Cate Blanchett Stars as Phyllis Schlafly in 'Mrs. America'

This FX/Hulu miniseries is going to be streaming on Hulu April 15th. It’s bound to be well acted at least, even if the person Blanchett is playing makes me want to throw up so much I don’t know if I could stand to watch anything about her. It’s about the battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970’s and the cast consists of Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Ullman, Elizabeth Banks and John Slattery. I may have to check it out.

Golden Globes TV Predictions

Okay, time for some TV predictions. These are a total crapshoot. The Globes aren’t trying to please or influence anyone, so they really do tend to just go for what they like here, and they almost always like the hot new show (that bodes well for The Morning Show, probably). Let’s do some guessing!

BEST TV SERIES- MUSICAL OR COMEDY

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  • Barry

  • The Politician

  • Fleabag

  • The Kominsky Method

  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Fleabag isn’t exactly new, but it’s definitely the hot thing right now, and I would expect that to win here for sure. They’ve also loved British shows in the past (they were the first to discover Ricky Gervais’s The Office, actually).

Winner: Fleabag

Alternate: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Dark Horse: The Kominsky Method

BEST TV SERIES- DRAMA

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  • The Crown

  • The Morning Show

  • Succession

  • Big Little Lies

  • Killing Eve

Normally, I would think The Crown would take this after a successful third season, but…I have a pretty big feeling about The Morning Show here. The HFPA loves new shows. They just love them.

Winner: The Morning Show

Alternate: The Crown

Dark Horse: Succession

BEST ACTOR- DRAMA

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  • Brian Cox, Succession

  • Tobias Menzies, The Crown

  • Billy Porter, Pose

  • Kit Harington, Game of Thrones

  • Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Billy Porter won the Emmy in September, but the Globes don’t give a shit about the Emmys. I think this is between Tobias Menzies and Brian Cox. You know, it could be Menzies but I’m honestly not sure that the role is showy or big enough. Brian Cox is so good and so dominant on Succession that I think even the HFPA won’t overlook him.

Winner: Brian Cox

Alternate: Tobias Menzies

Dark Horse: Rami Malek (interesting to see him make a comeback here with Mr. Robot’s last season)


BEST ACTRESS- DRAMA

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  • Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show

  • Olivia Colman, The Crown

  • Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

  • Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

  • Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

Man, this is a tough one. Jodie Comer just won the Emmy, but again, see what I said about Billy Porter. Plus, Killing Eve is in its second season, so it’s already old news to the HFPA. Olivia Colman should take this, and they may want to give it to her but I have this feeling about Jennifer Aniston. They love her, they always have. And this is SO petty, but it’s very much like the Hollywood Foreign Press to want to award both her and ex-hubbie Brad Pitt with trophies on the same night. I’m not even kidding, there are Globes voters who would think like that when they’re checking off their ballots.

Winner: Jennifer Aniston

Alternate: Olivia Colman

Dark Horse: Jodie Comer

BEST ACTRESS- MUSICAL/COMEDY

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  • Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

  • Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

  • Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll

  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

I think this will go to Phoebe Waller-Bridge, whose show is likely to win comedy series. Only Rachel Brosnahan stars on another show that’s nominated there and she’s already won this twice I think.

Winner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Alternate: Rachel Brosnahan

Dark Horse: Natasha Lyonne

BEST ACTOR- MUSICAL/COMEDY

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  • Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

  • Bill Hader, Barry

  • Ben Platt, The Politician

  • Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself

  • Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Ummm…I’m gonna say Bill Hader. The Emmy winner thing doesn’t hurt him or help him, but Michael Douglas could easily take it too. I also don’t know how much they like this show The Politician, but that’s new, so it could surprise as well.

Winner: Bill Hader

Alternate: Michael Douglas

Dark Horse: Ben Platt

BEST LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

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  • Loudest Voice

  • Chernobyl

  • Unbelievable

  • Fosse/Verdon

  • Catch 22

This one I’m pretty sure goes to Chernobyl, although I’d like to see Fosse/Verdon take it (I’ll have to settle for Michelle Williams winning). Unbelievable may have a chance too, the buzz is pretty high on that one.

Winner: Chernobyl

Alternate: Unbelievable

Dark Horse: Fosse/Verdon

BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

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  • Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

  • Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice

  • Jared Harris, Chernobyl

  • Christopher Abbot, Catch 22

  • Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy

Since they unforgivably snubbed Jharell Jerome for When They See Us, I’m really not sure who’s going to win this. It could be Jared Harris, but part of me wants to say Russell Crowe, as the big movie star name who physically transformed himself into Roger Ailes.

Winner: Russell Crowe

Alternate: Jared Harris

Dark Horse: Sam Rockwell

BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

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  • Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable

  • Joey King, The Act

  • Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great

  • Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

  • Merritt Wever, Unbelievable

I really don’t think Michelle Williams can be denied here, although it is the Globes and they might do something unexpected, like give it to the young Kaitlyn Dever. We’ll see.

