'Grey's Anatomy', 'Weeds' dominate Globes

Grey's Anatomy and the Showtime dark comedy series Weeds have topped the list of Golden Globe nominations, achieving four each.

Joining top American shows among those nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are some British-American collaborations, including Helen Mirren's final Prime Suspect (Granada/WGBH Boston), Bleak House (BBC/WGBH Boston) and Elizabeth I (Channel 4/HBO).

The TV nominations in full, by category:

Best TV Series - Drama
24 - Fox
Big Love - HBO
Grey's Anatomy - ABC
Heroes - NBC
Lost - ABC

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Drama
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Edie Falco - The Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly - Lost
Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama
Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Hugh Laurie - House
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland - 24

Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical
Desperate Housewives - ABC
Entourage - HBO
The Office - NBC
Ugly Betty - ABC
Weeds - Showtime

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical
Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary Louise-Parker - Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Zach Braff - Scrubs
Steve Carell - The Office
Jason Lee - My Name Is Earl
Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Best Mini-Series or Made For TV Motion Picture
Bleak House - PBS (BBC/WGBH Boston co-pro in association with Deep Indigo)
Broken Trail - AMC (Butchers Run/Once Upon A Time co-pro in association with Sony TV Pictures)
Elizabeth I - HBO (Company Pictures/Channel 4 co-pro in association with HBO Films)
Mrs. Harris - HBO (Killer/Number 9/John Wells co-pro in association with HBO Films)
Prime Suspect: The Final Act - PBS (Granada/WGBH Boston co-pro)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Made For TV Motion Picture
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo - Tsunami, The Aftermath

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Made For TV Motion Picture
Andre Braugher - Thief
Robert Duvall - Broken Trail
Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell: American Terror
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Tsunami, The Aftermath
Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris
Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter
Matthew Perry - The Ron Clark Story

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter
Toni Collette - Tsunami, The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Sarah Paulson - Studio 60
Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church - Broken Trail
Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
Justin Kirk - Weeds
Masi Oka - Heroes
Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Leaderboard: HBO - 14; ABC - 11; NBC - 9; Showtime - 6; PBS - 4