Despite heavy investment on originals series, Amazon and Netflix ties at five nominations each for the highest recognition TV shows receive: Golden Globes. HBO once again leads the competition with 14 nominations, proving that production value is not as good as great story telling. The TV network is already winning accolades for series other than "Game of Thrones."
Netflix spent $130 million for its hit series "The Crown", a biopic of Queen Elizabeth following her ascension to the throne and the challenges she went through all throughout. The wedding gown that actress Claire Foy wore when they recreated Her Majesty's wedding with King Philip was noteworthy enough that it became newspaper headlines for weeks. It was widely received by fans worldwide proving that the public are so into the lives of the favourite royalties.
"The Crown" has a good chance to win this year's Golden Globe for Television series, drama. But it's up against HBO's "Westworld", which is top-notch and is a 'delicious mystery' as one reporter called it. For Netflix to recover their investment that may have to beat "Westworld", "Game of Thrones", their own "Stranger Things" and "This Is Us", Tech Crunch reported.
Amazon series, on the other hand, such as Woody Allen's "Crisis in Six Scenes", "The Man In The high Castle", "Fleabag", "Catastrophe", and "One Mississippi" didn't get nominated despite high expectations and high investments. Movies-wise, Amazon and Netflix did a good job with "Manchester By the Sea" and "The Salesman" and "Divines."
HBO retakes the most number of nominations this year with hit series "Westworld" and "Game of Thrones". Other than that their comedy series "Divorce" and "Insecure" are also up for Golden Globes nod, as well as the drama "The Night Of". The giant TV and streaming network also got two of its original films "Confirmation" and "All the way" nominated, Los Angeles Times reported.
Despite being an off year for both Amazon and Netflix, the streaming service providers still accounted for 40 percent of the nominations. If HBO is going to be included, then the streaming giants account for 70 percent of the nominations. That's remarkably bigger than other TV networks and studios combined.
