Golden Globes 2012 Forecast for Television

Here are my predictions on who will possibly win the Golden Globe on Monday:

best drama:

will win- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
should win- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

best actor:

will win- Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
should win- Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire

best actress:

will win- Claire Danes in Homeland
should win- Claire Danes in Homeland


best comedy:

will win- Modern Family (ABC)
should win- Modern Family (ABC)


best actor:

will win- Thomas Jane in Hung
should win- Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory

best actress:

will win- Zooey Deschanel in New Girl
should win- Laura Linney in The Big C


best supporting actor:

will win- Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family
should win- Eric Stonestreet in Modern Family

best supporting actress:

will win- Sofia Vergara in Modern Family
should win- Sofia Vergara in Modern Family

2010 Screen Actors Guild Award nominees for television

Modern Family led the field with four nominations in the Golden Globe Awards. The show is nominated for best comedy series cast, and for individual performances by Ty Burrell, Sofia Vergara and Ed O'Neill.

Here are the nominees:

drama series-

best cast

Boardwalk Empire
The Closer
Dexter
The Good Wife
Mad Men


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

Glenn Close in Damages
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men
Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer


comedy series-

best cast

Glee
Hot in Cleveland
Modern Family
The Office
30 Rock


best actor

Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock
Ty Burrell in Modern Family
Steve Carell in The Office
Chris Colfer in Glee
Ed O'Neill in Modern Family

best actress

Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey in 30 Rock
Jane Lynch in Glee
Sofia Vergara in Modern Family
Betty White in Hot in Cleveland


movie or miniseries-

best actor

John Goodman in You Don't Know Jack
Al Pacino in You Don't Know Jack
Dennis Quaid in The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez in Carlos
Patrick Stewart in Macbeth

best actress

Claire Danes in Temple Grandin
Catherine O'Hara in Temple Grandin
Julia Ormond in Temple Grandin
Winona Ryder in When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
Susan Sarandon in You Don't Know Jack


Those with three nominations are:

Mad Men
Glee
Temple Grandin
You Don't Know Jack


Missing from the list is the cast of Lost for its final season.

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.

2010 nominees for the Writers Guild of America Awards for Television

The nominees for the Writers Guild of America Awards for television were announced yesterday.

Among the nominees for best new series is The Walking Dead, which Alien Zapper has been obsessing about starting today, without knowing that it got a nod for its writers. The show's pool of writers includes Frank Darabont, who has directed excellent Stephen King adaptations (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist).

The list of nominees:

drama series-

Boardwalk Empire - Written by Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Terence Winter (HBO)

Breaking Bad - Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Tom Schnauz, John Shiban, Moira Walley-Beckett (AMC)

Dexter - Written by Scott Buck, Manny Coto, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, Chip Johannessen, Jim Leonard, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann, Wendy West (Showtime)

Friday Night Lights - Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Ron Fitzgerald, Etan Frankel, Monica Henderson, David Hudgins, Rolin Jones, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Derek Santos Olson, John Zinman (NBC)

Mad Men - Written by Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tracy McMillan, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner (AMC)

comedy series-

30 Rock - Written by Jack Burditt, Hannibal Buress, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Jon Haller, Steve Hely, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield (NBC)

Glee - Written by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy (Fox)

Modern Family - Written by Jerry Collins, Paul Corrigan, Alex Herschlag, Abraham Higginbotham, Elaine Ko, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker (ABC)

Nurse Jackie - Written by Liz Brixius, Rick Cleveland, Nancy Fichman, Liz Flahive, Jennifer Hoppe-House, Mark Hudis, Linda Wallem, Christine Zander (Showtime)

The Office - Written by Jennifer Celotta, Daniel Chun, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Amelie Gillette, Charlie Grandy, Steve Hely, Jonathan A. Hughes, Mindy Kaling, Carrie Kemper, Jason Kessler, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Peter Ocko, Robert Padnick,Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Halsted Sullivan, Jon Vitti (NBC)

new series-

Boardwalk Empire -Written by Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Terence Winter (HBO)

Justified - Written by Dave Andron, Wendy Calhoun, Benjamin Cavell, Fred Golan, Gary Lennon, Benjamin Daniel Lobato, Chris Provenzano, Graham Yost (FX)

Men of a Certain Age - Written by Bridget Bedard, Warren Hutcherson, Rick Muirragui, Jack Orman, Ray Romano, Mike Royce, Lew Schneider, Mark Stegemann (TNT)

Treme - Written by Lolis Eric Elie, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Tom Piazza, Davis Rogan, David Simon (HBO)

The Walking Dead - Written by Frank Darabont; Charles H. Eglee, Adam Fierro, Robert Kirkman, Jack LoGiudice, Glen Mazzara (AMC)

episodic drama (any length; one airing time)

“Boom” (The Good Wife), Written by Ted Humphrey; (CBS)

“The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” (Mad Men), Written by Erin Levy; AMC

“The End” (Lost), Written by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse; ABC

“Help Me” (House), Written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & Peter Blake; Fox

“I.F.T.” (Breaking Bad), Written by George Mastras; AMC

“I See You” (Breaking Bad), Written by Gennifer Hutchison; AMC

episodic comedy (any length; one airing time)

“Anna Howard Shaw Day” (30 Rock), Written by Matt Hubbard; NBC

“Earthquake” (Modern Family), Written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh; ABC

“Nightmayor” (The Sarah Silverman Program), Written by Dan Sterling; Comedy Central

“Starry Night” (Modern Family), Written by Danny Zuker; ABC

“When It Rains, It Pours” (30 Rock), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC

“Wuphf.com” (The Office), Written by Aaron Shure; NBC

animation-

“Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences” (Futurama), Written by Patric M. Verrone; Comedy Central

“Moe Letter Blues” (The Simpsons), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox

“O Brother, Where Bart Thou?” (The Simpsons), Written by Matt Selman; Fox

“The Prisoner of Benda” (Futurama), Written by Ken Keeler; Comedy Central

“Treasure Hunt” (Back at the Barnyard), Written by Tom Sheppard; Nickelodeon

comedy/variety/talk series

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Showtime)

Saturday Night Live (NB)

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

daytime serial

As the World Turns (CBS)

General Hospital (ABC)

One Life to Live (ABC)

The awards will be presented on February 5 in Los Angeles.


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