The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards and I’m so excited!  Some of my favorite shows have gotten the recognition they deserve.  Here’s the television categories and their nominees!

Best Television Series- Drama:  Big Love (HBO), Dexter (Showtime), House (FOX), Mad Men (AMC), True Blood (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Drama:  Glenn Close (Damages), January Jones (Mad Men), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Anna Paquin (True Blood), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series- Drama: Simon Baker (The Mentalist), Michael C.

Hall (Dexter), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Hugh Laurie (House), Bill Paxton (Big Love)

Best Television Series- Comedy of Musical: 30 Rock (NBC), Entourage (HBO), Glee (FOX), Modern Family (ABC), The Office (NBC)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Comedy or Musical:  Toni Colette (United States of Tara), Courteney Cox (Cougar Town), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Tina Fey (30 Rock), Lea Michele (Glee)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series- Comedy of Musical: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Steve Carell (The Office), David Duchovny (Californication), Thomas Jane (Hung), Matthew Morrison (Glee)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:  Georgia O’Keefe (Lifetime), Grey Gardens (HBO), Into The Storm (HBO), Little Dorrit (PBS), Taking Chance (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:  Joan Allen (Georgia O’Keefe), Drew Barrymore (Grey Gardens), Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens), Anna Paquin (The Corageous Heart of Irena Sendler), Sigourney Weaver (Prayers for Bobby)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made For Television:  Kevin Bacon (Taking Chance), Kenneth Branagh (Wallander: One Step Behind), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Endgame), Brendan Gleeson (Into The Storm), Jeremy Irons (Georgia O’Keefe)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Pictures Made for Television:  Jane Adams (Hung), Rose Byrne (Damages), Jane Lynch (Glee), Janet McTeer (Into The Storm), Chloe Sevigny (Big Love)

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or Motion Pictures Made for Television:  Michael Emerson (Lost), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), William Hurt (Damages), John Lithgow (Dexter), Jeremy Piven (Entourage)

Congratulations to all the nominees and I look forward to discovering the winners on Sunday, January 17, 2010!