We feel you, TVLine readers. Our ire is up, too! So click through our gallery of this year’s snubbed shows and actors, then fill the comments with your whipped-up frustration: Which series and players do you think were cheated out of recognition?
Charlie Hunnam truly deserved to be nominated. This performance this season was brilliant and I’m tired of his work going unrecognized by voters. The critics love him, the audience loves him … I don’t understand.
So agree about Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead. Justified as well. All three shows are brilliant as are the characters and the writing. Dexter and Mad men have been nominated so many times, there are better shows now. Parks and Rec is the comedy I wish would get more recognition. Its so funny and such comic gold most of the time.
Yes, Ellen Pompeo. She’s amazing. Look at the episode with the bomb, or the one when she’s rescued from drowning, or when she pleads for Derek’s life and has a miscarriage etc… Yes, she makes Meredith great.
But those all happened in previous season-this isn’t an award for the entire series worth of acting. I’m not saying she doesn’t do a good job as Meredith-just that none of those events happened this season.
somehow i agree! But she is rarely ever recognized as an awesome actress! I agree that Sandra Oh is beyond amazing than any of Grey’s (or as a matter of fact any other actress in any drama) but somehow that snubs Ellen from getting due recognition – she is the GREY!
Comment by Raver December 13, 2012 12:50 PM PDT
Please. Ellen Pompeo is gorgeous, likeable, and does her job, but she’s not award winning good. I totally get into the scenes where she is emotional, but half of the cast of her show are better actors than she is.
The Walking Dead, Ellen Pompeo, Kerry Washington, Monica Potter and the cast of Grey’s all snubbed again. Not to mention what about Revenge? That show is awesome and Emily Vancamp does an amazing job on this show. These awards are absolutely pointless now. I have been saying it for the past 2 years and will continue to say it
ITS TIME TO SPLIT CABLE AND BROADCAST THEN HAVE ONE AWARD FOR BEST SHOW, ACTRESS AND ACTOR. TV NETWORKS ARE IDIOTS THEY REALLY ARE.
I totally agree that Scandal & Parenthood should have rec’d nominations for best/supporting actress and/or best dramatic series. Who is responsible for some the pitiful shows that were nominated?
I’ll give you Game of Thrones but True Blood? I love the show but last season was one of it’s worst yet and the acting is sometimes too over the top. Unless they turn this next season around, the last chance it had was truly winning and Emmy was Season Two, which I thought got completely snubbed, especially Michelle Forbes for her performance.
While I LOOOOVE Once Upon A Time, I don’t quite feel it’s a Golden Globe level quite yet. Give it another season when the writers starting taking bigger risks with the story.
Comment by bigby_wolf December 13, 2012 09:58 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Completely agree. I love True Blood, and there was a time where it should have been nominated (and win), but those days are far behind us now. The show hasn’t been good in years, and this past season was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.
Sarah Paulson,Lily Rabe AND Zach Quinto are the biggest snubs.Does anybody else get really sad when the Globes announce their noms? I mean its never been about talent, only a celebration of pop culture. And it does a really bad job of it! Every year I am bamboozled by snubs, uncalled for nomnations and a general wierd inconsistency in the types of shows that are nominated. But Sarah! I’m actually pretty disgusted she wasn’t nominated. I wonder if they actually watched the show or just figure “Jessica was good last year, might as well pop her in again”.
Comment by wonderwaage December 13, 2012 09:25 AM PDT Reply To This Post
BAH – agree! Representin’ biatttch! He’s the best.
Comment by Clifford Alverez December 14, 2012 09:13 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Biggest snubs for me?
Best Lead Actress (Drama Series): Kerry Washington “Scandal”
Best Lead Actress (Drama Series): Monica Potter “Parenthood”
Best Lead Actor (Drama Series): Peter Krause “Parenthood”
Best Lead Actor (Drama Series): Tony Goldwyn “Scandal”
Best Supporting Actress (Drama Series): Madeleine Stowe “Revenge”
Best Supporting Actor (Drama Series): Jeff Perry “Scandal”
Best Drama Series: “Scandal”
Jeff Perry most definitely. Kerry Washington is in a good role, but I don’t like her delivery sometimes. I feel like she can be delivering lines versus good acting. Maybe its the writing but I feel Ann Hathaway is like that, too. When the writing is a longer monologue andthe actor has to deliver it in one breath, I cringe because it feels so unrealistic. But I LOVE Scandal and love Tony Goldwyn and Jeff Perry.
