The miniseries adaptation of “Fargo” led all Golden Globe TV nominations this morning with fire, closely followed by HBO’s “True Detective” with four. New shows are catnip to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who didn’t bother to nominate, say, Amy Poehler for “Parks and Recreation,” though she won last year and will co-host the show again this year with Tina Fey.
Also left off were such common Emmy winners as “Modern Family” and the popular “Big Bang Theory.”
But a number of new shows were among the nominees including “The Affair” in drama alongside “Downton Abbey,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Good Wife” and “House of Cards”; and “Transparent,” “Jane the Virgin” and “Silicon Valley” for comedy, alongside “Girls” and “Orange is the New Black.”
Other nominees in the “movie or miniseries” category are “The Missing,” “Olive Kitteridge” and “The Normal Heart” are also noinated in the “movie or miniseries” category alongside “Fargo” and “True Detectives,” which have two best actor nominees each (Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey in “True Detective”; Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton in “Fargo,” which also boasts Allison Tolman for best actress in a miniseries.
Mark Ruffalo of “The Normal Heart” is the sole other actor nominated for movies or miniseries; best actress nominees in that division include Maggie Gyllenhaal in “The Honorable Woman,” Frances McDormand in “Olive Kitteridge,” Jessica Lange in “American Horror Story: Freak Show” and Frances O’Connor in “The Missing. ”
Both Dominic West and Ruth Wilson are nominated for acting awards in “The Affair.” The men’s category also has Clive Owen for “The Knick,” Live Schreiber for “Ray Donovan,” Kevin Spacey for “House of Cards” and James Spader for “The Blacklist,” the only representative of broadcast TV in the category.
Best actress in a drama also includes Julianna Margulies for “The Good Wife,” Claire Danes for “Homeland,” Robin Wright for “House of Cards” Viola Davis for “How to Get Away with Murder.”
Among actresses in a comedy there is one newcomer, Gina Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin” among repeat nominees Lena Dunham for “Girls,” Edie Falco for “Nurse Jackie,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus for “Veep” and Taylor Schilling for “Orange is the New Black.”
Supporting actor is a catchall, for any series, movie or miniseries. So, among men, it’s Matt Bomer in “The Normal Heart,” Alan Cumming in “The Good Wife,” Colin Hanks in “Fargo,” Bill Murray for “Olive Kitteridge” and Jon Voight in “Ray Donovan.”
Supporting actress nominees are Uzo Aduba for “Orange is the New Black,” Kathy Bates for “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” Allison Janney for “Mom,” Michelle Monaghan for “True Detective” and Joanne Froggatt for “Downton Abbey.”
Among movies, “Birdman” led with seven nominations; “Boyhood” and “The Imitation Game” each had five.
The Golden Globes air Jan. 11 on NBC.