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My TV picks for Sunday’s Golden Globe winners
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association hands out the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday in Beverly Hills (the broadcast begins at 7 p.m. CT on NBC). Here are my predictions for the winners in the television categories. Do you think I blew it? Sound off in the comments below.
Best Television Series — Drama:
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Dexter”
“The Good Wife”
“Mad Men”
“The Walking Dead”
Will win: “Mad Men.” HBO’s
“Boardwalk Empire” hasn’t caught fire yet and this was a stellar season for AMC’s signature show.
Possible spoiler: “The Walking Dead.”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series —Drama
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Piper Perabo, “Covert Affairs”
Katey Sagal, “Sons of Anarchy”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”
Will win: Moss. For the episode “The Suitcase” alone, she deserves the honor.
Possible spoiler: Margulies.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
Will win: Hamm. This was a complex, defining season for Don Draper and Hamm was up to the challenge.
Possible spoiler: Buscemi.
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical
“30 Rock”
“The Big Bang Theory”
“The Big C”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“Nurse Jackie”
Will win: “Modern Family.” The second season of ABC’s fantastic comedy was even better than the first.
Possible spoiler: “The Big C.”
Winner: Glee
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”
Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Laura Linney, “The Big C”
Lea Michelle, “Glee”
Will win: Linney. She gave the best overall dramedy performance from a woman this year.
Possible spoiler: Michelle.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Thomas Jane, “Hung”
Matthew Morrison, “Glee”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
Will win: Baldwin. His Jack Donaghy is the corporate suit TV viewers love to hate.
Possible spoiler: Parsons.
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
“Carlos”
“The Pacific”
“Pillars of the Earth”
“Temple Grandin”
“You Don’t Know Jack”
Will win: “The Pacific.” HBO’s sweeping war saga was epic in scope, but highly personal.
Possible spoiler: “Temple Grandin”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayley Atwell, “Pillars of the Earth”
Claire Danes, “Temple Grandin”
Judi Dench, “Return to Cranford”
Romola Garai, “Emma”
Jennifer Love Hewitt, “The Client List”
Will win: Danes. As the titular, autistic Grandin, Danes really lost herself in her role.
Possible spoiler: Dench.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, “Luther”
Ian McShane, “Pillars of the Earth”
Al Pacino, “You Don’t Know Jack”
Dennis Quade, “The Special Relationship”
Edgar Ramirez, “Carlos”
Will win: Pacino, because he’s Al Pacino.
Possible spoiler: Elba.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hope Davis, “The Special Relationship”
Jane Lynch, “Glee”
Kelly MacDonald, “Boardwalk Empire”
Julia Stiles, “Dexter”
Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”
Will win: MacDonald. “Boardwalk Empire” needs to go home with at least one trophy and this is the weakest category for competition.
Possible spoiler: Vergara.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scott Cann, “Hawaii Five-0”
Chris Colfer, “Glee”
Chris Noth, “The Good Wife”
Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”
David Strathairn, “Temple Grandin”
Will win: Stonestreet. “Modern Family’ is hot and Stonestreet is the closest thing it’s got to a breakout star.
Possible spoiler: Colfer.
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