Besides "Big Little Lies", "Fargo", "Feud: Bette and Joan", "The Sinner" and "Top of the Lake: China Girl" are nominated in the best limited series or TV movie category.
Stars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon were nominated for best actress in a limited series, Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon were nominated for "Feud" and Jessica Biel scored a nod for her work on "The Sinner."
In the best actress in a TV drama category Caitriona Balfe of "Outlander," Claire Foy of "The Crown," Maggie Gyllenhaal of "The Deuce," Katherine Langford of "13 Reasons Why" and Elisabeth Moss of "The Handmaid's Tale" all scored nods.
"Will & Grace" received a nomination for best TV musical or comedy, along with "Black-ish," Indian-American star Aziz Ansari's dating drama "Master of None", "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and "SMILF."
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"Will & Grace" star Eric McCormack was nominated for the best actor in a TV comedy, as was Anthony Anderson of "Black- ish," Ansari for "Master of None," Kevin Bacon for "I Love Dick" and William H Macy from "Shameless."
"Big Little Lies" scored big in the best TV supporting actress category with both Shailene Wooodley and Laura Dern scoring nominations.
Ann Dowd ("The Handmaid's Tale"), Chrissy Metz ("This Is Us") and Michelle Pfeiffer ("The Wizard of Lies") were also part of the category.
Alexander Skarsgard also earned a nomination in the best TV supporting actor category for his role in "Big Little Lies".
Golden Globe winners will be announced on January 7 at a ceremony in Beverly Hills, California, hosted by Seth Meyers.