Winner: Michelle Williams

Alternate: Kaitlyn Dever

Dark Horse: Helen Mirren

BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTOR

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  • Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method

  • Kieran Culkin, Succession

  • Andrew Scott, Fleabag

  • Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl

  • Henry Winkler, Barry

Leaving aside their dumb, “best supporting actor in all of television” qualifier, could Andrew Scott maybe take this for Fleabag? I hope so. I would tend to lean towards Alan Arkin, but I’m gonna go with Andrew Scott because I really want him to win.

Winner: Andrew Scott

Alternate: Alan Arkin

Dark Horse: Kieran Culkin

BEST TV SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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  • Patricia Arquette, The Act

  • Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

  • Toni Collette, Unbelievable

  • Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies

  • Emily Watson, Chernobyl

Hmmm. I think this is where they reward Unbelievable, a show they really did seem to like. But Meryl Streep is always possible too. As well as Patricia Arquette.

Winner: Toni Collette

Alternate: Patricia Arquette

Dark Horse: Meryl Streep

Top 10 Shows of the 2010's

Well, my top tens for 2019 are slightly delayed because I’m not quite done watching everything I wanted to watch this year (I’ve got two shows left), so look for that in January, but since we’re at the start of a new decade, I thought I could do my favorite shows of this last one. My only criteria for this is how much I loved the show at any point in time- so if for example it had two great early seasons and wasn’t as good after that, my level of love for those first few years may have been higher than any show I merely liked all the way through its run. So these are the ones I fell hard for and would probably watch again, at least the good parts.

1) THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD Season 1 (2017)

The perfect first season of this black comedy teen road romance is one for the ages

The perfect first season of this black comedy teen road romance is one for the ages

2) THE AMERICANS (2013-2018)

The slow burning story of Russian spies undercover in 1980’s America got deeper and deeper under your skin, and was a show about relationships and marriage as much as anything else

The slow burning story of Russian spies undercover in 1980’s America got deeper and deeper under your skin, and was a show about relationships and marriage as much as anything else

3) MAD MEN (2007-2015)

Mad Men started at the end of the last decade, but its simmering, atmospheric character driven episodes were excellent well into the 2010s

Mad Men started at the end of the last decade, but its simmering, atmospheric character driven episodes were excellent well into the 2010s

4) BREAKING BAD (2008-2013)

Breaking Bad also got its start at the end of the 2000s, but built to its climax, getting better and better every year all to the way to its explosive and inevitable series finale

Breaking Bad also got its start at the end of the 2000s, but built to its climax, getting better and better every year all to the way to its explosive and inevitable series finale

5) JUSTIFIED (2010-2015)

Justified was such a fun show that had excellent characters, deliciously entertaining villains, the best dialogue on television, and mixed humor, violence and modern day western sensibilities with Elmore Leonard inspired writing

Justified was such a fun show that had excellent characters, deliciously entertaining villains, the best dialogue on television, and mixed humor, violence and modern day western sensibilities with Elmore Leonard inspired writing

6) ORPHAN BLACK (2013-2017)

Orphan Black had its ups and downs, but the highs were so high, thanks to Tatiana Maslany’s unforgettable performance as multiple clones of herself- a show that mixed outrageous humor with high concept sci-fi/horror elements, and a terrific supporti…

Orphan Black had its ups and downs, but the highs were so high, thanks to Tatiana Maslany’s unforgettable performance as multiple clones of herself- a show that mixed outrageous humor with high concept sci-fi/horror elements, and a terrific supporting cast for its wonder of a lead

7) OUTLANDER Seasons 1 & 2 (2014-2016)

The show goes on, and it may never be better than its first two seasons, but those seasons comprised one of the most romantic, sensual and passionate love stories on TV

The show goes on, and it may never be better than its first two seasons, but those seasons comprised one of the most romantic, sensual and passionate love stories on TV

8) CATASTROPHE (2015-2019)

Four seasons of hilarious and brutally unforgiving relationship comedy, thanks to Rob Delaney and Sharon Morgan’s acting and writing of a perfectly mismatched couple trying to make their way through a whirlwind romance and daily modern life as new p…

Four seasons of hilarious and brutally unforgiving relationship comedy, thanks to Rob Delaney and Sharon Morgan’s acting and writing of a perfectly mismatched couple trying to make their way through a whirlwind romance and daily modern life as new parents

9) FARGO Seasons 1-3 (2014-2107)

Noah Hawley’s anthology series brought us three distinct and excellent seasons, all of a piece with each other and superbly acted, each with its own unique story and payoff

Noah Hawley’s anthology series brought us three distinct and excellent seasons, all of a piece with each other and superbly acted, each with its own unique story and payoff

10) THE KNICK (2014-2015)

A show that was unjustly cut short, that followed the lives of doctors in turn of the century New York, all cleverly directed by Steven Soderbergh and dealing with modern issues as they would have been back then (drug use, abortion, racism, etc), wi…

A show that was unjustly cut short, that followed the lives of doctors in turn of the century New York, all cleverly directed by Steven Soderbergh and dealing with modern issues as they would have been back then (drug use, abortion, racism, etc), without resorting to preachiness

Honorable Mentions: Happy Valley (2014-2016); Casual (2015-2018); The Returned (2012-2015); Rectify (2013-2016); Fleabag (2016-2019)