Golden Globes: sorting the TV nominees

Executive producer Ryan Murphy, left, and actor Matthew Morrison picking up the 2010 award for 'Glee,' which is nominated again this year.

First reactions to this morning’s Golden Globes nominee announcement: So glad to see Madeline Stowe on the list of nominees for best actress, and “Homeland” getting three nods including Claire Danes and Damian Lewis as best actors. They almost make up for the lack of love for “Justified” and the knee-jerk nomination of “Glee.”

Jessica Lange and Maggie Smith head to head as best supporting actresses on TV! Hurray for “Episodes” in the comedy category (may bring some attention to an under-watched show), but in drama, the “American Horror Story” scarefest, really?

And while I never miss an episode of “Glee,” it is so uneven as to be a poor choice for best comedy. (Is it a comedy in the first place? The genre defying scope of the musical dramedy is one of its best features.)

The Globes aren’t taken too seriously, except as barometers of how the Emmys might go. In which case, cable still rules.

The complete list of TV nominees:
ELEVISION CATEGORIES ? BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

American Horror Story

Boardwalk Empire

Boss Starz

Game of Thrones

Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY

Enlightened

Episodes

Glee

Modern Family

New Girl

BEST TV MOVIE OR MINISERIES

Cinema Verite

Downton Abbey

The Hour

Mildred Pierce

Too Big to Fail

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

Claire Danes, Homeland

Mireille Enos, The Killing

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Madeleine Stowe, Revenge

Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Kelsey Grammer, Boss

Jeremy Irons, The Borgias

Damian Lewis, Homeland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

David Duchovny, Californication

Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Thomas Jane, Hung

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Laura Dern, Enlightened

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Laura Linney, The Big C

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey

Idris Elba, Luther

William Hurt, Too Big to Fail

Bill Nighy, Page Eight

Dominic West, The Hour

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Romola Garai, The Hour

Diane Lane, Cinema Verite

Elizabeth McGovern, Downtown Abbey

Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult

Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

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

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story

Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

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