My golden globes

I'm skipping the movie categories because, honestly, I didn't see a whole lot of movies last year. The only nominees I managed to catch were Borat, The Devil Wears Prada, Thank You for Smoking, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Stranger Than Fiction, so I am completely unqualified to weigh in on anything other than the "musical or comedy" categories. Because it's easier to knit while seated on my couch at home than in a theater, I tend to watch a lot more TV, so here's my opinion on those matters:

If you care who won in their reality (as opposed to mine), check the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's site.

Best Television Series - Drama
24 (FOX)
Big Love (HBO)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Heroes (NBC)
Lost (ABC)

My pick? Deadwood. Only the good die young, people.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Patricia Arquette – Medium (NBC)
Edie Falco – The Sopranos (HBO)
Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC)
Ellen Pompeo – Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT)

Yeah... um... no. I'm gonna go with Mary McDonnell from Battlestar Galactica.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Patrick Dempsey – Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Michael C. Hall – Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Hugh Laurie – House (FOX)
Bill Paxton – Big Love (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland – 24 (FOX)

This is a bit tougher. I'm sure Michael C. Hall rocks it on Dexter, but I don't have Showtime and I've only seen about one scene of his show (something about body parts wrapped and placed under a Christmas tree). Bill Paxton is ineligible because I saw way too much of his ass last season. Ah hell, who am I kidding... Ian McShane, Deadwood.

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Weeds (SHOWTIME)

Swap out Desperate Housewives for Scrubs, Entourage for 30 Rock, Weeds for Extras, and have them all play rock-paper-scissors for all I care, 'cause I'd be happy with any of 'em. As it stands, however, I'd have to go with The Office.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives (ABC)
America Ferrera – Ugly Betty (ABC)
Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – The New Adventures Of Old Christine (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (SHOWTIME)

You know what? America Ferrera. I like her, and what little I've seen of Ugly Betty seems pretty darn entertaining. If I were to limit my choice to actresses on shows I actually watch on a regular basis and omit those that I'm curious about and would like to check out on DVD sometime in my very distant grad-school-free future, I'd pick Tina Fey for 30 Rock.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy
Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC)
Zach Braff – Scrubs (NBC)
Steve Carell – The Office (NBC)
Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Tony Shalhoub – Monk (USA)

Alec Baldwin. I would've replaced Shalhoub with Ricky Gervais (Extras), but still... Alec Baldwin.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Emily Blunt – Gideon's Daughter (BBC)
Toni Collette – Tsunami, The Aftermath (HBO)
Katherine Heigl – Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Sarah Paulson – Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (NBC)
Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds (SHOWTIME)

Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica. Because that boxing scene nearly killed me.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Thomas Haden Church – Broken Trail (AMC)
Jeremy Irons – Elizabeth I (HBO)
Justin Kirk – Weeds (SHOWTIME)
Masi Oka – Heroes (NBC)
Jeremy Piven – Entourage (HBO)

Hrm. Okay, no opinion on this one. Instead, I'll give a big ol' wet kiss of a category-independent honorable mention to the entire cast of Friday Night Lights.

Later, suckaz!