Golden Globes: Netflix Dominates TV Categories; Lack of Female Nominees for Directing

Earlier this week the nominees for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced for both film and television categories. Though a wide variety of films and shows were nominated, audiences have noticed a few key trends in the nominations, some of which were cause for concern among some viewers.

Most notably, no women were nominated for the Best Directing category for film. This is notable because 2019 has been a year marked by a significant increase in women-directed hit movies, including popular films like A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Farewell, Little Women, and Hustlers. In fact, in the 77 year long history of the Golden Globe awards, only five women have ever been nominated for the Best Directing category. Film fans took to Twitter following the nominations to express their frustration:

On the television side of the nominations, streaming services and premium cable networks seemed to do very well. Netflix led with 17 total TV nominations, followed closely by HBO with 15 nominations. Here are all the Television Golden Globe Nominations for 2020:

Best Television Series – Drama

Big Little Lies

The Crown

Killing Eve

The Morning Show

Succession

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show

Olivia Colman, The Crown

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies

Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

Brian Cox, Succession

Kit Harington, Game of Thrones

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Tobias Menzies, The Crown

Billy Porter, Pose

Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Barry

Fleabag

The Kominsky Method

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Politician

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida

Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method

Bill Hader, Barry

Ben Platt, The Politician

Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself

Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Catch-22

Chernobyl

Fosse/Verdon

The Loudest Voice

Unbelievable

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Christopher Abbott, Catch-22

Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice

Jared Harris, Chernobyl

Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable

Joey King, The Act

Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great

Merritt Wever, Unbelievable

Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Patricia Arquette, The Act

Toni Collette, Unbelievable

Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies

Emily Watson, Chernobyl

Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method

Kieran Culkin, Succession

Andrew Scott, Fleabag

Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl

Henry Winkler, Barry

KJ Minzner: KJ Minzner is currently a TV Writing & Production major at Chapman University. They have previously written for the International Study Abroad Student Blog, and they currently work as a contributing editor for The Fruit Tree Magazine. In the past, they've done multimedia work for the U.S. Department of Justice and for the Seacrest Studios at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. KJ is originally from Northern Kentucky, and currently lives in Orange, California. When they're not writing or studying, they can be found playing overly-complicated games of Dungeons & Dragons or snuggling their roommate's monstrous cat.
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