For the first hour or so, almost every TV category presented at the 68th Annual Golden Globes was a shocker… Here are the five biggest surprises of the night:
– Katey Sagal wins best actress in a drama series. It’s not surprising that Sagal earned the award, it’s surprising she actually won considering how statue-deprived FX’s underdog series Sons of Anarchy has been. Sagal’s husband and series creator Kurt Sutter looked cool and calm during her speech, but quickly Tweeted: “F— Me!!! We Won.”
– HBO loses best movie/miniseries. At about a half hour into the Globes telecast, audiences were united by a single thought: “What the hell is Carlos?” HBO typically dominates longform categories and its $200 million-plus The Pacific along with Emmy favorite Temple Grandin got beat by a French-made mini that aired on little ol’ Sundance Channel. Not that HBO was too broken up about this since…
– Boardwalk Empire overthrew Mad Men (and Dexter and The Good Wife and The Walking Dead). Whaaaa? Just when we finally began to accept that nothing could beat Mad Men, something beat Mad Men. The Prohibition drama busted the AMC drama’s streak and helped put HBO back in the drama series driver’s seat. Just as surprising …
– Steve Buscemi wins best actor in a drama series. Some critics thought Buscemi was miscast in Boardwalk, but the HFPA disagreed. Mr. Pink beat out heavy-heavy hitters Bryan Cranston, Michael C. Hall, Jon Hamm, and Hugh Laurie.
– Chris Colfer wins best supporting actor in a comedy. Perhaps not the biggest surprise of the night on the TV side, but certainly the most moving. The Glee star’s jaw-dropped moment as he realized he won, followed by his inspiring speech, provided exactly the sort of emotional rush we want in award shows. “To all the amazing kids who watch our show … who are constantly told ‘No’ … by bullies at school that they can’t be who they are, well, screw that, kids.”
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