The 2011 SAG & Golden Globe Awards, In Comparison

Last week, there uproar as two awards giving organizations, The Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rolled out their nominations for their respective awards shows, both of which will air sometime in early January. Though they achieve nowhere near the level of prestige of either the Oscars or the Emmys (though they do seem to rank above the Grammys and AMAs), television critics were nonetheless incensed, as they usually are, over the perceived injustices that awards organizations make when they overlook certain series. And while this critic-organization dialectic will most likely continue until the end of human existence, there is something about the way that these two nominations list compare – at least in terms of television nods - that’s particularly and peculiarly interesting.

The 2011 SAG Awards, Television Division

The SAG Awards have yet to really differentiate themselves from the other big awards. Yes, it is supposed to be 'actors choosing actors,' which at least has the air of authenticity. And yet, they have yet to really earn the authenticity they so espouse. Regardless, the ceremony is short, and I had the time, so my thoughts on the winner in the television categories, after the jump...