Those of you who read my columns
know that throughout the years I've celebrated the Golden Globes through good
times and, as we are all aware now, horrible organizational times. I've seen it
have no hosts, great hosts and Ricky Gervais. And no matter how dreadful the
actual ceremony could be – and in 2024 it was absolutely wretched – I've stood
by it for one major reason: their awards for television.
I've never had any illusions that
they were perfect and when I learned the horrors involving the late and now
unlamented Hollywood Foreign Press Association I was stunned because over the
21st century the Golden Globes had been far ahead of the curve
compared to the Emmys when it came to nominating and awarding some of the
greatest dramas and comedies of the era of Peak TV. They gave Best Drama to
shows the Emmys never did such as Six Feet Under, Boardwalk Empire and The
Shield and comedies such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mozart in the Jungle and
The Kominsky Method. They paid tribute to performers the Emmys never
recognized once for landmark performances such as Chloe Sevigny for Big
Love, Katey Segal for Sons of Anarchy, Michael C. Hall for Dexter
and Steve Carell for The Office and those wins are the tip of the
iceberg. Both they and the Critics Choice Awards have done more to guide me
towards which shows will likely be nominated for Emmys in the following year
and just as often which shows should have been nominated and won in the
previous year. I may have my issues with
their leadership but rarely have I had it with their winners and nominees.
Ever since the Critics Choice
Awards started giving their awards for TV at the end of the year along with
film (the former changed in the winter of 2015) both awards shows will usually find
a consensus for which shows will be nominated in the year to come as well as
the ones that are at least for the moment the early favorites. Much can change
in six months – and almost certainly will – but in these two awards as well as
the various guild awards which will come in the next few weeks we will get a
sense of where the Emmy voters might be thinking. So let's look at the Golden
Globe nominations for TV for the year 2025 as well as my reactions.
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Four of the shows that were
nominated are in common with the Critics Choice Awards: The Diplomat, The
Pitt, Pluribus and Severance. The biggest difference is two who the
Critics Choice excluded and I'll be honest this was two of the biggest snubs. Slow
Horses is here for Season 5 and Season 3 of The White Lotus, which
was completed shutout by the Critics Choice, has the most nominations of any
series with six.
I have no problem with any of the
six nominees.
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
We see a common thread between
the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice on five of the selections: Sterling K.
Brown, Diego Luna, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Scott and Noah Wyle. Gary Oldman
absolutely should have been nominated by the Critics Choice Awards instead of
Billy Bob Thornton for Landsman so the Globes are actually one up on them
here.
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Again five of the six nominees share
commonality with the Critics Choice: Kathy Bates, Britt Lower, Bella Ramsey,
Keri Russell and Rhea Seehorn. I could quibble about Carrie Coon being excluded
for The Gilded Age but since 1) she has been recognized further down and
2) the sixth nominee is Helen Mirren for her superb dark turn in Mobland which
the Critics Choice Awards ignored. No notes.
BEST COMEDY SERIES
The Golden Globes chose to
recognize The Bear which may demonstrate their old habits rather than the
fourth season being deserving of awards. The other five nominees are to be
expected: Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the
Building and The Studio. Interestingly Abbott was nominated
for any other awards while Only Murders, which received just one
nomination from the former group leads all comedy contenders with four. They also
seem to have finally dropped the musical adage which was here for years.
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Four of the six nominees were
here last year: Adam Brody, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Jeremy Allan White.
Seth Rogen's nomination for The Studio is no surprise; Glen Powell's for
Chad Powers is because it was ignored by the Critics Choice Awards all
together.
Honestly I'm inclined to think
collectively this is a more realistic group of nominees then the Critics Choice
Awards and since Alexander Skarsgard isn't here for Murderbot I'm more
inclined to approve.
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristen Bell, Jean Smart and
Natasha Lyonne for Poker Face all made the cut. In all candor Selena
Gomez deserved to far more than Rose McIver for Edi Peterson did by the Critics
Choice. Ayo Edebiri and Jenna Ortega were almost certainly going to be here as
opposed to Rose McIver. This is both a better selection then the Critics Choice
Awards and a more likely group.
BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE
No surprise that Adolescence and
Dying for Sex are here and only a minor one that Black Mirror is
representing. All Her Fault and The Girlfriend were significant
forces in the Critics Choice Awards as well; I will be reviewing the former
very soon and the latter down the road. The Beast in Me was expect to do
better than the Critics Choice Awards did. Somewhat surprising: no presence for
Sirens or Death By Lightning which did very well at the Critics'
Choice.
BEST TV LIMITED/MOVIE ACTOR
Stephen Graham is the only Emmy
nominee here. Both Charlie Hunman for Monster: The Ed Gein Story and
Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me were nominated by the Critics Choice
Awards. Tellingly the two previous seasons of Monster received multiple
nominations from the Golden Globes and this time Hunnam is the only nominee.
The third season may have gone too far.
I am aware of Jude Law's performance
in Black Rabbit and Paul Giamatti's in Black Mirror. I have never
heard of The Narrow Road to the Deep North and suspect Jacob Elordi's
nomination has more to do with his double-dipping for Frankenstein. That
happens a lot with the Golden Globes.
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE/LIMITED
SERIES
Michelle Williams was expected to
be here and Rashida Jones was nominated for an Emmy for her work in Black Mirror.
Robin Wright was nominated for The Girlfriend by the Critics Choice
Awards as well as Sarah Snook for All Her Fault.
I'm thrilled to see Amanda Seyfried
in the hunt for her overlooked performance in Long Bright River even if
it just for double dipping same as Elordi. Claire Danes always deserves
recognition and I will no doubt get to The Beast in Me down the road as
well.
One last note: Golden Globes you
really have to take a note from the last year of your predecessors and divide
the Supporting Actor and Actress awards between drama/comedy and Limited Series
TV movie. It's not as egregious as past years but still. Anyway.
BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTOR
Two nominees are present from Adolescence
and The White Lotus and they're who you expected: Owen Cooper and
Ashley Walters from the former and Jason Isaacs and Walton Goggins for the
latter. We also see the winner is Best Drama Tramell Tillman for Severance and
two time Emmy winner Billy Crudup for The Morning Show. I guess we won't
get to hear: "Thank you Sal Saperstein" unless Seth Rogen wins but
honestly when it comes to drama this is a better group that the Critics' Choice
Awards did.
BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS
The biggest snub in this category,
perhaps the entire list of nominees for TV, is the absence of Katherine LaNassa
for The Pitt. Considering she managed to win at the Emmys last September
a nomination seemed a foregone conclusion, especially considering that the two
other winners in Supporting Actress: Hannah Einbinder for Hacks and Erin
Doherty for Adolescence were nominated. That said there's still an
argument that the Golden Globes did a better job then the Critics Choice Awards
to an extent, considering that they nominated Catherine O'Hara for The
Studio and three actresses from The White Lotus: Carrie Coon, Parker
Posey and Aimee Lou Wood, all of whom received Emmy nominations.
All things together this is a
solid group that overall has a better sense of the Zeitgeist when it comes to
TV then the Critics Choice generally does (sorry). I will confess to being surprised
that Yellowjackets was skunked by both groups as well as recent series
like The Lowdown. But honestly I'm looking forward to both awards shows
mainly because two of my favorite comediennes Nikki Glaser and Chelsea Handler
will be back at the helm for each.
Expect reviews for some of the
contenders before the year ends and I'll be back with my predictions for the
Golden Globes in January.
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