Post TV critic Linda Stasi picks the most worthy nominees in the Globes’ most important categories. (Critic’s choice in bold)
BEST SERIES –DRAMA
* “American Horror Story”
* “Boardwalk Empire”
* “Boss”
* “Game of Thrones”
* “Homeland”
Linda: The best new show in years.
BEST ACTRESS –DRAMA
* Claire Danes, “Homeland”
* Mireille Enos, “The Killing”
* Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”
* Madeleine Stowe, “Revenge”
* Callie Thorne, “Necessary Roughness”
Linda: Both Danes and Enos inhabited their unglamorous, off-kilter characters in ways too complex to comprehend.
BEST ACTOR –DRAMA
* Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
* Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
*Kelsey Grammer, “Boss”
* Jeremy Irons, “The Borgias”
* Damian Lewis, “Homeland”
Linda: Damian Lewis. The rest? You want some more ham with that cheese?
BEST SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
*“Enlightened”
* “Episodes”
* “Glee”
* ”Modern Family”
* “New Girl”
Linda: New Girl should win for being well, new, but “Family” probably will.
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
* Laura Dern, “Enlightened”
* Zooey Deschanel, “New Girl”
* Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
* Laura Linney, “The Big C”
* Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”
Linda: Dern works at it . . . and makes it work.
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
* Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
* David Duchovny, “Californication”
* Johnny Galecki, “The Big Bang Theory”
* Thomas Jane, “Hung”
* Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes”
Linda: Definitely Alec Baldwin, because the rest are either boring, depraved, despicable or tired.
