Actors and shows the Golden Globes loved... that Emmys didn't

One day, "Episodes" will be seen for the highly underrated comedy it was. This is not that day — but we're getting pretty close — so whenever "Episodes" got a Golden Globe nomination or Matt LeBlanc — who would technically fall under that umbrella of the HFPA loving big names above all — won for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy, people were shocked.

Other than that time "Mozart in the Jungle" won a Golden Globe, was anyone really thinking about "Mozart in the Jungle" in their “prestige television” conversations? It won as a comedy too, in case you were trying to remember the genre.

This is the good stuff when it comes to the Golden Globes being ahead of the curve. Like, do you even remember that Keri Russell’s only — and deserved, by the way — Globes win is for " Felicity"? Neither awards show gave "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" the due it deserved, but in 2002, the Globes nominated Lauren Graham for "Gilmore Girls." In 2015, the Globes nominated "Jane the Virgin" and its star, Gina Rodriguez (who was nominated again in 2016 and 2017). 2016 saw Rachel Bloom win Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy for "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (which she was nominated again for in 2017), leading to some Emmy recognition but not at the same heights.

The Golden Globes’ love for "Mozart in the Jungle" could honestly be called because the show's basically the opposite of "Game of Thrones." While the HFPA loves a good international presence, "Game of Thrones" is so big it ends up negating what the Globes would usually love. It has all the buzz, but does it have the high-brow? Does anything with dragons have the high-brow? (No. Just look at "Shrek.") The closest the Globes got to loving "Thrones" was Peter Dinklage winning in 2012.

Maybe “love” isn’t right for Golden Globes and Noth, but at least they seem to know who he is in a way the Emmys never have. For an actor who's played an integral part in some important television shows — "Law & Order," "Sex and the City," "The Good Wife" — it's amazing he’s never gotten a single Emmy nomination. The Globes nominated him twice, once for "Sex and the City" and once for "The Good Wife."

Allison Janney has seven Emmys (for "The West Wing," "Masters of Sex" and "Mom")… and zero Golden Globes for television. She only just received her first Golden Globe nomination — and win — in 2018, for the film "I, Tonya." Surely there’s a manager we can speak to about this.

One of the impressive things about the Golden Globes’ sometimes contrarian tastes is just how long they can go until they finally give in to awards show peer pressure — especially when it comes to a gritty, non-Globes-like show. For "Breaking Bad ," it wasn't until Bryan Cranston won a third Emmy in a row as Walter White that the Globes finally threw him a bone and nominated him too. Then by the time the series was over and in its final year of contention, Cranston got the win and so did the show. Begrudgingly, it would seem.

Unfortunately for "Veep," it couldn't force the Globes to cave in to the same peer pressure that "Breaking Bad" did. But considering Julia Louis-Dreyfus is essentially the queen of television awards shows, isn’t it ridiculous that’s not the case for her when it comes to the Golden Globes? She’s been nominated nine times by the Globes, and she has one win…her first nomination, for "Seinfeld" back in 1994.

Heather Locklear is a name you probably didn’t expect to see here, but she was understandably nominated multiple times for both "Melrose Place" and "Spin City." She didn’t win for either show, but the Globes at least put her in the game by nominating her, which the Emmys never did.

The only way to avoid how repetitive the “'Modern Family' wins everything” rhetoric was to look at the Golden Globes instead of the Emmys.

Remember, the Golden Globes gave Season 2 of "Nip/Tuck" an award over "24," "Deadwood," "Lost" and "The Sopranos." The first two seasons of "Glee" also won Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy, with the show sweeping the Supporting Actor and Actress categories in season two. (The Emmys loved Jane Lynch and the show's famous guest actors, but given the number of nominations it got, the Emmys didn’t care about it as much as the Globes did.) Now we're in the era of prestige Ryan Murphy too, with "American Crime Story" and "Feud," so the love will never end.

