When it comes to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the small voting committee of international journalists who decide the Golden Globes winners), it’s not quite easy to pin down what it likes about TV. It favors prestige and glamour, not grit and dark; but at the same time, it can be ahead of the curve when it comes to cable over drama, so it’s not like it only picks the safe bets. If there’s buzz about a show, the Globes want to be on top of it, but sometimes a show the Globes don't like (but the Emmys do) will finally get nominated, just because the buzz made it impossible to ignore. The Globes are risky, but sometimes they’re just ridiculous.
For as much overlap as the Golden Globes and Emmys may have, there are some cases where they just don’t get each other. And it’s not that they hate the other’s choices; it’s just that the Golden Globes (in terms of television, at least) lean in to the unpredictable at times that the Emmys often don’t. For better or worse.
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