Not a day after winning Best Drama at the 2016 Critics Choice Awards, Game of Thrones Season 6 has scored a couple of nominations at the 2016 Golden Globes, which honor the best in both television and movies from the year. From Variety:
Best Television Series – Drama
The Crown
Game Of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Olivia Colman – The Night Manager
Lena Headey – Game Of Thrones
Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Thandie Newton – Westworld
Game of Thrones Season 6 has been having good luck in the Best Drama category—in addition to winning the Critics Choice Award, it also nabbed the top award of the night at this year’s Emmy Awards. What’s more, its competition has been different both times. At the Emmys, it was up against shows like The Americans, Better Call Saul, Downton Abbey, and Mr. Robot. At the Critics Choice Awards, it squared off against the likes of The Crown, Stranger Things, and Westworld. It came out triumphant both times, so the odds are decent that it could also come out on top at the Golden Globes.
The actors have been less fortunate. Lena Headey was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at both the Emmys and the Critics Choice Awards, and she lost both times, to Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith and Westworld’s Thandie Newton, respectively. She’s up against Newton again at the Golden Globes. Will this finally be her year?
Moreover, several of the actors who were nominated at the other two award shows—Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, and Peter Dinklage—don’t show up on this list at all.
The 2016 Golden Globes, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, will air on NBC on Sunday, January 8 at 8:00 EST.