Peter Krause is phenomenal. He got all those Emmy and GG nods for his work on Six Feet Under, but nothing for Parenthood? He has me balling from watching this show.
Since Scandal and Revenge are the only two dramas I watch it would have been great to see them recognized somehow. I like Madeline Stowe but I wonder if she was overlooked because she’s not over the top in an emotional scene. It seems like the actor/actress who wins is the one who cries or shouts the loudest. MS doesn’t need to break-down in her scenes to be emotional and her character is one to be feared.
Fringe has been snubbed all 5 (amazing) seasons and it makes me soooooo angry. Yes its Sci-Fi, but damn – all these actors have been made to play so many variations of themselves it makes my head spin and they do such an amazing job. John Noble, Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson were all robbed in my opinion…
Comment by Rachael T December 13, 2012 11:57 AM PDT Reply To This Post
John Noble is my big snub. I was ready to say Mandy Patinkin but he got his nomination, so… to me its that and Parks and Rec as a show, and thats it basically.
How can the walking dead not be nominated? Andrew Lincoln was amazing and his performance killed it, why wasn’t he nominated? I really think Golden globes miss alots of good tv shows and actors/actresses.
For the first time in years I have no desire to watch The Golden Globes looking at who got snubbed. I have a LOT of favorites on this list. The ONLY reason why I might watch is because who is hosting this year. But then I could probably catch clips somewhere on the interact to catch up. Yeah, it’s decided. I’m taking a pass.
Fringe is awful this season. A major improvement over season 4, sure, but nothing compared to seasons 1-3. I do think that Anna Torv and John Nobel were snubbed.
Charlie Hunnam was absolutely brilliant in his portrayal of the conflicted President of a outlaw motorcycle Club. The fact that he continues to be overlooked during award season, despite the acclaim he receives from both critics and his peers, is criminal.
Comment by angelwings December 13, 2012 09:46 AM PDT Reply To This Post
What about Castle (Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion) since they broke the Moonlighting curse???
They have been cute together. I don’t mind characters staying together. Ellen and Patrick on Greys has been together a long time and I prefer it that way rather than them apart. Same with Stana and Nathan. I think they were great apart, but great together, too.
Because this is an award for outstanding acting not curse breaking. Stana and Nathan are good actors and enjoyable to watch but they are not outstanding.
Honestly, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead are really the two biggest omissions from this list, I mean really? I guess these award shows are continuing on their quest to completely snub genre TV entirely.
Comment by bigby_wolf December 13, 2012 09:53 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Does anyone watch Smash? I didn’t even know that was on tv. I think SoA, Justified, Game of Thrones, Parks and Rec (which is 10x funnier than Girls and I really like Girls). House of Lies, Castle, Suits, Nurse Jackie, Being Human.
The Smash nomination surprised me but if it keeps Glee shut out then I am ok with that. I just wish award shows would stop salivating over musical type sows. Just because the singing is good doesn’t mean the show is.
Best Lead Actor Drama: Hugh Laurie in House
Best Lead Actress Drama- Kerry Washington, Ellen Pompeo
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama- Sandra Oh, Madaline Stowe, all of the women from once upon a time.
True Blood, Once Upon a Time, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Revenge and House all were robbed. What is wrong with awards groups and who is bribing them to nominate them?
All of Fringe, but, as always, particularly John Noble and Anna Torv. And Sherlock’s brilliance is ignored in favor of some considerably lesser programs. Ugh.
Seriously, The Walking Dead is the biggest snub. This season has been amazing on all aspects, especially in “killer Within”. These people need some serious acknowledgement for their badass-ness. Ridiculous.
Fringe is always snubbed as is all of the cast who have done amazing work over they years. Oh well… the show will be a sci-fi classic when most of these nominees will collect dust and spiderwebs.
Comment by Lewis Jones December 13, 2012 10:03 AM PDT Reply To This Post
HAPPY ENDINGS
plz add to the snub list! cmon TVLine! you guys lvoe happy endings, cant believe it didnt get any noms. not casey wilson for her amazing work or any comedy nods!
HAPPY ENDINGS
Comment by The New Friends December 13, 2012 10:03 AM PDT Reply To This Post
This comment has so many grammar and spelling errors it’s physically hurting me.
