The TV nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press are always a bit of a joke, because it's sometimes hard to tell if these people even watch much television or not. They seat the TV actors way in the back and seem to mostly try their hardest to keep up with which new shows have "buzz" this year more than anything else. The new stuff they liked (or at least took note of) this time were Showtime's The Affair, Amazon's Transparent and Starz's The Missing, all of which are actually really good, so I'm happy to see them recognized, along with many returning favorites- for some reason, the HFPA is the one organization that refuses to let go of Girls, but let's face it, it's gotta be time to pull the plug on that one, right? Please?
TV Drama
The Affair
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Best TV Comedy
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Best TV Miniseries or Movie
Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
Best Actress – TV Comedy or Musical
Lena Dunham – Girls
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep
Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black
Best Actor – TV Comedy
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Ricky Gervais – Derek
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Louis C.K. – Louie
William H. Macy – Shameless
Best Performance by an Actress – TV Drama
Claire Danes – Homeland
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Best Actor in a TV Drama
Clive Owen - The Knick
Live Schreiber - Ray Donovan
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
James Spader - The Black List
Dominic West - The Affair
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
Frances O’Connor - The Missing
Allison Tolman - Fargo
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Martin Freeman - Fargo
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
Kathy Bates – AHS: Freak Show
Joanne Froggat – Downton Abbey
Allison Janney – Mom
Michelle Monaghan – True Detective
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
Colin Hanks - Fargo
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
I would expect True Detective and Fargo to likely pull off some wins, although the big movie star power of Bill Murray and Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge could give it some competition, especially since it seems like "old news" at this point. If there's anything the Globes hate, it's being labeled old news or behind the curve, so they may actually embrace a show like The Missing (below- which is set in Europe, another appealing factor to Globes voters). I also think Jeffrey Tambor has got to walk away with the award for Lead Actor in a TV Comedy for Transparent- he's great and he's Jeffrey Tambor. That one is probably the only flat out guarantee of these nominees.
