Da boys did good at da Globes...
The Golden Globes - Hollywood's silliest awards - seemed to me kind of un-silly in the TV categories, but a coupla exceptions. Check 'em out below...
Observations? The obvious ones. "30 Rock" cleans up. "Californication" - which all those foreign press guys really really like a lot (hmmm) - did pretty well too. And "True Blood" - "TRUE BLOOD??!!" - did really well too.
A nod for "Best Drama?" That's where the "silly" comes in. I suspect that HBO did a big full court press on the HFPA guys to grab all those noms for this and for "In Treatment" ("Entourage" makes plenty of sense) just as Showtime did for its noms.
These awards are of incalculable importance to the pay services for reasons that hardly need to be explained...
Meanwhile, nothing - nothing! - for "Desperate Housewives." That omission is beyond the beyond. (I guess ABC didn't buy the trade ads or send a million DVD copies along with bottles of expensive wine to the nominating committee.)
Also of note: January Jones finally broke into the Elite Five in the Best/actress category. Good for her. A well-deserved nod.
Also ALSO interesting: Kevin Connolly got a nod for best actor/ comedy for of course "Entourage" over the other guys. Interesting...why him? They're all equally good, it seems to me.
But then, I learned something a long long time ago. Never sit around and try to figure out the thought process that goes into these things. A fool's gambit.
Awards on Jan. 11, I believe.
Meanwhile, go to the jump for the complete list, including movies....
DRAMATIC TV SERIES
"Dexter"
"House M.D."
"In Treatment"
"Mad Men"
"True Blood"
BEST ACTOR, TV DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne, "In Treatment"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House M.D."
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, "The Tudors"
BEST ACTRESS, TV DRAMA
Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters"
Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU"
January Jones, "Mad Men"
Anna Paquin, "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer"
TV SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
"Californication"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"30 Rock"
"Weeds"
BEST ACTOR, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Kevin Connolly, "Entourage"
David Duchovny, "Californication"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk"
BEST ACTRESS, TV MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Debra Messing, "The Starter Wife"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Cranford"
"Bernard & Doris"
"John Adams"
"A Raisin in the Sun"
"Recount"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris"
Paul Giammatti, "John Adams"
Kevin Spacey, "Recount"
Keifer Sutherland, "24: Redemption"
Tom Wilkinson, "Recount"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Eileen Atkins, "Cranford" Laura Dern, "Recount"
Melissa George, "In Treatment"
Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers & Sisters"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother"
Denis Leary, "Recount"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Blair Underwood, "In Treatment"
Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams"
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