Golden Globe Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spoken! The key TV noms:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES DRAMA

24 (FOX) Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television i.a.w. Real Time Prods.

BIG LOVE (HBO)Anima Sola and Playtone Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment

GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)Touchstone Television

HEROES (NBC)NBC Universal Television Studios i.a.w. Tailwind Prods.

LOST (ABC)Touchstone Television

Nice list! Yay, freshman HEROES, for making the cut.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)Touchstone Television

ENTOURAGE (HBO)Leverage and Closest to the Hole Prods. i.a.w. HBO Entertainment

THE OFFICE (NBC)Deedle Dee Prods. with Reveille i.a.w. NBC Universal Television Studio

UGLY BETTY (ABC)Touchstone Television

WEEDS (SHOWTIME)Showtime i.a.w. Lionsgate Television and Tilted Prods., Inc.

No weak ones here either. Expect this category to get more competitive as more light dramas like DESEPERATE HOUSEWIVES, WEEDS, and UGLY BETTY enter the grid. Btw, just started watching WEEDS this season -- love it.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

PATRICIA ARQUETTE — MEDIUM

EDIE FALCO — THE SOPRANOS

EVANGELINE LILLY — LOST

ELLEN POMPEO — GREY'S ANATOMY

KYRA SEDGWICK — THE CLOSER

No surprises here. I'm a fan of all these shows; no idea how I'd vote if I had to.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA

PATRICK DEMPSEY — GREY'S ANATOMY

MICHAEL C. HALL — DEXTER

HUGH LAURIE — HOUSE

BILL PAXTON — BIG LOVE

KIEFER SUTHERLAND — 24

Oof, did James Gandolfini lose his spot to Michael C. Hall (love his creepy-cool-adorable performance on DEXTER) or Bill Paxton? THE SOPRANOS is a masterwork, but I'm all for new blood. So to speak, in DEXTER's case.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -COMEDY OR MUSICAL

MARCIA CROSS — DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

AMERICA FERRERA — UGLY BETTY

FELICITY HUFFMAN — DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS — THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE

MARY-LOUISE PARKER — WEEDS

Go, America, playing in the big leagues! Julia Louis-Dreyfus deserves much credit for showing that conventional 3-camera sitcoms can still be funny, but I like Mary-Louise Parker's hilarious, spirited, and tender "Lacey LaPlante" FTW.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ALEC BALDWIN — 30 ROCK

ZACH BRAFF — SCRUBS

STEVE CARRELL — THE OFFICE

JASON LEE — MY NAME IS EARL

TONY SHALHOUB — MONK

Alec steals every scene of 30 ROCK that he's in, and no jury in the world would convinct him.

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

TONI COLLETTE — TSUNAMI, THE AFTERMATH

KATHERINE HEIGL — GREY'S ANATOMY

SARAH PAULSON — STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP

ELIZABETH PERKINS — WEEDS

The supporting actor categories are an utter comparing-apples-to-bicycles situation, no?

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

JEREMY IRONS — ELIZABETH I

JUSTIN KIRK — WEEDS

MASI OKA — HEROES

JEREMY PIVEN — ENTOURAGE

More apples and bicycles. How do you choose between obnoxious superagent Ari Gold and the Earl of frakkin' Leicester? Still, loving that Masi Oka is in there.

Any misfires, according to you? Who's missing that should be on here? THE WIRE and BATTLESTAR GALACTICA are two, for me. Anyone on who shouldn't be?