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While the films selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to receive Golden Globes often become part of the Oscars season conversation, the TV prizes given out by the HFPA also often provide an interesting look at where TV is now.聽

And this year, the nominees for the major prizes of best drama series and best comedy series show the dominance of cable and streaming programs, as only one broadcast TV show (Fox鈥檚 鈥淓mpire鈥� 鈥� a first-year show, no less) made the cut for either category. All the other nominees for both awards were from cable or streaming, the latter being a form of TV that has experienced a meteoric rise.聽

Cable is a force in the drama category, with HBO鈥檚 鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥� USA鈥檚 鈥淢r. Robot,鈥� and Starz鈥檚 鈥淥utlander鈥� all contending for the prize. Netflix鈥檚 鈥淣arcos鈥� also made the cut, as did "Empire."

Meanwhile, streaming programs dominated the comedy category. Four of the six nominees are from streaming (Amazon鈥檚 鈥淢ozart in the Jungle鈥� and 鈥淭ransparent,鈥� Hulu鈥檚 鈥淐asual,鈥� and Netflix鈥檚 鈥淥range Is the New Black鈥�). Meanwhile, HBO鈥檚 鈥淪ilicon Valley鈥� and 鈥淰eep鈥� made the cut, too.聽

Is this a huge shift? Nominees each year of course depend on TV offerings and the whims of the HFPA. The dominance of cable and climb of streaming can be seen in the Golden Globes TV series nominees of the past several years, though more broadcast shows usually made the cut.

Last year, only CBS鈥檚 鈥淭he Good Wife鈥� (drama) and the CW鈥檚 鈥淛ane the Virgin鈥� (comedy) received nominations in terms of broadcast shows. The year before, almost all the comedy series nominees were from broadcast, but they were all excluded this year (one, 鈥淧arks and Recreation,鈥� is over).

These nominees aren鈥檛 surprising for our current TV landscape. HBO has been a force at awards shows for years 鈥� it鈥檚 been 17 years since its acclaimed show 鈥淭he Sopranos鈥� debuted. Other cable networks have also become contenders in these categories.

But these contenders show how widespread TV of quality is now. Netflix is a force, but cable networks like USA and Starz and streaming services like Hulu are on the rise, too.聽

And they demonstrate just how quickly streaming has established itself in the pop culture conversation and at awards shows.聽

Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University鈥檚 Newhouse School, points out that streaming has gone from winning its first high-profile Emmy Award in 2013 with "House of Cards" to dominating the comedy series Golden Globes category in 2016.聽

In terms of the lack of broadcast shows, Mr. Thompson says in an interview with 海角大神, 鈥淚f people were taken aback by how few broadcast were there... they haven't been paying attention.鈥澛�

He says both cable and streaming have advantages in terms of being able to produce good programming.聽

鈥淭hey've got a great advantage of having shortened seasons,鈥� he points out. A show like Amazon鈥檚 鈥淭ransparent鈥� airs 10 episodes a season, while a show like CBS鈥檚 鈥淭he Good Wife鈥� usually airs 22.

These nominees could also be an indicator of what network or streaming service is about to become a big presence, too. Thompson points to Hulu, which he says hasn鈥檛 had a culture-dominating hit yet.聽

But 鈥渢hey're poised to do a lot of things,鈥� he says.