Biggest takeaways of Golden Globes

This year’s Golden Globe nominations are in and, boy, were there a few head scratchers. The year’s leading movie hasn’t even hit theaters, and there still seems to be some unknowable reasoning behind what makes a film a “drama” or a “comedy.”

For the pop culture consumer on the go, here are our biggest takeaways:

• The sweep of “Vice,” a movie most people haven’t even seen

From the moment it was announced, we knew the Dick Cheney picture “Vice” would be a big awards contender. After all, it’s the second “serious” film from Adam McKay, the “Anchorman” director who went on to write and direct 2015’s “The Big Short,” for which he won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay and was nominated for best director. Add in Christian Bale transforming himself into the former vice president to the point that the actor is unrecognizable, and the movie might as well be titled “Awards Bait.”

Still, for it to pull in the most nominations — six! — is pretty impressive, particularly considering the movie doesn’t hit theaters until Christmas Day.

• FX rules the day, but just barely

This year’s Emmy Awards were dominated by Netflix and HBO, but the Golden Globes are a different story. FX, the scrappy network known for pumping out edgy content on strange schedules — it famously allowed disgraced comic Louis C.K. to create his show “Louie” on his own timeline — earned a whopping 10 nominations. By doing so, it edged out HBO, Amazon Prime Video and Netflix.

Two of its landmark shows secured FX that top spot: “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” the highest-earning show with four nominations, and “The Americans,” which wrapped up this year and earned three nods.

• Your snubs!

“First Man” may have tanked at the box office, and it looks like it gets no love from the Golden Globes, including nothing for lead actor Ryan Gosling. The powerful drama “The Hate U Give” was also overlooked. Ditto for Ethan Hawke and “First Reformed.”

And the acclaimed John Krasinski thriller about the dangers of making noise, “A Quiet Place,” only received one nomination — for best score, of all things.

Kristen Bell was nominated for her role in “The Good Place,” the NBC comedy which gave the broadcast network two of its three nominations this year, but Ted Danson didn’t get a nod. And speaking of NBC, the weepy drama “This Is Us” was totally shut out.

After a stellar season of “Atlanta,” which included episodes that topped several best-of-year lists, the FX show didn’t get a nomination for best comedy TV series (though Donald Glover did get one for best actor).

And the best actress in a TV comedy category is all white nominees this year, with Issa Rae (who’s been nominated for two years in a row for “Insecure”) and Tracee Ellis Ross (who won in 2017 for “Black-ish”) shut out.

• Your surprises!

Perhaps one of the most surprising nominations came in the best actor in a TV series, musical or comedy category for Sacha Baron Cohen, who earned it for Showtime’s “Who Is America?” The show featured Cohen pretending to be various characters and tricking real-life politicians into saying outlandish, often terrible and sometimes racist things – which he then aired on a premium cable network.

Some viewers might be surprised to see “Bodyguard,” a Netflix co-production with the BBC, earn a nod for best drama TV series. The show, starring Richard Madden (better known to most as Rob Stark from “Game of Thrones”), was certainly critically acclaimed. But Netflix pumps out so many series, it’s likely this one slipped under the radar for most people who aren’t, you know, paid to watch TV for a living.

And Candice Bergen’s nod for best actress in a TV series, musical or comedy for her titular role in “Murphy Brown” might surprise some, given the show’s low ratings. Some outlets even announced the reboot was canceled, a charge that creator Diane English staunchly denies.

• All your best director nominees are men. Again.

During the 2018 Golden Globes telecast, Natalie Portman introduced the best directing for a motion picture category by announcing the “all-male nominees.” Well, this year we have a repeat. Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”), Peter Farrelly (“Green Book”), Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”) and Adam McKay (“Vice”) are this year’s “all-male nominees.”