The night belonged to cable.

While it’s not uncommon for cable to walk away with arms full of Globes, the major broadcast networks were almost completely snubbed Sunday night in favor of cable offerings like Showtime’s Homeland, which picked up the award for best TV drama and best drama series actress (Claire Danes) at the 69th Annual Golden Globes. Matt LeBlanc also picked up an award for best comedy actor for his work on Episodes, another Showtime offering.

The sole show from one of the big four to walk away with an award was ABC’s Modern Family, which won the last TV statue of the night for best comedy, beating out Episodes, Glee, New Girl, and Enlightened. (The last cable network to win that award was HBO, which won in 2007 for Extras.)

Last year, the major networks won four Golden Globes in 11 television categories, three of which went to Glee and the other to the Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons.

Homeland was the odds-on favorite to win the drama category and wasn’t the only heavily favored nominee to claim a TV prize this evening: Kate Winslet won best actress in a movie or miniseries for HBO’s Mildred Pierce, PBS’ Downton Abbey won for best movie or mini, and Peter Dinklage won best supporting actor for HBO’s Game of Thrones. (So who is Martin Henderson, the man Dinklage asked viewers to Google? It’s apparently this victim of a pub “dwarf-tossing” attack.)

Somewhat less expected were wins by a few other first-year shows: Laura Dern won for best comedy TV actress in HBO’s Enlightened, Jessica Lange for best supporting actress in FX’s American Horror Story, and Kelsey Grammer won best drama TV actor in Starz’ grim Boss.  Here’s EW’s full list of winners.

(Sandra Gonzalez contributed to this report.)

Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCHas there ever been an awards show host whose jokes came under more scrutiny than Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes last year?

In the current issue of EW, Gervais explains the exact origins of four of the comments that drew fire.

“The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given,” Gervais writes. “It’s up to you if you’re offended or not. And remember, just because you’re offended, it doesn’t mean you’re right.” READ FULL STORY »

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The 69th annual Golden Globe TV nominations are here, and there’s plenty to be thrilled (and annoyed) about.

Seven of the 10 nominees for best series were new shows and some EW favorites made the list. On the drama side, HBO’s Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, Showtime’s Homeland and FX’s American Horror Story all received a nod for best series. But so did … Starz’ Boss? Notice this category completely shut out the broadcast networks (HBO and Showtime led the pack of TV series nominees overall).

Best comedy series included Fox’s Glee and New Girl, along with ABC’s Modern Family. Showtime’s Episodes and HBO’s Enlightened also made the cut.

Some new names also graced the acting categories: Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Claire Danes (Homeland), Kelsey Grammer (Boss) and Mireille Enos (AMC’s The Killing) were among the nominees.

Meanwhile, several perennial award season favorites were edged out: Dexter for drama series and its star Michael C. Hall were left out, so was House‘s Hugh Laurie, The Closer‘s Kyra Sedgwick and The Office‘s Steve Carell, who wrapped his final season on the NBC comedy.

Some serious snubs: That AMC’s Breaking Bad was not nominated for best drama series this year is rather incredible (would have been nice to see The Walking Dead, ABC’s Revenge or CBS’ The Good Wife too). It’s hard to believe the Hollywood Foreign Press is watching Homeland and didn’t nominate Mandy Patinkin. Did Jim Parsons, who won for comedy actor last year on Big Bang Theory, really not deserve a nod this year? Here’s the TV list: READ FULL STORY »