Happy Endings isn’t that funny letalone award winning. With that said Damon Waynes should have been nominated because he’s the best part of that show and is right up there with Max Greenfield in acting chops.
Love that you recognized Monica Potter. I would have included Peter Krause as well. The Walking Dead getting shut out is just a joke. Would have loved to see Southland get some recognition as well.
No offense but if Larry Hagman had been nominated it would only have been because he died..
I actually agree with a lot of these choices, especially Courtney Cox in Cougar Town! That would have been awesome
What’s the time frame for submitting material? Clearly it went through the summer because shows like The Newsroom & Veep were on it, but when is the cutoff?
I am very confused by the fact that Sherlock did not get a best miniseries/movie nod, although Benedict Cumberbatch’s nomination did lessen the blow. I also think that John Noble from Fringe is extremely underappreciated when it comes to award season.
HA Courtney Cox, please she couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag with the instructions printed on the inside. Jennifer Aniston and her are just trying to regain half the fame they had while doing Friends. I agree Carrie Washington should have at least been nominated. I like Connie Britton, but not in Nashville…I loved her in American Horror Story. Jessica Lange? Where is she? Also, the cast of Fringe should have been up for something….
Connie Britton hasn’t had the material to be deserve the nomination. Her character mopes and complains about her bad life. I think Connie Britton is very talented and she can act circles around Katherine McPhee but that’s not a reason to nominate her.
Totally agreed – the material (so far) has been much better for Hayden (having a drug addicted mother). CB is one of the finest actresses on TV, and totally deserved a win for her last season of FNL, but for Nashville sor far? Nope.
I will never understand why this site talks about Courtney Cox like she has talent. She is probably the worst actor on her show – she was definitely the worst actor on Friends (though the character of Monica was written brilliantly).
Anyone from Fringe but then if Fringe ever did get the recognition that it deserved from one of these award shows I ‘d be shocked. I would also like to see the brilliant Eden Sher from the Middle get a nomination, she does amazing work as Sue Heck but she never gets a mention
If Hayden [Panettiere] was nominated why couldn’t Leighton Meester who is the best actress on Gossip Girl get a nomination I know the writing and acting this season hasn’t been the series best but she’s done an excellent job with material she was given. Her and Ed Westwick both deserve props for doing their best will the material they were given.
you are kidding right?? this is the most absurd post I’ve ever seen…. I watch gossip girl just because out of habit and because there’s just one episode left… It’s the most trashy thing on television right now.. even the kardashian or things like that are better! I watch practically every show nominated this year and believe me when i say that GG is not to be put even in the same sentence with this year worst nominee..
I always thought awards weren’t about doing the best with bad material, but about doing amazingly with great material. Have I been wrong this whole time? No, pretty sure that’s right.
Because they don’t nominate someone for doing nothing. I’m not saying Leighton Meester isn’t talented but CW shows are overlooked for a reason. Plus, have you been watching Nashville? HP kills as Juliette and her vulnerability shines through. I still remember the scene where she refused to giver her drug-addicted mother money, I was crying with her.
aside from the annual and inevitable snubs (dexter, fringe, community) i’m quite surprised game of thrones got no love. also that JLD was the only nom for Veep. and while i understand why the Walking Dead gets no love (it a hardest core genre show, up there w/ Star Trek), it’s had such a high profile this season, i can’t believe it was overlooked. this aversion to the “other” genre is getting a little ridiculous.
I think if Monica Potters cancer story had happened earlier in the year she would have been nominated. Most voters had probably made up their mind before she got a chance to show how great she was.
Timothy Olyphant, Aaron Paul, Jared Harris… too many to name. Sarah Wayne Callies for that episode. So on and so forth. But Jennifer Carpenter’s snub is one of the worst. I used to watch Dexter for Dexter, but now I watch it for Deb.
The snubs for Mad Men and Game of Thrones really pisses me off, but…..I understand Walking Dead not being nominated. I mean, it’s fun and entertaining for sure, but it’s nowhere near being a genuinely ‘good’ show. The acting is subpar, the dialogue is just downright horribly written, whatever moral subtexts there are get repeated and repeated until it becomes tiresome, the characters themselves are still thinly characterized for the most part, there are still plot holes up the ying-yang, etc. Need I even bring up the whole ’1 black guy at a time’ rule they have?
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