2012 Golden Globe TV Nominees Announced

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The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning. Which TV shows will be recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press this year? It wasn’t all predictable for this year’s nominations as some new shows managed to make the list, including Fox’s New Girl and Showtime’s Episodes, among the comedies nominated.

The drama series nominees are all new series, assuming Boardwalk Empire is being recognized for its first season, and all cable series, with FX’s American Horror Story being the only non-pay-cable series to make the cut. Also nominated, Starz’s Boss, HBO’s Game of Thrones. Network TV got a little more recognition with the comedies, with Glee, Modern Family and New Girl earning nominations, along with HBO's Enlightened and Showtime's Episodes.

BEST TV SERIES, DRAMA

American Horror Story, FX

Boardwalk Empire, HBO

Boss, Starz

Game of Thrones, HBO

Homeland, Showtime

BEST TV SERIES, COMEDY

Enlightened, HBO

Episodes, Showtime

Glee, Fox

Modern Family, ABC

New Girl, Fox

BEST ACTOR, DRAMA

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Brian Crantson, Breaking Bad

Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Jeremy Irons, The Borgias

Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA

Claire Danes, Homeland

Mireille Enos, The Killing

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Madeleine Stowe, Revenge

Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

BEST ACTOR, COMEDY

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

David Duchovny, Californication

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY

Laura Dern, Enlightenment

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Laura Linney, The Big C

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

BEST MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Cinema Verite, HBO

Downton Abbey, Masterpiece PBS

The Hour, BBC America

Mildred Pierce, HBO

Too Big To Fail, HBO

BEST ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey, Masterpiece

Idris Elba, Luther

WIlliam Hurt, Too Big To Fail

Bill Nighy, Page Eight

Dominic West, The Hour

BEST ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Romola Garai, The Hour

Diane Lane, Cinema Lane

Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey

Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult

Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones

Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail

Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce

Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

View the movie nominations here.

The 2012 Golden Globes will air Sunday, January 15th on NBC.

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