Netflix leads the field with 9 Golden Globes nominations

At least if Alicia doesn’t win here, she might score Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ex Machina. Not only did programming from cable/premium/streaming services dominate this year, they also shoved old-school networks aside in the comedy category. That means a total shutout for Mad Men’s actresses, comedy actors as a whole, and most of Orange Is the New Black, whose entire cast basically counts as “supporting”.

Even pay-cable network HBO, which traditionally ruled at awards time, has been humbled by this year’s digital invasion. Among the dramas, only Mad Max was an out-and-out blockbuster, though Spotlight has been plugging away at the box office. Room is building slowly, and Carol – from the marketing-savvy Weinstein Co. – will be going wider soon.

Premium rival Showtime suffered a falloff, too, with last year’s nine nominations shrinking to three. Though the much-lauded film, about a Boston Globe investigative unit looking into a sexual abuse scandal, earned nominations for best drama, best director (Tom McCarthy) and its screenplay, actors such as Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams didn’t get Globe recognition for their performances. Only Jon Hamm, in the dramatic actor category, was saluted.

George Miller got nominated for best director for “Mad Max: Fury Road”, and “Room”, an adaptation of the novel by Emma Donoghue, helped star Brie Larson get a nomination for best actress in a drama.

Other notable absentees on the nomination rolls were HBO’s fading “Girls” as well as “True Detective” (which, after landing four nominations in its premiere season, was critically lambasted for its second cycle). Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” (three nominations) and the Jennifer Lawrence-led “Joy” (two nods) also have yet to be released.

Not only was Schumer’s Trainwreck nominated for Best Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy, but her role in the film roped her a nod for Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

Financial crisis film The Big Short, The Revenant and biopic Steve Jobs have each received an impressive four nominations for the Globes, which will be handed out in Beverly Hills on January 10.

– Foreign Language: “The Brand New Testament”, “The Club”, “The Fencer”, “Mustang”, “Son of Saul”.

Paul Feig, whose “The Peanuts Movie” was nominated for Best Animated Feature.

Tied with “The Big Short”, with four nominations was the follow up to “Birdman”, “The Revenant”, by Alejandro Inarritu. Vikander is Eddie Redmayne’s equal in “The Danish Girl”, and “Carol” is told through the eyes of Mara’s character. The best original sing contingent includes Love Me Like You Do fromFifty Shades of Grey, One Kind of Love from Love & Mercy, See You Again fromFurious 7, Simple Song #3 from Youth and Writing’s on the Wall from Spectre. Vying for best drama are: ABC’s “Empire”, USA’s “Mr. Robot”, Netflix’s “Narcos”, Starz’s “Outlander” and HBO’s “Games of Thrones” (the only returning nominee). Lead actor Wagner Moura also landed a nomination in the drama actor category, one of the most intensely competitive fields in television. Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle, which was ignored by the Emmys and disliked by EW’s own Jeff Jensen, was a puzzling choice for both comedy series and comedy actor Gael García Bernal.

Jamie Lee Curtis (“Scream Queens”) and Lady Gaga (“American Horror Story: Hotel”) received Best Actress in a Comedy and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama nominations, respectively. That list is rounded out by Maggie Smith in The Lady in the Van and Lily Tomlin in Grandma (Lily’s also nominated for her role in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie), so it’ll be a tough year to pick a favorite.