find room for Daisies scene-stealers Chi McBride or Kristin Chenoweth).
Other freshman-show nominees include two Showtime series: The Tudors and Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the lusty young King Henry; and the raunchy Californication and its randy antihero David Duchovny. Other actors emerging from new series with nominations: Saving Grace's Holly Hunter, The Riches' Minnie Driver, Samantha Who?'s Christina Applegate and Dirty Sexy Money's Donald Sutherland.
Among returning series, I was glad to see my top-ranked comedy, 30 Rock, and its stars (Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin) get noticed, while The Office fell off the list, though not its star, Steve Carell. And after he was inexplicably passed over at the Emmys, the Globes got it right by nominating Dexter star Michael C. Hall for his riveting performance. (I'd probably favor him over Jon Hamm and House's Hugh Laurie, but that's a tough call.)
Probably the most surprising snub after The Sopranos was the lack of nominations for Desperate Housewives or any of its cast. The consensus is that this season has rebounded in quality, and the addition of Dana Delany adds even more star power to a cast that have been Globes regulars. But this year, they might as well be gone with the wind that recently leveled Wisteria Lane.
Still, with all the new blood jockeying for attention, this year's Golden Globes could be fun to watch. (And besides, we all know it's really all about the movie stars, anyway. The Globes will be long forgotten by the time the Emmy nominations roll around.) At the moment, the real suspense about the Jan. 13 ceremony hinges on what impact the writers' strike will have — not so much on the telecast itself, but on how many nominees will even show for the party, if parading on the red carpet is equated to crossing a picket line.
Lots more Golden Globes coverage:
• TVGuide.com's complete lists of TV and film nominations
• Photo gallery: Globes nominees' reactions!
• Gold or Guild? Globes Nominees Debate Attending
• Ausiello's Snappy Judgments on the Globe Nominations
• At JumpTheShark.com: Globe Nominations, Yay or Boo?
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Dec 13, 2007 12:52 PM
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I am bitter about the shut out of Friday Night Lights and it's very talented cast. The exclusion by the Golden Globes frustrates me like no other. The Emmys, I've long given up on, but the Globes mostly get it right when it comes to nominating quality tv shows. So where is FNL?
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Dec 13, 2007 1:15 PM
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I can no longer give the Golden Globes my "favorite awards" title since it totallly overlooked Friday Night Lights!
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Dec 13, 2007 1:21 PM
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While the snub to FNL is very disappointing, I'm much more shocked that Lost received no recognition at all, not even Elizabeth Mitchell! I am, however absolutely THRILLED at the Michael C. Hall nomination, but I wish Dexter had been nominated over The Tudors for best drama...I would have picked Dexter over House as well...
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Dec 13, 2007 1:43 PM
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I am loving the nominations for Pushing Daisies. How delightful! But yes, sigh the lack of Chenoweth and McBride.
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Dec 13, 2007 3:41 PM
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Grey's Anatomy for Best Drama? Off - camera maybe, but this has not been the show's best season.
I'm guessing you're a happy camper today with your fave show, Pushing Daisies, getting some well deserved accolades.
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Dec 13, 2007 4:39 PM
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Mad props to Jon Hamm and Mad Men. I wish they had found room for John Slattery's performance on Mad Men as well, but I'm thrilled it was recognized with two nods.
Sutherland is totally deserving. Anything Grey's Anatomy, not so much.
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Dec 13, 2007 8:50 PM
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Lost snub is unbelievable. These award shows are becoming useless now
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Dec 13, 2007 8:53 PM
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jrr1, I completely agree.
Plus which, Terry O'Quinn won the Emmy award last September, and now he's not even nominated at the Globes, for the same season. So strange.
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Dec 13, 2007 10:38 PM
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I doubt anyone on the GG nominating committee ever watched even one episode of FNL. The show is brilliant. The writing is spot on and the relationships are achingly real. It's bewildering to me how FNL is constantly passed over when award time comes around.
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Dec 14, 2007 8:47 AM
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The two people I wanted to be recognized - Ray Wise as the devil on The Reaper and Chi McBide as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies were snubbed.
Two of the best character actors in the business with the juiciest of roles ignored.
Sigh. Sob. Let's hope the Emmys remember how good these guys are.
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Dec 14, 2007 11:54 AM
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My disappointment on shows/people not nominated (Lost's myraid of fine talents among them) was SOMEWHAT dimmed by the nod at Donald Sutherland. So glad to see this great actor is on the list. But for me this year's Globes is missing mucho.
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Dec 14, 2007 12:31 PM
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Major props to Jon Hamm & Rose Byrne. Pissed off as well about no Lost.....tired of seeing and hearing about Katherine Heigl.
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Dec 14, 2007 4:22 PM
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Could have not said it better myself. I was really, REALLY shocked that The Sopranos did not get any nods. This Last Year/Season was finally up to par with the shows first Two seasons. But the voters made up(sort of) with it with AMC's Gem of a show, "Mad Man". Jon Hamm was so captivating, intense, real and engrossing. He was unreal. "Mad Men" is a work of art. No other show this year(for me anyway)was as addictive,sexy, fun, engrossing,dramatic, and visually compelling as Mad Men. And all those great lines! It was of the few shows that gets everything right. I wish Elizabeth Moss was nominated though, she was wonderful as "Peggy". Watch Mad Men people. You will not be disappointed. I am counting down the seconds until the new season!
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Dec 14, 2007 11:37 PM
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Everyone needs to remember that the FPA is just a few dozen people who created these awards to let themselves party with the stars. The new blood is added so they can meet new stars.
It's just idiotic that it's been parlayed into something as major as it is. It's about the most meaningless award around that's been sold to people as something important. And what appears to be real is more important than what is.
So people buy it.
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Dec 14, 2007 11:48 PM
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