The 2013 Golden Globe Awards aired on NBC on Jan. 13 and the big winners in the TV categories were Showtime’s “Homeland” and Claire Danes, plus HBO’s “Girls” and Lena Dunham. On Sunday night, “Homeland” picked up Golden Globes for Best Television Drama, Best Actress (Claire Danes), and Best Actor (Damien Lewis). The comedy series “Girls” took home Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Comedy or Musical and Best Television Comedy or Musical Actress (Lena Dunham). While “Homeland’s” dominance was no big surprise, the awards for “Girls" and Dunham were unexpected, but very pleasant surprises.
Upon winning her very first Golden Globe, a visibly stunned Dunham stumbled a bit and said, “This award is for every woman who felt there wasn’t a space for her. This show has made a space for me." Claire Danes, who is an old pro at winning Golden Globes (this was her fourth), said more confidently, “I have to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for being so insanely generous towards me for so many years now.” She went on to pay tribute to the other nominees and added, “I want thank the other women in this category who are so badass, so brilliant, and have all in their own way contributed to making television this wonderfully rich place for really dynamic, complex, bold female characters."
Like "Homeland" and "Girls," "Game Change" was also a big winner and picked up Golden Globe Awards for Best Mini-Series or Television Movie, Best Actress and Best Actor.
Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press, a group of about 90 reporters from 55 countries, votes on its choices for the annual Golden Globes Awards. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, friends and “SNL” alumni, brilliantly hosted the festivities in 2013. They replaced Ricky Gervais, who caused a storm of controversy in 2012.
As in year’s past, the Golden Globes, one of Hollywood’s best parties, once again boasted free-flowing booze and impromptu insanity. Below are the 2013 Golden Globes winners in the television categories.
Best Television Drama:
- “Breaking Bad”
- “Boardwalk Empire”
- “Downtown Abbey”
- “Homeland” (winner)
- “The Newsroom”
Best Actress, Television Drama:
- Connie Briton for “Nashville”
- Glenn Close for “Damages”
- Claire Danes for “Homeland” (winner)
- Michelle Dockery for “Downtown Abbey”
- Juliana Margulies for “The Good Wife”
Best Actor, Television Drama:
- Steve Buscemi for “Boardwalk Empire”
- Bryan Cranston for “Breaking Bad”
- Jeff Daniels for “The Newsroom”
- Jon Hamm for “Mad Men”
- Damien Lewis for “Homeland” (winner)
Best Television Comedy or Musical:
- “The Big Bang Theory”
- “Episodes”
- “Girls” (winner)
- “Modern Family”
- “Smash”
Best Actor, Television Comedy:
- Alec Baldwin for “30 Rock”
- Don Cheadle for “House of Lies” (winner)
- Matt LeBlanc for “Episodes”
- Louis C.K. for “Louis”
- Jim Parsons for “The Big Bang Theory”
Best Actress, Television Comedy:
- Zooey Deschanel for “New Girl”
- Julia Louis-Freyfus for “Veep”
- Lena Dunham for “Girls” (winner)
- Tina Fey for “30 Rock”
- Amy Poehler for “Parks and Recreation”
Best Miniseries or Television Movie:
- “Game Change” (winner)
- “The Girl”
- “Hatfields & McCoys”
- “The Hour”
- “Political Animals”
Best Actor, TV Miniseries or Movie:
- Kevin Costner for “Hatfields & McCoys” (winner)
- Benedict Cumberbatch for “Lincoln”
- Woody Harrelson for “Game Change”
- Toby Jones for “The Girl”
- Clive Owen for “Hemingway and Gelhorn”
Best Actress, TV Miniseries or Movie:
- Nicole Kidman for “Hemingway and Gelhorn”
- Jessica Lange for “American Horror Story: Asylum”
- Sienna Miller for “The Girl”
- Julianne Moore for “Game Change” (winner)
- Sigourney Weaver for “Political Animals”
Best Supporting Actor, TV Miniseries or Movie:
- Max Greenfield for “New Girl”
- Ed Harris for “Game Change” (winner)
- Danny Huston for “Magic City”
- Mandy Patinkin for “Homeland”
- Eric Stonestreet for “Modern Family”
Best Supporting Actress, TV Miniseries or Movie:
- Hayden Panettiere for “Nashville”
- Archie Panjabi for “The Good Wife”
- Sarah Paulson for “Game Change”
- Maggie Smith for “Downtown Abbey: Season 2” (winner)
- Sophia Vergara for “Modern Family”
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