LOS ANGELES — Even the sometimes-offbeat Golden Globe Awards are unable to resist the allure of movie stars who dabble in television work.
Julia Roberts, Amy Adams, Jim Carrey and Michael Douglas were among the nominees for next month’s awards voted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Television’s increasing artistic prestige has persuaded more big-screen talent to add it to their portfolio. But not every film actor made the awards cut, with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill out of the running for Netflix’s “Maniac.”
Also snubbed: “This Is Us,” one of the few broadcast network shows that has garnered awards respect amid an onslaught of cable and streaming shows. It failed to earn a best drama series bid or recognition for last year’s Globes (and previous Emmy Award) winner Sterling K. Brown or the twice-nominated Chrissy Metz.
Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the reigning best drama series winner, was overlooked, a sting that follows its Emmys loss this year to “Game of Thrones.” But “Handmaid’s” star Elisabeth Moss and co-star Yvonne Strahovski were nominated.
HBO’s “Game” missed out on 2019 Globes consideration because new episodes didn’t air within the eligibility window. Instead, Globe voters tipped their hats to the last season of FX’s “The Americans” and newcomers including Netflix’s “Bodyguard,” a British series about a politician’s protector, and FX’s “Pose,” set in 1980s New York and with a groundbreaking number of transgender cast members.
Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” was ignored as best comedy series. Glover, who won for his role in 2017, was nominated. His competitors include Carrey for Showtime’s “Kidding,” Douglas for Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method” and Bill Hader, an Emmy winner for “Barry.”
Henry Winkler, who claimed an Emmy for his supporting role in HBO’s “Barry,” also is up for a Globe. The series itself is competing for top comedy honors against defending Globes champ and Emmy winner “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Issa Rae, a two-time nominee for “Insecure,” didn’t earn a best comedy actress bid, but Candice Bergen got a welcome-back hug for CBS’ revived sitcom “Murphy Brown.” She was a Globes favorite when the original series aired, earning nine nominations and winning a trophy in 1989.
Bergen is part of an all-white field of nominees, including Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan for “Mrs. Maisel” and Debra Messing, star of NBC’s “Will & Grace” revival.
“Wow. I am so grateful that our show came back,” she posted on Instagram.
Glover is the only actor of color in his category. Black actors Billy Porter (“Pose”) and Stephan James (“Homecoming”) earned best drama series acting bids.
FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” received the leading number of bids, four, including best limited series or TV movie, and nominations for stars Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz and Edgar Ramirez. Their nominations boosted the nominations’ inclusiveness, as did bids for Sandra Oh (“Killing Eve”), Regina King (“Seven Seconds”) and Thandie Newton (“Westworld”).
Oh will host the Jan. 6 Globes ceremony on NBC along with Andy Samberg.
