ABC Shows Win Big at Golden Globes

HOLLYWOOD, January 16: For
the second year in a row, ABC came out on top at last night’s Golden Globes,
with Grey’s Anatomy winning
best drama series and newcomer Ugly Betty snagging awards for best musical/comedy series and best actress in a
comedy series.

Grey’s Anatomy beat out last year’s winner, ABC’s Lost, as well as the other contenders, FOX’s 24, HBO’s Big Love, and NBC’s Heroes, for best drama series. Hugh Laurie of FOX’s House won in the best actor category for the second
straight year, and Kyra Sedgwick picked up a best actress award for TNT’s The
Closer.

Ugly Betty, the hit ABC series adapted from a telenovela, won
out against HBO’s Entourage, NBC’s
The Office, Showtime’s Weeds and fellow ABC show Desperate Housewives for best comedy series. Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera also picked up an award for best actress in a comedy
series, beating fellow ABC stars Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross of Desperate
Housewives. Alec Baldwin won in
the best actor category for his role in NBC’s 30 Rock.

HBO’s mini-series Elizabeth
I bagged three awards, including
best mini-series or TV movie. Helen Mirren, who played the starring role of
Queen Elizabeth I, landed an award for best actress in a mini-series or TV
movie, and co-star Jeremy Irons won in the supporting actor category. The BBC
mini-series Gideon’s Daughter also
won big, with the best actor award going to Bill Nighy and best supporting
actress going to Emily Blunt.

In feature films, Dreamgirls
stole the show by taking home
three awards, including best motion picture-musical or comedy, best supporting
actress for Jennifer Hudson, and best supporting actor for Eddie Murphy. In the
comedy and musical category, Sacha Baron Cohen won for Borat and Meryl Streep garnered a best actress award for
her role as the ruthless editor of Runway magazine in The
Devil Wears Prada. Babel won best
motion picture-drama in a competitive field, beating out The Departed and The Queen. Martin Scorsese won best director for his work in The
Departed. In the performance
categories, best actress went to Helen Mirren for The Queen, and best actor went to Forest Whitaker for The
Last King of Scotland. The best
animated feature was Pixar’s Cars.