Golden Globe Nominations 2012: Snubs and Surprises

"Community" fans had yet another reason to be outraged as the NBC cult favorite, recently placed on indefinite hiatus, was snubbed at the Golden Globe nominations in favor of head-scratcher Best Comedy nominee "Episodes." Also conspicuously absent from that category's list of nominees: Louis CK's groundbreaking comedy series "Louie" and another much-loved NBC offering, "Parks and Rec."

In other shocking news, "Breaking Bad," widely considered to be among the best hour-long dramas ever to air on television, was snubbed in the Best Drama category, despite the fact that its most recent season was its strongest yet. At least Bryan Cranston made it into the Best Actor in a Drama category, alongside Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire," Damian Lewis for "Homeland," Jeremy Irons for "The Borgias," and Kelsey Grammar for "Boss."

Who else did the ever-inscrutable Hollywood Foreign Press Association unfairly leave out -- or unexpectedly add in -- when the awards were announced Thursday morning in a ceremony MC'ed by Sofia Vergara, Gerard Butler, Woody Harrleson and Rashida Jones? HuffPost TV's compete list of Golden Globes snubs and surprises is ahead.

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[lvictoria12]

11:24 AM on 12/30/2011

American Horror Story needs to get an award or I'm gonna be mad!

[DianePVK]

05:33 PM on 12/20/2011

Awards shows are crap.

Having said that, Breaking Bad is the best one-hour drama on television and shouldn't have been tossed aside.

[TheRagingModerate]

02:59 PM on 12/20/2011

LOVED Community last season -- evangelized on its behalf to anyone who would listen. This season...very, very disappointing. Glad it didn't pick up any nominations.

I think they took the concept as far as it could go last season without getting either (a) stale or (b) uninterestingly weird. This season, they erred on the side of (b) week after week. No "snub" here.

Oh well, it was great fun while it lasted (and was working).

[budoinst]

11:23 AM on 12/20/2011

Baloney are all these "awards" are. Big star, past or present, and they and their series are nominated whether the show is worthy or not. Fraud, all fraud. Why watch? Why care? I don't.

[BobbyEast]

11:03 AM on 12/19/2011

"Breaking Bad" is the best Drama on Television. It is getting "The Wire" treatment from the awards people.

[Janaya Warren]

11:03 PM on 12/18/2011

Walking Dead should have gotten a nomination that show is great

[Jerome Cleary]

04:35 PM on 12/18/2011

it's amazing how Breaking Bad got snubbed as it should have been nominated for Best Drama and Best Actor and Support actor roles too.

[Protect Speech]

01:31 PM on 12/18/2011

In a way I'm glad Louie didn't get nominated.. It just further separates the show from all the other crap that's on TV. I really feel that Louis C.K. is somehow above any phoney awards show...

[cokes311]

03:52 PM on 12/16/2011

Connie Britton has been dreadful on AHS. Dylan McDermott's the only one who has been worse than she has.

[daigz]

03:33 PM on 12/16/2011

Well, you know what Hector Salamanca has to say about the Golden Globes this year?


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[ricky7u]

05:10 PM on 12/20/2011

I got goose bumps just reading your comment. How many other shows can do that to a reader?

[Stacy Davies]

03:18 PM on 12/16/2011

"Episodes" was GREAT - despite Matt LeBlanc who finally wasn't annoying. Americans just cannot get British comedy writing, which is the foundation of this show and probably why it didn't translate to "Friends" followers who seem to prefer obvious setups, punchlines and canned laughter.

[nycparanoia]

08:42 PM on 12/17/2011

Friends was filmed in front of a live studio audience.

[Stacy Davies]

09:43 PM on 12/17/2011

Only the first couple of seasons, and they added laugh tracks in on top of that. Besides knowing this for a fact, it's totally obvious when you watch it. Joke. Laugh. Joke. Laugh. Watch I Love Lucy, Roseanne, Cheers, etc., to hear how it really works - actors pausing and waiting for the audience to finish laughing. Duh.

[Janaya Warren]

11:01 PM on 12/18/2011

I agree I love Episodes hope it comes back for a second season and Matt LeBlanc was so funny in it

[Runey]

01:16 PM on 12/16/2011

Golden Globes is ridiculous.
Breaking Bad is phenomenal, as is Game of Thrones

[PaulMuaddib]

12:47 PM on 12/16/2011

Community is ok, can't say it's a surprise it wasn't nominated.

[Zombee The Snowman]

06:42 PM on 12/18/2011

Agreed. I don't think a show is "snubbed" when it's simply not worthy of any kind of nomination.

[BrockDock]

12:26 PM on 12/20/2011

Idiot

[panasonic52]

11:09 AM on 12/16/2011

I like watching many tv shows, and I still haven't heard of a lot of the shows that were nominated. Looks like all the shows I do hear good reviews about are snubbed. Game of Thrones had only one nomination? Really?

[monstersfromtheid]

09:49 AM on 12/16/2011

your poll makes no sense.
It is set up to only rate the degree of 'snubs' yet half your images are 'surprises'