Starz was nominated for six
Golden Globe Awards by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association this morning at the
73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards nomination ceremony at the
Beverly Hilton Hotel. The network garnered category nominations for
“Outlander” for Best Television Series – Drama and “
Flesh and Bone” for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
This marks the first time the network has received nominations in all three television categories across drama, comedy and limited-series, including Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for
Caitriona Balfe in
“Outlander,” Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for
Sarah Hay in
“Flesh and Bone,” Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for
Patrick Stewart in
“Blunt Talk” and Best Performance by an actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for
Tobias Menzies in
“Outlander.”“Our thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for honoring STARZ with nominations for our series ‘Outlander’ and ‘Flesh and Bone’ and the performances of
Catiriona Balfe, Sarah Hay, Patrick Stewart and
Tobias Menzies,” sai
d Starz CEO, Chris Albrecht.
“We are incredibly proud of our talented actors and producing partners who have been recognized for their achievements.”“Outlander,” currently in production on its second season which will return to
Starz in Spring 2016, is adapted from
Diana Gabaldon’s international best-selling books and executive produced by
Ronald D. Moore (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation”). The series spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history and adventure as it follows
Claire Randall, a married WWII combat nurse who mistakenly falls back in time to
1743.
“Outlander” is produced by
Tall Ship Productions, Story Mining & Supply Company and
Left Bank Pictures in association with
Sony Pictures Television.
“Flesh and Bone,” a gritty eight-hour limited series created by Emmy award-winning
"Breaking Bad" writer and Executive Producer
Moira Walley-Beckett, follows a young dancer with a distinctly troubled past as she joins a prestigious ballet company in
New York.
John Melfi (“House of Cards,” “Sex and the City”),
Lawrence Bender (“Inglourious Basterds,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Good Will Hunting”) and
Kevin Brown ("Roswell”) are Executive Producers. Australian filmmaker
David Michôd (“Animal Kingdom,” “Rover”) directed the first episode. The limited series premiered November 8th and the entire series is currently available on Starz Play and StarzOn Demand for Starz subscribers.
This marks the first
Golden Globe nomination for
Caitriona Balfe (Money Monster, Now You See Me) who stars as Claire Randall in
“Outlander.” It is also the first nomination for
Sarah Hay, who stars as Claire Robbins in
“Flesh and Bone” and is a soloist dancer currently for Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, Germany after dancing professionally in the US for four years and training at the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.
This is the third
Golden Globe nomination for
Patrick Stewart and his first nomination for a comedy series. Stewart was recognized for his performance in the
Starz comedy series,
“Blunt Talk” as Walter Blunt, a British import intent on conquering the world of American cable news. The series from Media Rights Capital (MRC) and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Jonathan Ames, Tristram Shapeero and Stephanie Davis premiered its first season on August 22, and is greenlit for a second season to return in 2016 on STARZ.
This is the first Golden Globe nomination for Tobias Menzies (“The Honorable Woman,” “Game of Thrones,” Casino Royale, Atonement) who plays two characters in the Starz Original Series “Outlander,” Frank Randall the beloved husband of Claire in the 1940s and Captain “Black Jack” Randall, the Captain of the English Army in 1793, capable of monstrous acts.