2010 Golden Globe nominations for television

Glee leads nominees for the Golden Globe awards with five nods, including best musical or comedy, which it won last year. Cast members Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch are nominated.

Aside from the best musical or comedy category, Modern Family has nominations as well for Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara. In contrast, three of their co-stars were nominated in the this year's Emmys.

The nominees are:

drama-

best series

Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
The Walking Dead (AMC)


best actor

Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall in Dexter
Jon Hamm in Mad Men
Hugh Laurie in House


best actress

Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men
Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs
Katey Sagal in Sons of Anarchy
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer


musical or comedy-

best series

The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Big C (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC)
Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
30 Rock (NBC)


best actor

Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
Steve Carell in The Office
Thomas Jane in Hung
Matthew Morrison in Glee
Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory


best actress

Toni Collette in The United States of Tara
Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey in 30 Rock
Laura Linney in The Big C
Lea Michele in Glee


best miniseries or movie-

Carlos (Sundance Channel)
The Pacific (HBO)
Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Temple Grandin (HBO)
You Don't Know Jack (HBO)


best actor

Idris Elba in Luther
Ian McShane in Pillars of the Earth
Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid in The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez in Carlos


best actress

Hayley Atwell in Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes in Temple Grandin
Judi Dench in Return to Cranford
Romola Garai in Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt in The Client List



best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or movie-

Scott Caan in Hawaii Five-O
Chris Colfer in Glee
Chris Noth in The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family
David Strathairn in Temple Grandin

best supporting actress in a series, miniseries or movie-

Hope Davis in The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch in Glee
Kelly MacDonald in Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles in Dexter
Sofia Vergara in Modern Family


All the series and actors from television who won last year are nominated again this year.

Robert De Niro will be given the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.