Before the film nominations were announced, the Golden Globes earlier unveiled their nods for the biggest TV shows around.

Political biopic Game Change picked up five nominations including Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television as well as acting mentions for Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Sarah Paulson and Ed Harris. Not too far behind was Homeland with four nominations including Best Television Series and recognition for its stars Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin.

The popular US sitcom Modern Family, Hitchcock biopic The Girl and British period drama-series Downton Abbey each picked up three nominations with Toby Jones, Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery and Maggie Smith doing well for the Brits in the acting department.

The BBC drama The Hour also made it onto the Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television shortlist, while Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch was named in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television list.

The Big Bang Theory, Girls, Hatfields & McCoys, New Girl, 30 Rock, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad and The Newsroom (the latter three all welcoming nominees!) were among the other shows recognised in the awards.

The full list of nominees are below (with my predictions):

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Connie Britton – Nashville
Glenn Close – Damages
Claire Danes – Homeland
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
Jon Hamm – Mad Men
Damian Lewis – Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Zooey Deschanel – New Girl
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Lena Dunham – Girls
Tina Fey – 30 Rock
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Louis CK – Louie
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Nicole Kidman – Hemingway and Gelhorn
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller – The Girl
Julianne Moore – Game Change
Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock
Woody Harrelson – Game Change
Toby Jones – The Girl
Clive Owen – Hemingway and Gelhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE IN SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson – Game Change
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE IN SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Max Greenfield – New Girl
Ed Harris – Game Change
Danny Huston – Magic City
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, – Modern Family

The 70th Golden Globes will be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (who ironically go head-to-head in Best Actress in Comedy/Musical) on January 13th 2013.