Cablers crow in Globes TV wins

afleet of newcomer those who win in the cable realm centered the 69th annual Golden Globe Honours, which may have ignore the Large Four entirely were it not for ABC's "Modern Family" winning the very best comedy category. The victors praised mainly from Cinemax and Showtime, the second getting the only real series to become recognized more often than once around the evening: "Homeland" obtained for the best drama series and it is star, Claire Danes, acquired best actress inside a drama. But Showtime's third win might have been the night's greatest upset: Matt LeBlanc required home best comedy actor honors for that relatively unheralded series "Episodes." In the acceptance speech, the previous "Buddies" star acknowledged the show's executive producers, Jeffrey Klarik and David Crane, for writing a imaginary version of his actual self for that series. "They write a Matt LeBlanc that's a lot more fun and interesting compared to real factor," joked LeBlanc. "If only I had been him." Cinemax saw a set of faves collect expected wins within their particular groups: Kate Winslet ongoing her sweep of honours shows if you take movie/miniseries actress kudos in "Mildred Pierce" while Peter Dinklage was presented with best supporting actor for rookie drama "Bet on Thrones." Both stars won similar honors in the Emmy Honours this past year. Cinemax also got a rookie win for Laura Dern, star of "Enlightened," who pushed off last year's champion, Laura Linney of Showtime's "The Large C." Dern also was one of several those who win in new projects who had become Globes love earlier within their career: She acquired her third career statuette in the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. after previous wins for "Recount" and "Afterburn." Danes also obtained on her behalf third win in three career nominations, one just this past year for that Cinemax miniseries "Temple Grandin" and something on her breakout role on ABC's "My So-Known as Existence" greater than a decade ago. Cinemax and Showtime got a bit of new company within the those who win circle among premium cablers: Starz obtained its first-ever Golden Globes win with Kelsey Grammer for lead actor in drama series "Boss." Grammer was almost not a lock given stiff competition around the drama side that incorporated last year's champion, "Boardwalk Empire" lead Steve Buscemi. In the acceptance speech, Grammer gave Starz topper Chris Albrecht credit for getting the "insight and balls and cash really to create all eight episodes without ordering an airplane pilot. It made a big difference.Inch The win was Grammer's third ever, the prior two coming for his NBC sitcom "Frasier," that he was last recognized in 2002. The majority of the evening reduced NBC to becoming an industrial for those who win from pay TV. To include insult to injuries, no non-broadcast those who win originated from the myriad cable channels possessed by NBCUniversal. Besides "Modern Family," the only real non-cable win arrived the filmOrminiseries category from PBS for "Downton Abbey." The rest of the TV Globes visited Idris Elba of BBC America's "Luther" for lead actor within the movie/miniseries category and Jessica Lange, who won for the best supporting actress in another rookie series, FX's "American Horror Story." Like Danes, Grammer and Dern, Lange is really a multiple Globes champion in the past. She's obtained five film and television wins over her storied career, including "Tootsie," "King Kong" and "A Streetcar Named Desire." Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com