HBO leads Golden Globe nominations with 17

It was no surprise at all that HBO led the list of Golden Globe television nominations announced this morning, garnering 17.

It's led in total nominations for the Globes and Emmys for years now.

What was a surprise: Former winner "Mad Men," which had earned four straight best drama Emmys before being beaten by Showtime's "Homeland" in September, did not even score a nomination in the best drama category.

That's a shocker. Although the most recent season didn't draw the same critical raves as past years, it was still expected to be nominated.

Other surprises included a nod for NBC's first-year musical drama "Smash" in the best comedy/musical category. The show was largely ignored by the Emmys.

ABC's "Nashville" was the only other new show to receive significant nominations, with Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere both getting nods.

The HBO movie "Game Change," a big winner at the Emmys, led all nominees with five. "Homeland" had the second-most with four.

Here’s the list of television nominees:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Boardwalk Empire

Breaking Bad

Downton Abbey

Homeland

The Newsroom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Connie Britton – Nashville

Glenn Close – Damages

Claire Danes – Homeland

Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey

Julianna Marguiles – The Good Wife

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire

Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad

Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom

Jon Hamm – Mad Men

Damian Lewis – Homeland

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

The Big Bang Theory

Episodes

Girls

Modern Family

Smash

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Zooey Deschanel – New Girl

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

Lena Dunham – Girls

Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock

Don Cheadle – House of Lies

Louis CK – Louie

Matt LeBlanc – Episodes

Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Game Change – HBO

The Girl – HBO

Hatfields & McCoys – History

The Hour – BBC America

Political Animals – USA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Julianne Moore – Game Change

Nicole Kidman – Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller – The Girl

Sigourney Weaver – Political Animals

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Kevin Costner – Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock

Woody Harrelson – Game Change

Toby Jones – The Girl

Clive Owen – Hemingway & Gellhorn

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Hayden Panettiere – Nashville

Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife

Sarah Paulson – Game Change

Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey

Sofia Vergara – Modern Family

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Max Greenfield – New Girl

Ed Harris – Game Change

Danny Huston – Magic City

Mandy Patinkin – Homeland

Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

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