Golden Globe TV nominations: Outlander, Fargo and Wolf Hall out in front

The television world are set to come together for next year’s Golden Globe ceremony after the nominations for specific categories were announced today.

In the drama group, the fantasy series Outlander leads with three nods including Best Television Series (Drama), Best Actress in a Drama series for Caitriona Balfe and Best Supporting Actor for Tobias Menzies.

The Starz-produced programme overshadowed HBO’s own fantasy hit Game of Thrones which could only score one nod in the main category. Fox’s Empire, USA Network’s Mr Robot and Netflix’s Narcos complete the Television Series (Drama) selection. The final series of Mad Men and Downton Abbey were both snubbed along with Homeland and Ray Donovan.

Despite Men’s main snub, main star Jon Hamm is shortlisted in Best Actor (Drama) for the final time along with the likes of Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) and Liev Schrieber (Ray Donovan).

In Best Actress (Drama), Catriona Balfe is competing for the award with more recognisable faces like Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Eva Green (Penny Dreadful), Taraji. P. Henson (Empire) and Robin Wright (House of Cards)

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In the Comedy categories, Amazon Prime’s trangender series Transparent has three nominations including Best Television Series (Comedy) as well as acting mentions for last year’s winner Jeffrey Tambor (Actor) and Judith Light (Supporting Actress).

With renowned programmes like The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family being shut out completely, Transparent’s main competition includes new shows like Casual and Mozart in the Jungle plus HBO’s Silicon Valley and Veep.

Tambor is up against the likes of Aziz Ansari (The Master of None) and British veteran Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) in the Actor in a Comedy Series category while the Actress section sees last year’s winner Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) up against veterans Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) and Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie).

The Mini-Series/Television Movie lineup sees the second series of Fargo compete against the historical programme Wolf Hall with both also scoring two acting nominations each.

Fargo sees Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst both nominated in their respective categories while Mark Rylance (nodded also in the film awards) and Damian Lewis are the representatives for Wolf Hall.

Wilson and Rylance compete for the Best Actor award with British duo Idris Elba (Luther) and David Oyelowo (Nightingale) plus Oscar Isaac (Show Me a Hero).

Dunst is up against newcomer Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone) and former singers turned actors Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel) and Queen Latifah (Bessie).

Finally, the supporting categories see Damian Lewis and Tobias Menzies up against Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline) and Christian Slater (Mr Robot) in Supporting Actor while Supporting Actress have former winners Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) and Joanne Froggatt (Downton) taking on the likes of Regina King (American Crime) and Maura Tierney (The Affair).

The full list of Golden Globe nominees are below (predicted winners in blue):

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
EMPIRE
GAME OF THRONES
MR ROBOT
NARCOS
OUTLANDER

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Jon Hamm, MAD MEN
Rami Malek, MR ROBOT
Wagner Moura, NARCOS
Bob Odenkirk, BETTER CALL SAUL
Liev Schreiber, RAY DONOVAN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES (DRAMA)
Caitriona Balfe, OUTLANDER
Viola Davis, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Eva Green, PENNY DREADFUL
Taraji P. Henson, EMPIRE
Robin Wright, HOUSE OF CARDS

BEST TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
CASUAL
MOZART IN THE JUNGLE
SILICON VALLEY
TRANSPARENT
VEEP

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Aziz Ansari, THE MASTER OF NONE
Gael Garcia Bernal, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE
Rob Lowe, THE GRINDER
Patrick Stewart, BLUNT TALK
Jeffrey Tambor, TRANSPARENT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES (COMEDY/MUSICAL)
Rachel Bloom, CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND
Jamie Lee Curtis, SCREAM QUEENS
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, VEEP
Gina Rodriguez, JANE THE VIRGIN
Lily Tomlin, GRACE AND FRANKIE

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
AMERICAN CRIME
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
FARGO
FLESH AND BONE
WOLF HALL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Idris Elba, LUTHER
Oscar Isaac, SHOW ME A HERO
David Oyelowo, NIGHTINGALE
Mark Rylance, WOLF HALL
Patrick Wilson, FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Kirsten Dunst, FARGO
Lady Gaga, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
Sarah Hay, FLESH AND BONE
Felicity Huffman, AMERICAN CRIME
Queen Latifah, BESSIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Alan Cumming, THE GOOD WIFE
Damian Lewis, WOLF HALL
Ben Mendelsohn, BLOODLINE
Tobias Menzies, OUTLANDER
Christian Slater, MR ROBOT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Uzo Aduba, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Joanne Froggatt, DOWNTON ABBEY
Regina King, AMERICAN CRIME
Judith Light, TRANSPARENT
Maura Tierney, THE AFFAIR

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