Golden Globe nominees: hits and misses

There's much chatter this week about the Golden Globe nominations and what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association got wrong in its annual list of top movies and TV shows. So, let's pile on, shall we?
  Just dealing with television—because there's not enough time in the day to pick apart that Burlesque nod for best picture, musical or comedy—I have some major bones to pick. On the drama front, the Globes overlooked the real HBO gem, David Simon's Treme, in favor of the vastly overrated Boardwalk Empire. (I wanted desperately to love the Prohibition-era bootlegger tale, but after sticking with the entire short-run series, I found it to be a (highball) glass half empty.) I love that AMC's zombiepocalypse The Walking Dead is in the mix, but my jaw drops that Breaking Bad was left out. Whuck?

  Katy Sagal as a nominee for the daring FX series Sons of Anarchy? Good! Piper Perabo in the same category for USA's Covert Affairs? Huh? Eric Stonestreet as the only Modern Family supporting actor nominee? Wrong! Same for Sofia Vergara in the supporting actress category—and that's not saying she doesn't deserve it, but so did her co-star Julie Bowen. Glee's Matthew Morrison for lead actor in a comedy? Love the guy, but he's not funny. (Only the film categories are comedy or musical.)
  The Globes, which will air Jan. 16 on NBC, aren't usually predictive of anything bigger, like the Oscars or the Emmys. They're a decent excuse for a party, and the HFPA does its best to bring out the stars—there's really no other explanation for those nominations for The Tourist. And Ricky Gervais will host again this year, so that's reason enough to watch. He could be the only wild card on the whole ticket.
  See the full list of nominees here.