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'Nip/Tuck,' 'Office' Among Surprise Globe Nominees

Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - FX's "Nip/Tuck," Fox's "Arrested Development" and the BBC's "The Office" were the big surprises on the TV side of this year's batch of Golden Globe Award nominees.

As expected, HBO's six-hour miniseries "Angels in America," based on Tony Kushner's award-winning play, dominated the nominations overall for TV programs with a total of seven bids.

"Nip/Tuck," FX's provocative drama about rival plastic surgeons in Miami, earned a best drama series nod in its first year of eligibility and seemed to edge out the other FX contender, "The Shield," from best series contention, though "Shield" star Michael Chiklis earned a nomination for lead drama series actor, a category he won last year.

"Nip/Tuck" joined four other familiar contenders in the category, CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," Fox's "24," HBO's "Six Feet Under" and NBC's "The West Wing." (HBO's critical fave "The Sopranos" was not eligible for Globe consideration this year because it did not air new episodes during the 2003 calendar year.)

On the comedy series side, the Globe nomination can only be a boon to Fox's critically praised but little-watched new sitcom "Arrested Development." The critically lauded BBC comedy "The Office" also got the attention of Globe voters, landing a nomination for its airings on the BBC America cable channel. Rounding out the category were NBC's "Will & Grace," HBO's "Sex and the City" and USA Network's "Monk." (Last year's comedy series winner, HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," was also ineligible for Globes glory this year.)

In the acting categories, the absence of "Sopranos" contenders opened up slots for newcomers. Globes voters made room for two new faces in the lead drama actress field: Amber Tamblyn, the much-praised young star of CBS' freshman drama "Joan of Arcadia," and Joely Richardson of "Nip/Tuck," along with Frances Conroy of "Six Feet Under," in her first Globe nomination, and repeat nominees Allison Janney of "The West Wing" and Jennifer Garner of ABC's "Alias."

For drama actor, William Petersen of CBS' "CSI" earned his first nomination, as did Anthony LaPaglia for CBS' "Without a Trace." In addition to Chiklis, the category was rounded out by return nominees Martin Sheen of "West Wing" and Kiefer Sutherland of "24."