Streaming television took much of the glory, but there was no love for HBO's Veep or Amazon's Transparent - both awards night favourites - as the nominations for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards were unveiled in Los Angeles.
So too there was glory for the revival of Will & Grace, with nods for the series and its male star Eric McCormack, but there was no love for actress Debra Messing, whose klutzy, comedically brilliant performance in the series frequently drew comparison to the iconic Lucille Ball.
And Christopher Plummer, stunningly stepping into Ridley Scott's All The Money In The World at the last moment - replacing the scandalised Kevin Spacey whose work was literally erased from the film - secured a nomination in the supporting actor in a motion picture category.
In terms of speed, Plummer's nomination is surely a record: the 87-year-old Canadian actor was cast in the role just one month ago and the film will be released on December 22.
Plummer's inclusion was made possible after a decision by the Globes to extend its voting deadline to allow Sony - which is distributing the film - to screen a rough cut to its voters in Los Angeles and New York last week.
Australia's Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) and Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why) were nominated, as was the critically exalted Australian drama Top of the Lake: China Girl.
Just five television dramas are in the running for the night's top TV award: Netflix's The Crown and Stranger Things, HBO's Game of Thrones, Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale and Fox's This is Us.
Though the Golden Globes - voted by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association - are typically hailed as an Oscar precursor, they are are complex beast which offer less insight into likely Oscar winners than many people think.
The Producer's Guild Awards, for example, have a much better track record of predicting both Oscar nominees and Oscar winners in the best picture category.
But the Golden Globes do deliver a snapshot of the industry, reacting sharply to trends compared to both the Emmys and the Oscars, which are much slower behemoths to navigate at speed when change is in the air.
The Globes have, for example, pushed into the limelight two Oscar contenders: The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Both were established contenders but strong showings at the Globes will cement their position.
The Shape of Water took seven Globe nominations, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took five. Both films have already made strong showings in the Critics' Choice awards, another key Oscar precursor event.
In another unusual wrinkle, the comedic horror film Get Out was placed in the motion picture musical/comedy category, despite a prevailing belief it was more appropriately placed in the drama category.
Such dilemmas - both in terms of the best category for a film, and so-called "category creep" - are now commonplace in awards, as film and particularly television bend genres. A recent example, the science fiction blockbuster The Martian's inclusion in last year's Globes as a comedy.
Get Out's Jordan Peele was also a surprise exclusion from the motion picture director category; Get Out was one of the surprise hits of the film calendar and Peele's direction on the film was frequently singled out for its exceptionally high standard.
Another surprise oversight: the film calendar's much loved Wonder Woman.
Despite being one of the breakout films of the year, and the first Warner Bros-DC Comics film to draw both critical acclaim and huge box office, Wonder Woman was nowhere to be seen in the Golden Globe nominations, despite a stunning performance from actress Gal Gadot and brilliant work by the film's director Patty Jenkins.
Notably there are no female nominees in the motion picture director category.
Awards "season" runs from November to February each year and includes approximately a dozen key events including the New York and Los Angeles film critics awards, the Critic's Choice awards, the Golden Globes, Writer's Guild, Producer's Guild, Screen Actor's Guild and Director's Guild awards, the British Academy Film awards and the Independent Spirit awards; the season concludes each February with the Academy Awards.
Full list of nominees
Television Categories
Television series, drama
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This is Us
Television series, musical or comedy
Black-ish
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Master of None
Smilf
Will & Grace
Television limited series or motion picture made for television
Big Little Lies
Fargo
Feud: Bette and Joan
The Sinner
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Television performance by an actor, musical/comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick
William H. Macy, Shameless
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Television performance by an actress, musical/comedy
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Alison Brie, Glow
Issa Rae, Insecure
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Frankie Shaw, Smilf
Television performance by an actor, drama
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Television performance by an actress, drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Claire Foy, The Crown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Katherine Langford, 13 Reasons Why
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Television performance by an actor, limited series
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies
Jude Law, The Young Pope
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks
Ewan McGregor, Fargo
Geoffrey Rush, Genius
Television performance by an actress, limited series
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
Supporting actor, television drama, comedy or limited series
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan
Alexander Skarsgard, Big Little Lies
David Thewlis, Fargo
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Christian Slater, Mr Robot
Supporting actress, television drama, comedy or limited series
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Chrissy Metz, This is Us
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Film Categories
Motion picture, drama
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Motion picture, musical/comedy
The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Motion picture, animated
Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Ferdinand
Coco
Loving Vincent
Foreign film
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square
Director, motion picture
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All The Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post
Actor in a motion picture, drama
Timoth??e Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks, The Post
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Actress in a motion picture, drama
Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Actor in a motion picture, musical/comedy
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Actress in a motion picture, musical/comedy
Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
Supporting actor in a motion picture
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Supporting actress in a motion picture
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Screenplay, motion picture
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Molly's Game
Original score, motion picture
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water
Phantom Thread
The Post
Dunkirk
Original song, motion picture
"Home", Ferdinand
"Mighty River", Mudbound
"Remember Me", Coco
"The Star", The Star
"This Is Me", The Greatest Showman
