Golden Globes Surprises and Snubs: Netflix and Amazon Dominate, But Broadcast Has a Very Bad Day
The Golden Globes loves shiny new toys, so the fact that it singled out pop culture-seizing shows Mr. Robot and Empire is not surprising.
The comedy/musical series category features four streaming shows (Transparent, Orange Is the New Black, Casual and Mozart in the Jungle) and drama series features one (Narcos), while Wagner Moura (Narcos), Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart), Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie) and Uzo Aduba (Orange) scored acting nods.
Ironically, streaming series pioneer House of Cards was cut from the drama series field.
Defending champ Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) returned to the comedy/musical actress race, where she will face network-mate Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).
The Starz drama seemed like catnip for the Globes when it premiered -- luscious romantic melodrama filmed overseas and featuring foreign stars -- but it was somewhat surprisingly blanked last year.
Hamm has been MIA from the Globes drama lead actor field the past two years, but the HFPA found some room for him for Mad Men's final season.
(The afterglow of his first Emmy win sure helps too.) Though Hamm has never won an individual SAG Award, he does have a Golden Globe for Mad Men -- but he won it the year of the writers' strike, so this is the HFPA's chance to get him onstage and deliver a charming, funny speech.
While it's cool to see the Globes embrace streaming in such a big way, there are very deserving network comedies that could've/should've been nominated, like Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, The Last Man on Earth and The Grinder at least Rob Lowe got in for the latter, but we must know:
After winning drama series and lead actress for Ruth Wilson last year, both were cut, along with nominee Dominic West (but hey, who doesn't hate Noah?), but Maura Tierney snuck into the supporting race.