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Where to Watch: Award-winning TV Shows
By Rachelle / 12 Apr 2021 (Monday)
In a year of ongoing delays and stalled productions in the film and television industry, it's a surprise that award shows are still being carried out. First off the list for the year is the ever-controversial Golden Globes Awards!
Here's a consolidated list of where you can watch the award-winning shows:
The Crown
The Crown is historical drama series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan for Netflix. Morgan developed it from his drama film The Queen (2006) and especially his stage play The Audience (2013).
Award(s): Golden Globe for Best Television Series — Drama, Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama (Josh O'Connor), Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama (Emma Corrin), Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Gillian Anderson), Critics' Choice for Best Drama Series, Critics' Choice for Best Actor in a Drama Series (Josh O'Connor), Critics' Choice for Best Actress in a Drama Series (Emma Corrin), Critics' Choice for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Gillian Anderson), Writers Guild Award for Drama Series, Producers Guild Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Gillian Anderson)
Stream all 4 seasons of The Crown on Netflix now!
The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit is a coming-of-age period drama miniseries based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name. The title refers to "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. It was written and directed by Scott Frank, who created it with Allan Scott. Beginning in the mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story follows the life of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), an orphaned chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.
Award(s): Golden Globe for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Anya Taylor-Joy), Critics' Choice for Best Limited Series, Critics' Choice for Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie (Anya Taylor-Joy), Writers Guild Award for Adapted Long Form, Producers Guild David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series (Anya Taylor-Joy)
Stream The Queen's Gambit on Netflix now!
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True is a drama television miniseries co-written and directed by Derek Cianfrance based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Wally Lamb. Mark Ruffalo stars in two roles, identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey.
Award: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Mark Ruffalo), SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series (Mark Ruffalo)
Watch I Know This Much Is True on HBO GO now!
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is a series developed by Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, based on a character of the same name that Sudeikis first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of the Premier League. It follows American college football coach Ted Lasso who's been recruited to coach an English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, despite having no experience in association football.
Award: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy (Jason Sudeikis), Critics' Choice for Best Comedy Series, Critics' Choice for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Jason Sudeikis), Critics' Choice for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Hannah Waddingham), Writers Guild Award for Comedy Series, Writers Guild Award for New Series, SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (Jason Sudeikis)
Watch Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ now.
Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country is a horror drama television series developed by Misha Green based on and serving as a continuation of the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, starring Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors. The series follows a young black man who travels across the segregated 1950s United States in search of his missing father, learning of dark secrets plaguing a town on which famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft supposedly based the location of many of his fictional tales.
Award: Critics' Choice for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Michael K. Williams)
Watch Lovecraft Country on HBO GO now.
Hamilton
Hamilton is an American historical fiction musical film comprising a live stage recording of the 2015 Broadway musical of the same name, which was inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. It was directed and produced by Thomas Kail and produced, written, and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda also stars as Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, along with the musical's original principal Broadway cast.
Award: Critics' Choice for Best TV Movie, Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
Watch Hamilton on Disney+ now.
The Undoing
The Undoing is an American mystery psychological thriller television miniseries based on the 2014 novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz. It was written and produced by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier. The miniseries stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant with Edgar Ramirez, Noah Jupe, Lily Rabe, Noma Dumezweni and Donald Sutherland.
Award: Critics' Choice for Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series of TV Movie (Donald Sutherland)
Watch The Undoing on HBO GO now.
Click here for the full list of winners at the 78th Golden Globe Awards and here for the full list of winners from the 26th Critics' Choice Awards.