Golden Globes 2014 Celebrates New Shows Over The Old As Television Nominations Are Revealed

The nominations for the 2014 Golden Globe Awards were revealed this week and although there were few surprises in the movie nominations; in the television categories however, it's time for change in the established order of critically-acclaimed TV. Former nomination regulars like Mad Men and Homefront are nowhere to be seen in the nominees lists, replaced instead by the new order of critically-acclaimed shows.

Master of Sex, along with House of Cards, is now the show to beat

Master of Sex and House of Cards now look like the shows to beat, with Breaking Bad making what will be its final appearance at the Golden Globes with the series ending this year. This comes just a year after Homeland achieved the impressive feat of winning Best Drama Series, Best Male Actor and Best Female Actor all in one night, although this does mark the second year in a row that the 2007-2009 winner Mad Men has not appeared in the Best Drama category.

Breaking Bad and Downton Abbey are the only shows to have already been nominated for the award that appear in this year's nominee's list, with The Good Wife joining newbies Masters of Sex and House of Cards. The Netflix original series, a remake of a BBC series of the same name, also leads the pack for number of nominations, earning four for Best Drama, Best Male for Kevin Spacey, Best Female for Robin Wright and Best Supporting Male for Corey Stoll. Michael Sheen is also up for Best Male for Masters of Sex and Julianna Margulies is up for Best Female for The Good Wife. Both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are up for acting gongs too for Breaking Bad.

The other shows up for honours in the drama categories include fellow newcomers Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black and Scandal all earning Best Actress nominations for Taylor Schilling, Tatiana Maslany and Kerry Washington respectively. James Spader and Liev Schreiber round up the male acting category, for The Blacklist and Ray Donovan respectively.

Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston are up for nominations

Next page: who is being honoured in the Mini-series/TV movie and comedy categories?

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Also receiving four nominations was HBO's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, which earned recognition in the Best Mini-Series or TV Movie, Best Male for both Matt Damon and Michael Douglas and Best Supporting Actor for Rob Lowe. The Candelabra duo face competition from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Idris Elba in the acting department, with these two both up for the Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, as well. Al Pacino is also up for a nomination in the Mini-Series category for his role as Phil Spector.

Behind the Candelabra and House of Cards lead the nominations with four each

American Horror Story: Coven, Top of the Lake, Dancing on the Edge and The White Queen all join Behind the Candelabra in the Mini-Series nominations, whilst Burton and Taylor earns Golden Globe recognition with Helena Bonham Carter being nominated in the Best Actress category. Carter is joined by Rebecca Ferguson in The White Queen, Jessica Lange in America Horror Story, Helen Mirren in Phil Spector and Elisabeth Moss in Top of the Lake.

Whilst the drama categories were taken up largely by cable series, the comedy categories were made up largely of network series, with HBO's Girls being the only exception. Regulars Parks and Recreation, Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory are all present and accounted for, with Brooklyn Nine Nine being the only newcomer in the comedy category.

Nine Nine's star Andy Samberg is also up for a Best Actor gong, facing competition from Arrested Development's Jason Bateman, House of Lies' Don Cheadle, Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory and Michael J. Fox in The Michael J. Fox Show rounding up the nominations. Golden Globes host Amy Poehler is up for the Best Actress award for Parks and Rec, facing competition from New Girl's Zooey Deschanel, Girls' Lena Dunham, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep and Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie.

The full lsit of nominations are available at the Golden Globes website.

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