Golden Globes 2023: what was the streaming platform that achieved the most nominations?

The Golden Globes announced their nominees for the 2023 ceremony and two streaming platforms stood out among all: Netflix and HBO Maxwhich tied with 14 nominations in the television section ahead of the 80th edition of the awards that celebrate the best of film and TV.

The fifth season of “The Crown” (Netflix), the hit miniseries “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix) and the second installment of “The White Lotus” (HBO) accumulated 4 nominations each, although the comedy “Abbott Elementary” (ABC) was the most nominated production with 5 mentions.

The limited series “Pam and Tommy” and the second season of the comedy “Only Murders in the Building”, both on the Hulu platform, also bagged 4 nominations.

In its attempt to provide transparency and new life to the institution, the HFPA expanded its staff from 87 to 199 members and this presaged that the nominations for its new installment would be totally unpredictable.

The surprise was not long in coming and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Amazon Prime Video), one of the favorites for the category of best drama series, was left out of the race for the Golden Globes. , “The Crown” (Netflix), which already swept four awards in 2021, will compete with “Better Call Saul” (AMC+), “House of the Dragon” (HBO Max), “Ozark” (Netflix) and Severance (Apple TV+) in this section.

The Latino representation in the television branch of these awards comes from the hand of the Mexican Diego Luna (“Andor”), who will face off with Jeff Bridges (“The Old Man”), Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Adam Scott (“Severance”) and Kevin Costner (“Yellowstone”) in the Best Actor in a Drama Series category.

For their part, Emma D’Arcy (“House of the Dragon”), Laure Linney (“Ozark”), Imelda Staunton (“The Crown”), Hilary Swank (“Alaska Daily”) and Zendaya (“Euphoria”) will compete for the female version of this section.

On the other hand, the recognition for the best comedy or musical series will be decided between the production with the most nominations, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC); the winner of the last edition, “The Hacks” (HBO Max); the acclaimed “The Bear” (FX); the ratings success of “Wednesday” (Netflix) and “Only Murders in the Building”.

This latest series brings two names, that of Martin Short and Steve Martin, to win the award for best comic actor in a close fight with Donald Glover (“Atlanta”) and Bill Hader (“Barry”), in addition to the renowned performance Jeremy Allen White in “The Bear.”

The category of best actress in a comedy series will live a true duel starring two Americans with Mexican roots: the incipient Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday”) and the already established Selena Gomez (“Only Murders In The Building”), who will a Golden Globe nomination was missing from his extensive list of winners.

The Dahmer series stands out

The section for best limited series or television movie had the name “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” marked in capital letters before the nominations gala began and met expectations with 4 nominations. This Netflix production, which occupies the top 3 all-time series with the most views on the platform, will nominate for best miniseries, best lead, supporting actor and supporting actress at the 80th edition of the Golden Globes.

In the best limited series category, its rivals will be “The Dropout” and “Pam and Tommy”, both from the Hulu platform, as well as “Black Bird” (Apple TV+) and “The White Lotus”, which also has 4 nominations. total.

Evan Peters, star of the series based on the Jeffrey Dahmer case, will compete for the award with Taron Egerton (“Black Bird”), Andrew Garfield (“Under The Banner of Heaven”), Sebastian Stan (“Pam and Tommy”) and Colin Firth (“The Staircase”), who slipped into the shortlist against all odds.

Finally, the award for best actress in a limited series or television movie will go to Jessica Chastain (“George and Tammy”), Julia Garner (“Inventing Anna”), Lily James (“Pam and Tommy”), Julia Roberts (“Gaslit ”) or Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”). The organization of the Golden Globes faces the challenge of recovering the prestige lost after an investigation by the Los Angeles Times newspaper in which a series of practices of corruption and drug trafficking were uncovered. influences on the part of its members, among whom there was no black person out of a total of 87.

The rejection of the industry meant that this year’s ceremony was not televised, but in 2023 the NBC network will broadcast it again in an attempt to recover the lost prestige. Despite the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has externalized an image wash, it remains to be seen the reception of Hollywood towards the 80th edition of the Golden Globes, which will be held on January 10 at the Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills (California, USA).