Golden Globes nominations: Surprises and big categories

FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine made out well at the Golden Globes nominations. The new show is nominated for best TV series, Comedy. Lead Andy Samberg is up for best actor in a TV comedy against Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Michael J. Fox (The Michael J. Fox Show), big-winner Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Don Cheadle (House of Lies). Best comedy will compete against the unstoppable Modern Family, HBO's Girls, The Big Bang Theory, and Parks and Recreation -- which at one point was almost killed by a ratings dip.

In the drama category, Emmy-winner Breaking Bad is up against the ever-popular Downton Abbey, new Masters of Sex on Showtime, long-running The Good Wife and House of Cards, which just released a trailer to its second season. Lead Kevin Spacey is also up for best actor in a TV drama, along with Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad and Michael Sheen from Masters of Sex. The new Blacklist conjured up a nomination for James Spader. Showtime's new crime thriller Ray Donovan did the same for Liev Schreiber. The newcomers Sheen and Schreiber expressed their thanks on twitter.

Thank you all for the kind words. Pretty pleasantly shocked. Always knew John would be there. Grateful I get to go too.

— Liev Schreiber (@LievSchreiber) December 12, 2013

Switching over to film, the Best Motion Picture category is broken up into two categories: Drama and Musical/Comedy. We didn't list the TV actress nominations earlier so we'll give the ladies first dibs here.

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said) Amy Adams (American Hustle) Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy:

Inside Llewyn Davis, American Hustle, Nebraska, Her, The Wolf of Wallstreet

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama:

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Emma Thompson, (Saving Mr. Banks), Judi Dench (Philomena), Kate Winslet (Labor Day)

Best Motion Picture, Drama:

Gravity, 12 Years a Slave, Captain Phillips, Rush, Philomena

For the complete list of nominations, go to The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards website.