2013 Golden Globe Award Nominations

HBO LEADS THE TV PACK WITH 17 NOMINATIONS

Nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which honor the best in movies and television, were announced this morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. On the television side, HBO received 17 nominations, the most of any television network this year. And HBO made-for TV movie Game Change, which chronicled Sarah Palin’s 2008 vice presidential run, led all TV programming, with five nominations. Homeland on Showtime followed with four nods; while Downton Abbey on PBS, Modern Family on ABC and HBO TV movie The Girl each snagged three.

In a season marred with no new break-out hit network programming, only one new fall series – drama Nashville on ABC – made the cut, with nominations for Connie Britton for Best Drama Actress and Hayden Panettiere for Best Series, TV Movie or Miniseries Supporting Actress. Four of the five nominees for Best Drama Series (Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and The Newsroom) were on cable, in fact, with PBS’ aforementioned Downton Abbey (which snagged three nods in total) the fifth occupant.

Musical NBC dramedy Smash, which debuted last February, was the only other freshman occupant, with a nomination for Best Comedy or Musical Series.

What follows are the compete list of nominations in the 11 categories honoring television:

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Breaking Bad” (AMC)
“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
“Downton Abbey” (PBS)
“Homeland” (Showtime)
“The Newsroom” (HBO)

BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
“Episodes” (Showtime)
“Girls” (HBO)
“Modern Family” (ABC)
“Smash” (NBC)

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES
“Game Change” (HBO)
“The Girl” (HBO)
“Hatfields & McCoys” (History)
“The Hour” (BBC)
“Political Animals” (USA)

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom” (HBO)
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men” (AMC)
Damian Lewis, “Homeland” (Showtime)

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Connie Britton, “Nashville” (ABC)
Glenn Close, “Damages” (DirecTV)
Claire Danes, “Homeland” (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey” (PBS)
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife” (CBS)

BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Don Cheadle, “House of Lies” (Showtime)
Louis C.K., “Louie” (HBO)
Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes” (Showtime)
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)

BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES ACTRESS
Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl” (Fox)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” (Showtime)
Lena Dunham, “Girls” (HBO)
Tina Fey, “30 Rock” (NBC)
Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation” (NBC)

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES ACTOR
Kevin Costner, “Hatfields & McCoys” (History)
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Sherlock” (BBC)
Woody Harrelson, “Game Change” (HBO)
Toby Jones, “The Girl” (HBO)
Clive Owen, “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (HBO)

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman, “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (HBO)
Jessica Lange, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (FX)
Sienna Miller, “The Girl” (HBO)
Julianne Moore, “Game Change” (HBO)
Sigourney Weaver, “Political Animals” (USA)

BEST SERIES, TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES SUPPORTING ACTOR
Max Greenfield, “New Girl” (Fox)
Ed Harris, “Game Change” (HBO)
Danny Huston, “Magic City” (Starz)
Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland” (Showtime)
Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family” (ABC)

BEST SERIES, TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hayden Panettiere, “Nashville” (ABC)
Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife” (CBS)
Sarah Paulson, “American Horror Story: Asylum” (FX)
Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey” (PBS)
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family” (ABC)

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler, will air live on NBC on Sunday, January 13.