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Golden Globes 2021: ‘The Crown’ beats ‘Ozark’ to win Best TV Drama, fans say ‘HFPA hardly watched’ other shows

‘The Crown’ Season 4 was pitted against other hit shows like ‘Ozark’ Season 3, ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2, ‘Lovecraft Country’ Season 1 and ‘Ratched’ Season 1

'The Crown’ on Netflix has been dominating the award shows since its first season in 2016 and it continued its winning streak at Golden Globes 2021 as well. The 78th edition of the coveted award show was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fey managed the ceremony from New York City's Rainbow Room whereas, Poehler was present at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.   

Apart from bagging the awards for Best Actor in a Drama TV Series, Best Actress in a Drama TV Series, and Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a series, the critically-acclaimed TV series also picked up the prize for Best TV Drama Series. ‘The Crown’ Season 4 was pitted against other hit shows like ‘Ozark’ Season 3, ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2, ‘Lovecraft Country’ Season 1 and ‘Ratched’ Season 1.  Season 4 of the show sheds light on the Royal Family between 1979 and 1990  including the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana as well as the strained relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The show stars Emma Corrin, Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies and Helena Bonham Carter in prominent roles among others.

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‘Best TV watched last year’

‘The Crown’ enjoys a massive fan following across the globe and therefore when the TV show picked the award for Best TV Drama series at the 78th Golden Globes, the viewers rushed to Twitter to share their excitement. One user stated, “I told BBC about #GoldenGlobes: shows which have the best chance are those with most overall nominations. The Crown was the most-nominated TV show this year, and its sweep of drama categories makes it seem the HFPA hardly watched any other series this past year.”

Another added,“Congratulations to @TheCrownNetflix for winning Best Television Series - Drama. Love this TV Series so much. Also, a big Congrats to the Cast and Crew on working on this tv show. It’s an amazing tv show. #TheCrown @goldenglobes #GoldenGlobes” One posted, “Congratulations The Crown (Season 4) on your #GoldenGlobes win as BEST TV SERIES for DRAMA. Couldn’t ask for more. Well deserved @netflix @TheCrownNetflix  #TheCrown for me is the best Netflix series ever created by that studio.”  One user shared, “Many congrats to #TheCrown! Season 4 was not only the best season of the series so far (in my opinion), but also some of the best TV I watched last year! #GoldenGlobes” 

The official 2021 Golden Globe Awards aired on February 28 at 8 pm ET and the pre-show was streamed live from the official @GoldenGlobes Twitter account and on the website goldenglobes.com at 6.30 pm ET.