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Premium cable network HBO's raunchy female coming-of-age
series "Girls" was the only returning contender for best
television comedy or musical, which left out previous broadcast
network category staples such as ABC sitcom "Modern Family" and
CBS's nerd comedy "The Big Bang Theory."
Netflix Inc's second season of women's prison comedy "Orange is
the New Black" landed a nod, alongside HBO's new tech satire
"Silicon Valley"; Hispanic comedy "Jane the Virgin" from The CW,
jointly owned by CBS and Warner Bros, and the only broadcast
network show in the race; and Amazon Instant Video's transgender
show, "Transparent."
This is Amazon Studios' first crack into major awards as it
ramps up its original programing to compete with the likes of
Netflix in online video streaming.
"Transparent," about the patriarch of a family who comes out as
a transgender woman to his family, also picked up a best
comedy/musical TV actor nod for lead star Jeffrey Tambor.
"The field of television is going through such an incredible
transformation," said Theo Kingma, president of the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association, crediting Netflix and Amazon for
"changing the landscape."
Tambor will be up against Louis C.K. for FX Networks' "Louie,"
Ricky Gervais for Netflix's "Derek," William H. Macy for
Showtime's "Shameless" and Don Cheadle for Showtime's "House of
Lies."
"Jane the Virgin," about a young religious Hispanic woman who is
accidentally artificially inseminated during a medical checkup,
landed a best comedy/musical TV actress nod for lead star Gina
Rodriguez, the only newcomer in the category.
Rodriguez will contend with returning nominees Lena Dunham for
"Girls," Taylor Schilling for "Orange is the New Black," Edie
Falco for "Nurse Jackie" and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "Veep."
Last year's best comedy series winner, Fox's "Brooklyn
Nine-Nine," failed to make the cut this year.
This year's winners will be revealed at a televised awards
ceremony on Jan. 11. [ID:nL1N0TV10O]
FX's "Fargo," which follows small-town men who become entangled
in a murder plot, led the television race with five nods,
including best mini-series or TV motion picture.
The only comedy in the category, "Fargo" will be up against
Starz's abduction drama "The Missing and HBO's AIDS movie "The
Normal Heart," dark family chronicle "Olive Kitteridge" and
gritty crime miniseries "True Detective."
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Mary Milliken and Lisa
Von Ahn)
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