Golden Globes: Don’t get too excited
Posted by Dan
December 13th, 2007 at 11:46am
In Pushing Daisies Special Events The Office
The Golden Globes were announced this morning and every show you don’t watch was nominated.
First and foremost, The Office was snubbed for Best Comedy in favor of pay-for-me cable shows Entourage, Extras and Californication. And Pushing Daisies (which, hooray!). I’ve had a “Has Everybody Gone Mad?” draft post on the TiFaux back-end for like nine years, so I can’t say I’m thrilled to see it get another nod. Plus, Jeremy Piven got nominated and doesn’t he always win everything? Like, wasn’t he in Oslo for the Nobel proceedings to pick something up for portraying a slightly exaggerated version of himself on Entourage? The good news is that he’s too hot for me to stay mad at (although my secret, not-based-in-reality-at-all theory is that he always takes his mom to reward shows so that he can drop her off afterwards and then flirt with Jessica Alba or whoever).
Where was I? Golden Globes…
As far as the premium channel shows go, that seemed to be the name of the game. All these shows I don’t watch and generally aren’t even a part of my television consciousness walked away with buckets of nominations. Big Love, Californication, Extras (which I can’t begrudge), The Tudors and all sorts of other crap you don’t watch. Well, not crap. If I didn’t know how great Weeds and Dexter were from firsthand viewing experience, I’d hate them too.
Also, weirdo basic cable shows like Saving Grace, The Riches, Mad Men and Damages got a hefty portion of the nominations. I’m sure I’d be happy for them, but who has time to watch FX? Hell, I just realized that Steve Carell’s nomination is the show’s only one. Boo, hiss.
Well, let’s focus on the positive now. 30 Rock and Pushing Daisies! Tina Fey! Lee Pace and Anna Friel! Alec Baldwin! Michael C. Hall! Donald Sutherland!
I prefer to think of this as an unqualified triumph for Pushing Daisies than a slight on the dear old Office. Look at those people Lee Pace is up against! It’s ridiculous! Jack Donaghy, Michael Scott, David Brent, and Mulder. Those people are famous. I’m SO PROUD!
Just because you don’t watch cable shows does not mean they are crap. I’d take Californication over The Office any day of the week.
At least it wasn’t Tell Me You Love Me. And I enjoyed the crazy sexy drunky rapey (a little) beheady world of The Tudors as much as the next Jonathan Rhys Meyers apologist, but better than Friday Night Lights? What the fuck?!
Great to see Michael C. Hall recognized. Dexter is really an amazing accomplishment. I’m really stoked about the upcoming Season Finale.
funny you mention jessica alba…she is with child…
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165722,00.html?xid=jessica-alba-article-aol-entertainment-news
Regarding Alice’s comment–how dare you. Californication over The Office? Were you dropped on your head? Californication is…wow. I don’t even want to waste the time explaining why it’s so awful (for some reason–probably because I never wanted to believe Weeds had ended–I watched every episode). And The Office is pure wonderful. Californication shouldn’t even be considered a comedy. Or an actual piece of art. Or something you put on a channel people pay for. Or even a channel they don’t.
Excuse me. I’m going to go vomit now.
Big Love is an awesome show. I wanted them to win, but it seemed unlikely. I think Medium and Law and Order : SVU should got nominated as well.
The office is the same old thing week in and week out. Yeah, i like it but it does not compare to Californication in MHO. Maybe you’re the one that was dropped on your head. Seems the people at the Globes would agree with me about Californication.