• by P.J. Bednarski , Staff Writer @pjbtweet, December 12, 2016

Every season it seems, some network or sturdy perennial favorite show is portrayed as being hopelessly lost, a disaster in progress. It's rarely true.

For example, this morning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced nominees for the Golden Globes, and Netflix and Amazon each tallied “only” five.

Is this the beginning of the end for streaming? Will heads roll?

Shocking!

As noted by Variety, “Among the significant series shut out by the Golden Globes are Netflix’s ‘House of Cards,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black,’  ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,’  ‘The Get Down,’ and ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In the Life.’ Amazon failed to land any nods for ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ Woody Allen’s ‘Crisis in Six Scenes,’ ‘One Mississippi,’ ‘Catastrophe,’ and ‘Fleabag.’ "

Hulu was totally absent, after getting a nomination last year for the hate-filled-but-funny comedy “Casual.”

(One quick aside: Watching “The Man in the High Castle” in this election season was especially depressing. I thought that would count for something.)

Is over the top over the hill? We hardly paid for ye. 

Awards, as you probably know by now, don’t mean a thing in television unless your network or mode of transmission has never had one. Then a nomination or a statue may signal to viewers (and producers, actors, advertisers and probably paparazzi) this formerly disregarded network/media type is apparently serious.

That is how cable went from the Cable Ace Awards (born 1978, died 1997)  to dominating the Emmys, pretty much since "The Sopranos."

Netflix and Amazon made news for the streaming business in the last three years by muscling in with the bigs at the Emmys and Globes. Last year, Netflix had a nine Globe nominations, ahead of perennial leader HBO.

What happened since is kind of irrelevant. Everybody was waiting for Susan Lucci to win an Emmy. After 19 times, she finally won. End of story.

Still, I won’t say this was the best day for all of those streamers. But:

*It’s the Golden Globes, and if you want to talk about a bunch of people who take themselves far too seriously, please take the HFPA is a good place to start.

*While the streamers lag far behind HBO’s 14 Golden Globe nominations, we’re not talking the Emmys, where everybody but the gaffers are up for awards. The Golden Globes have just 11 categories.

Pardon my slur at the Globes. The nominators did go outside the box to pick their nominees. A lot of surprise shows and surprise snubs. And puzzlement even.

The Globes nominated “Graves,” a drama starring Nick Nolte on the heretofore pretty anonymous Epix cable pay service. How anonymous? In its FAQ section, the first two questions are: "Is Epix a cable channel?" and “How do I subscribe to Epix?”

Here are the somewhat chosen:

Best Television Series – Drama:

“The Crown” (Netflix)

“Game Of Thrones” (HBO)

“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

“This Is Us” (NBC)

“Westworld” (HBO)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

“Atlanta” (FX)

“Black-ish” (ABC)

“Mozart In The Jungle”  (Amazon)

“Transparent” (Amazon)

“Veep” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:

Rami Malek – “Mr. Robot” (USA)

Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

Matthew Rhys – “The Americans” (FX)

Liev Schreiber – “Ray Donovan” (Showtime)

Billy Bob Thornton – “Goliath” (Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama:

Caitriona Balfe – “Outlander” (Starz)

Claire Foy – “The Crown” (Netflix)

Keri Russell – “The Americans” (FX)

Winona Ryder – “Stranger Things” (Netflix)

Evan Rachel Wood – “Westworld” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

Anthony Anderson – “Black-ish” (ABC)

Gael García Bernal – “Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)

Donald Glover – “Atlanta” (FX)

Nick Nolte – “Graves” (Epix)

Jeffrey Tambor – “Transparent” (Amazon)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:

Rachel Bloom – “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – “Veep”  (HBO)

Sarah Jessica Parker – “Divorce” (HBO)

Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO)

Gina Rodriguez – “Jane the Virgin” (The CW)

Tracee Ellis-Ross – “Black-ish” (ABC)

Best Limited Series:

“American Crime” (ABC)

“The Dresser” (Starz)

“The Night Manager” (AMC)

“The Night Of”  (HBO)

“The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Riz Ahmed – “The Night Of” (HBO)

Bryan Cranston – “All The Way” (HBO)

Tom Hiddleston – “The Night Manager” (AMC)

John Turturro – “The Night Of” (HBO)

Courtney B Vance – “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Olivia Colman – “The Night Manager” (AMC)

Lena Headey – “Game Of Thrones” (HBO)

Chrissy Metz – “This Is Us”  (NBC)

Mandy Moore – “This Is Us” (NBC)

Kerry Washington – “Confirmation” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Felicity Huffman – “American Crime” (ABC)

Riley Keough – “The Girlfriend Experience” (Starz)

Sarah Paulson – “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Charlotte Rampling – “London Spy” (BBC America)

Thandie Newton – “Westworld” (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:

Sterling K Brown – “The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

Hugh Laurie – “The Night Manager” (AMC)

John Lithgow – “The Crown”  (Netflix)

Christian Slater – “Mr. Robot” (USA)