'The Crown,' 'Schitt's Creek' take Golden Globes TV honors

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01/03/2021 04:51

By Lisa Richwine
    LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's  NFLX.O 
British royal drama "The Crown," which focused its most recent
season on the troubled marriage of Prince Charles and Princess
Diana, led the television honors at Hollywood's Golden Globe
awards on Sunday.
    "The Crown" was named best TV drama, one of four awards in
total, including best actress for Emma Corrin, who played the
young Diana struggling to adapt to life in the royal family. 
    "Most of all, thank you so much to Diana," a surprised
Corrin said as she accepted her award at the largely virtual
ceremony via video. "You have taught me compassion and empathy
beyond any measure that I could ever imagine."
    Josh O'Connor, who played Prince Charles, won best drama
actor, and Gillian Anderson was named best supporting drama
actress for her turn as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
    Feel-good comedy "Schitt's Creek" landed the Golden Globes
trophy for best TV comedy series, along with best comedy actress
for Catherine O'Hara. And Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit," about
a female chess champion battling drug and alcohol addiction, won
best limited series and best actress for Anya Taylor-Joy.
    In total, Netflix topped all distributors with six
television honors and four movie awards at the Golden Globes,
the annual accolades handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press
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    The television competition was heated this year as streaming
TV emerged as a main source of entertainment in 2020 when the
COVID-19 pandemic forced movie theaters to close and kept many
people largely confined to their homes.
    "Schitt's Creek" found new viewers in its sixth and final
season. The show aired on small U.S. cable network Pop TV, owned
by ViacomCBS Inc  VIACA.O , and Canada's CBC, and the series
gained widespread buzz as audiences discovered older episodes on
Netflix.
    The show created by father-and-son team Eugene and Dan Levy
tells the story of a once-wealthy family who lose everything and
are forced to move to a small town called Schitt's Creek they
had bought as a joke. Local residents welcome them and turn out
to celebrate a gay wedding in the final episode. 
    "This acknowledgement is a lovely vote of confidence in the
messages 'Schitt's Creek' has come to stand for: the idea that
inclusion can bring about growth and love to a community," Dan
Levy said as he accepted the comedy award.
    Among other TV awards, Jason Sudeikis was named best comedy
actor for playing a charming American who coaches an English
soccer team in "Ted Lasso" on Apple TV+  AAPL.O .

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