The Golden Globes last weekend were a bit of a glitzy affair, which is hardly a surprise, as the first big entrant in the annual glut of award shows around this time of year (in the US and UK, at least). While movies often grab the limelight, the Globes are always nice because they also shine a spotlight on TV and streaming shows.
In fact, if you looked to use them as a gauge to check the fitness of some of the most productive streaming services, you’ll locate the eyes drawn to some top hits. Their biggest shows, and 4 massive wins in the world have underlined that they can’t really miss their broadcast release.
For clarity, and because the prize format reaches names of incredibly long categories, here are the 4 gongs that HBO brought back at night:
It’s an impressive list when you break it down, too, underlining the fact that HBO didn’t have just a single huge blockbuster to bring in awards (like Hulu’s Shogun, for example, which did terrifically). Hacks scored two hits, one for acting and another for best musical or comedy series (which in the context of the Globes is a bigger award than it arguably sounds).
However, the most seismic are two awards for the performance, either in the genre of the limited series for which HBO is so well known. Stellar crime drama that took many of us by surprise.
Jodie Foster has Oscars to her name for a reason, so her brilliant performance in True Detective: Night Country was maybe more expected, but nonetheless fabulous. There are also people out there who’ll tell you Cristin Milioti should be gutted not to have beaten Foster for her own work in The Penguin, too.
This proves that no one’s doing short series better than HBO right now – which means that anyone serious about streaming needs to get themselves a Max subscription in the US, or a NOW TV Entertainment pass or Sky Atlantic subscription here in the UK.
Max is T3’s Staff Writer for the Tech section – with years of experience reporting on tech and entertainment. He’s also a gaming expert, both with the games themselves and in testing accessories and consoles, having previously flexed that expertise at Pocket-lint as a features editor.