Decker

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE AFFAIR - SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME Presents, SHELEG, HIGLEWATER
DOWNTON ABBEY - PBS, A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBCUniversal
GAME OF THRONES - HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions
THE GOOD WIFE - CBS, CBS Television Studios with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions
HOUSE OF CARDS - NETFLIX, Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – 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 PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
CLIVE OWEN - THE KNICK
LIEV SCHREIBER - RAY DONOVAN
KEVIN SPACEY - HOUSE OF CARDS
JAMES SPADER - THE BLACKLIST
DOMINIC WEST - THE AFFAIR

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
GIRLS - HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I Am Jenni Konner Productions
JANE THE VIRGIN - THE CW, CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television in association with Electus
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK - NETFLIX, Lionsgate Television for Netflix
SILICON VALLEY - HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec Berg, Altschuler Krinsky works, and 3 Arts Entertainment
TRANSPARENT - AMAZON, Amazon Studios INSTANT VIDEO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
LENA DUNHAM- GIRLS
EDIE FALCO - NURSE JACKIE
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS - VEEP
GINA RODRIGUEZ - JANE THE VIRGIN
TAYLOR SCHILLING - ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
LOUIS C. K. - LOUIE
DON CHEADLE - HOUSE OF LIES
RICKY GERVAIS - DEREK
WILLIAM H. MACY - SHAMELESS
JEFFREY TAMBOR - TRANSPARENT

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
FARGO - FX, FX Productions & MGM Television
THE MISSING - STARZ, New Pictures, Company Pictures, Two Brothers Pictures, Playground Entertainment, BBC
THE NORMAL HEART - HBO, HBO Films in association with Plan B Entertainment, Blumhouse and Ryan Murphy Productions
OLIVE KITTERIDGE - HBO, HBO Miniseries in association with Playtone
TRUE DETECTIVE - HBO, HBO Entertainment in association with Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
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 MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MARTIN FREEMAN - FARGO
WOODY HARRELSON - TRUE DETECTIVE
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY - TRUE DETECTIVE
MARK RUFFALO - THE NORMAL HEART
BILLY BOB THORNTON - FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
UZO ADUBA - ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
KATHY BATES - AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW
JOANNE FROGGATT - DOWNTON ABBEY
ALLISON JANNEY - MOM
MICHELLE MONAGHAN - TRUE DETECTIVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
MATT BOMER - THE NORMAL HEART
ALAN CUMMING - THE GOOD WIFE
COLIN HANKS - FARGO
BILL MURRAY - OLIVE KITTERIDGE
JON VOIGHT - RAY DONOVAN

Awards are Jan 11, 2015. Again hosted by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler

EddieMoney

So predictable.

Decker

List is copied from Movie forum, but figured TV needed its own thread. As Rich C (who posted the original list) pointed out, there's a surprising but refreshing complete absence of Modern Family here.

Personally my favorite showdown is in Best Actress in Miniseries of TV Movie with Francis McDormond vs Allison Tolman playing the Francis McDormond part in Fargo.

Goat3001

Man, I'm getting out of touch. Of the shows nominated for best series I only watch Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley.

Decker

Weird that True Detective falls into Miniseries category here when it was in the Drama category at the Emmys. I guess since they got burned there, HBO figured this would be the safer choice. Honestly think without Br Ba in the running, TD would have cleaned up this year.

The absence of Mad Men is a pretty big surprise. I think (if nothing else) it's a more deserving nominee than the snooze-fest that is The Affair.

RichC2

The Affair doesn't have previous seasons to live up to like Mad Men does. Plus I picture half of the 90 HFPA members are snooty french dudes.

mwbmis

So Tatiana Maslany can't even get a Golden Globe nomination this year.

RichC2

She received a SAG nomination for Best Actress, that's way better than a Golden Globe nom.

madcougar

At least Modern Family is not on the list this year...

HN

seriously. of all the shows listed, not just nominated for best series but every one of them in OP, i've only seen Game of Thrones, True Detective, and Homeland. i mean, not even a single episode just to try out of one of the others.

superdeluxe

No Tatiana Malsany? WTF

GoldenJCJ

All the nominations for THE AFFAIR surprises me. That's a terrible series. Just fucking terrible.

Bill Needle

I've seen and enjoyed those and can add recommendations for both Fargo and True Detective. Fargo was surprisingly great, and I actually prefer it to the much more hyped True Detective.

The only other shows from the nomination list I've seen are:
Homeland - Decent enough and better this current season, but actually think the show would be better if the nominee Claire Daines wasn't in it.
Girls - Couldn't stand it...terrible.
Derek - Not awful, but not Gervais' best work.

I'm intrigued by what little I know about Orange is the New Black and would like to eventually give it a try, but to date I don't even know where it is broadcast.

RichC2

Orange is the New Black is a Netflix show, and only available on Netflix right now (though I think you can "buy" the episodes as well. But since you can get a free Month of Netflix very easily these days, there's no reason for that.) It isn't really "broadcasted" per se, because when the season starts, they put up every episode of the season all at once.

Bill Needle

That explains a lot. Time to ask my kids whose Netflix account they are using.

Shannon Nutt

Season 2 of Orphan Black was weaker than Season 1, so that's not necessarily a surprise.

PhantomStranger

Good luck getting a nomination if you aren't on HBO or another premium cable net.

RichC2

On the main stage it's pretty even:

Jane the Virgin is on the CW (Broadcast)
Good Wife is on CBS (Broadcast)
Downton Abbey is on PBS (Broadcast)

Game of Thrones (Premium - HBO)
Girls (Premium - HBO)
The Affair (Premium - SHO)
Silicon Valley (Premium - HBO)

House of Cards (Internet - Netflix)
Orange is the New Black (Internet - Netflix)
Transparent (Internet - Amazon.com).

Seems fairly even, Basic Cable got shut out.

Throwing in Mini-series/Movies it definitely leads toward premium cable, since they generally do the most Mini-series and movies. Though I will say my favorite one of those was also on basic cable (Fargo - FX).

Goat3001

Thanks! I actually do watch True Detective (and loved it), I didn't notice that it was in the mini-series category originally. I've been meaning to get into Fargo too. I'm currently in the middle of Broadchurch and think I'll bang out Fargo right after.

mwbmis

I think Fargo is the best thing I've seen on TV this year.

Agreed on the season being weaker, but not because of her. Only "Tony" wasn't up to snuff, and that wasn't really her fault; it was just a bad idea. I'm just surprised b/c usually the Golden Globes will reward smaller shows like this. She got nominated last year.

writer106

I'm surprised Transparent and Jeffrey Tambor got nods. Great show and Tambor was terrific. But I thought there would have been snubs for them.

Xiroteus

I watch quite a few shows yet not surprised that none of them would be on such a list. Appears I really don't watch the type of programs that get awards.

dex14

Bump for the airing tonight.

OldBoy

i hope to fucking god Kevin Spacey wins at least. he is mesmerizing as Frank Underwood!!

TerryW

The mini-series category for Actor is rough but I hope Martin Freeman wins for Fargo.