"The Affair" named Best Television Series-Drama at Golden Globes

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Affair" took home one of the coveted prizes at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards. Showtime's rookie was dubbed Best Television Series - Drama, beating out other acclaimed series namely "Downton Abbey", "Game of Thrones", "The Good Wife" and "House of Cards," AceShowbiz reports.

"House of Cards", meanwhile, managed to bag a trophy through Kevin Spacey's win in Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series - Drama category. Other nominees included Clive Owen ("The Knick"), Liev Schreiber ("Ray Donovan"), James Spader ("The Blacklist") and Dominic West ("The Affair").

The Frank Underwood depicter dropped an expletive in his acceptance speech as saying, "I can't (expletive) believe I've won." He had been nominated in the same category for his role on the Netflix series last year, but lost it to "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston.

Jeffrey Tambor added a trophy for Amazon's original series "Transparent", winning Best Actor in a TV Series - Musical or Comedy for his role as transgender father Maura Pfefferman a.k.a. Morton L. Pfefferman. He beat out Louis C.K. ("Louie"), Don Cheadle ("House of Lies"), Ricky Gervais ("Derek") and William H. Macy ("Shameless") for the title.

Also at the Sunday, January 11 ceremony, Maggie Gyllenhaal won Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie through her performance in political-spy thriller "The Honorable Woman". She won over Jessica Lange ("American Horror Story: Freak Show"), Frances McDormand ("Olive Kitteridge"), Frances O'Connor ("The Missing") and Allison Tolman ("Fargo") for her first Golden Globe Award.

She had been nominated at the Golden Globes several times for her roles in sadomasochistic romance "Secretary" (2002) and drama film "Sherrybaby" (2006).

Only one prize in TV field is left to be handed out at the 72nd annual prize-giving event. The show is currently airing live on NBC with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler serving as the hosts.

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