NEW YORK — Netflix, which didn’t exist as an original television programming source until last year, snagged six Golden Globe nominations on Thursday — more than stalwarts ABC, CBS and NBC.
HBO led all TV networks with nine nominations. Starz and Showtime joined Netflix with six each while CBS and NBC each had five and ABC had four.
Netflix’s political series “House of Cards” earned a nomination for best TV drama, while Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright were nominated for their acting in the series. With the release of its inaugural season in February, “House of Cards” represented Netflix’s first major foray into TV programming. It also earned an Emmy nomination earlier this year, but Netflix is still searching for its first award.
Another Netflix series, “Orange is the New Black,” earned Taylor Schilling a nomination for best drama actress. Finally, Jason Bateman earned a comedy nomination for the Netflix remake of “Arrested Development.” (The first Netflix original series, “Lilyhammer,” debuted in 2012.)
The Golden Globes set up a potential victory lap for the well-regarded final season of “Breaking Bad,” which was nominated for best drama series and earned Bryan Cranston a nod for best actor. After sweeping the drama awards earlier this year, Showtime’s “Homeland” was shut out for the major awards.
High-profile actors in HBO movies about music figures earned some notice from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon were both nominated for best TV movie actor for their roles in “Behind the Candelabra,” and Rob Lowe had a supporting actor nod. Al Pacino earned an acting nomination for playing music producer Phil Spector in an HBO film.
Starz often finds its original programming overlooked, but broke through this year with its films “Dancing on the Edge” and “White Queen.” The Sundance Channel got two nominations for “Top of the Lake.”
Don Cheadle of “House of Lies” will try for a second straight Golden Globe as a TV comedy actor, competing with Bateman, Jim Parsons of “The Big Bang Theory” and Andy Samberg of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Sentimental favorite Michael J. Fox, whose NBC show hasn’t been doing well in the ratings, earned an acting nomination for his work.
The best showing for the commercial broadcast networks, which were completely shut out of the awards given out earlier this year, came in the best comedy category. There, CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory,” ABC’s “Modern Family,” NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” will compete with last year’s winner, HBO’s “Girls.”
Zooey Deschanel of Fox’s “New Girl” was nominated for best actress in a comedy, along with last year’s winner, Lena Dunham of “Girls.” Edie Falco of “Nurse Jackie,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Veep” were also nominated, along with Amy Poehler of “Parks and Recreation,” who is co-hosting the Golden Globes with Tina Fey.
PBS’ “Downton Abbey” joins “Breaking Bad” and “House of Cards” as best drama nominees, along with CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Showtime’s new “Masters of Sex.”
The best drama actress category sets up a competition between two big network shows — Julianna Margulies of “The Good Wife” and Kerry Washington of “Scandal” — with the Netflix stars Schilling and Wright, and Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black.”
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