Jane Krakowski should have a room of trophies because of her work on "Ally McBeal," "30 Rock" and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt." But since we live in an unfair world, she does not. While the Emmys aren’t exactly kind to her either — four nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series on "30 Rock" and somehow no wins — it’s ridiculous to know she only ever got one Golden Globe nomination…for "Ally McBeal" back in 1999.

It’s really not just Ryan Murphy. Remember the Globes’ love of "Desperate Housewives?" Even when it was definitely in its sophomore slump? That’s the thing about the Globes: One minute they have refined tastes; the next, they're awarding shows with secret monster children hiding in the basement. Madeleine Stowe was also nominated for "Revenge" in 2012 — for Best Actress - Television Series Drama, not Supporting — and while she was great there, that show was a high point in campy, guilty pleasure.

In 2016, "The Americans" was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Actor - Television Series Drama and Best Actress - Television Series Drama, for Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, respectively. In 2018, they were nominated again, and the show finally got the Best Television Series – Drama nod — and win — that it deserved. "The Americans" was never a glossy spy show, though, so that makes sense. But the Emmys, while appreciating the series for three years at least in the form of character actress Margo Martindale (who won for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2015), didn’t even nominate the series itself or its stars until 2016. At least the Emmys gave Rhys his due with a Best Actor win in 2018. But Keri Russell not ever winning an award for "The Americans?" Offensive.

A strange phenomenon in the early 2010s was the seemingly out-of-left-field actor nominations for shows that didn’t even get anywhere near the Globes’ other categories. This is what led to Golden Globe nominee Piper Perabo, for " Covert Affairs" and later Callie Thorne, for "Necessary Roughness ." What made this weird wasn’t even that they were nominations for actors from USA Network shows — it was that they were nominations for actors on some of the USA Network’s weaker shows during its “Characters Welcome” era. Then you had Jennifer Love Hewitt getting nominated for a Globe for " The Client List" television movie (in a category Kate Winslet  won for "Mildred Pierce," to put things into better perspective) and Scott Caan getting nominated for his supporting role in "Hawaii Five-0," and no one has been able to explain any of this yet.

Despite constant nominations, neither awards show was willing to consistently award Steve Carell for his work in "The Office" — but at least the Globes gave him a win the first time they nominated him for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy, in 2006.

Angela Lansbury has been nominated for an Emmy 17 times — 12 of those being for each season of "Murder, She Wrote" — and has yet to win a single one. Fifteen Globes nominations saw her win six times, with four of them being for "Murder, She Wrote." (The other two were for film.)

From 2005 to 2011, Hugh Laurie was Emmy-nominated for the role of Dr. Gregory House in "House." The series was even Emmy-nominated in 2009. Never won. In 2016, he was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for "The Night Manager" (which was also Emmy-nominated). Didn't win. In 2017, Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, for "Veep." Didn't win. The Globes at least awarded him in 2006 and 2007 for his work on "House" and in 2017, for "The Night Manager." He wasn’t nominated for "Veep," though we’ve already addressed the Globes’ stance on "Veep."

According to TV Guide’s Joyce Eng on why the Globes don't love "Game of Thrones" and probably never will, part of that has to do with dramas of a certain age: “But on the drama side, only 'Mannix,' 'The X-Files' and 'Breaking Bad' have won for their fifth seasons. No drama has won for a season past five. ... The sweet spot for series wins is in the first three seasons, so 'Game of Thrones' pretty much missed the boat.”

Are the Golden Globes ahead of the curve when it comes to Amazon? Not necessarily, but part of the argument for loving the Globes over the Emmys is that the Globes will often at least look like they're at the forefront by going with an unconventional choice. In the case of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and its wins for Best Television Series and Best Actress - Musical or Comedy category in 2018, they actually were ahead this time. It had even more nominations for that year's Emmys, winning Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and some others. Though the series had even more nominations for this year's Emmys just know: The Globes got there first.