Golden Globes: Homeland, Game Change Lead Nominations; Nods For New Girl, Nashville, Smash

Golden Globe NominationsNominations were announced on Thursday morning for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, and HBO's Game Change telepic led the pack with five total nominations, while Showtime's Homeland followed with four.

ABC's Modern Family was the best-represented comedy, with three nominations, and this year's new blood includes New Girl's Max Greenfield, NBC's Smash, HBO's Veep and Nashville's front-and-center females.

The Globes will be held Jan. 13, 2013 in Beverly Hills, broadcast on NBC and hosted by Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation). As with this week's Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, the eligibility period was the 2012 calendar year.

Review the list of TV nominees, then share your raves and rants in the Comments. Also, be sure to check out Michael Ausiello's "Snappy Judgements" on who was snubbed and such.

• DRAMA SERIESBreaking Bad

Boardwalk Empire

Downton Abbey

Homeland

The Newsroom

• DRAMA – ACTOR

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom

Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Damian Lewis, Homeland

• DRAMA – ACTRESS

Connie Britton, Nashville

Glenn Close, Damages

Claire Danes, Homeland

Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

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Episodes

Girls

Modern Family

Smash

• COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTOR

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Louis C.K., Louie

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

• COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTRESS

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Lena Dunham, Girls

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

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Max Greenfield, New Girl

Ed Harris, Game Change

Danny Huston, Magic City

Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

• SERIES, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Hayden Panettiere, Nashville

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Sarah Paulson, Game Change

Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIESGame Change

The Girl

Hatfields & McCoys

The Hour

Political Animals

• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTOR

Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Toby Jones, The Girl

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTRESS

Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller, The Girl

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

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