Brothers & Sisters

If prizes were given to the Walkers instead of the actors who portray them, you just know Sarah would be getting major grief from her siblings for hogging all the award nominations.

Once again, a slate of television trophy nominees are announced — the Golden Globes, this time — and once again, Rachel Griffiths is the only one of the brothers and sisters to be nominated. Oh, well, of course, Mom is nominated, too, but do we even have to say that? There seems to be a Sally Field clause in most award line-ups that requires her name to be chosen.

But as has become usual, the show is passed over, the guys are passed over, Calista Flockhart is passed over, and you get the feeling Field and Griffiths are being name-checked just because they’re liked, not because anybody ever watches our show.

And I’m not complaining; Field and Griffiths are deserving, and any recognition is better than none. I’m just saying, there’d be a lot of hissy fits around the Walker dinner table if plaudits were this poorly apportioned.

Here are the relevant categories, the competition the Walker women are facing, and the shows and performers that shut everybody else out.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

• Dexter (Showtime)
• House (Fox)
• In Treatment (HBO)
• Mad Men (AMC)
• True Blood (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

• Sally Field – Brothers and Sisters
• Mariska Hargitay – Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
• January Jones – Mad Men
• Anna Paquin – True Blood
• Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

• Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
• Michael C. Hall – Dexter
• Jon Hamm – Mad Men
• Hugh Laurie – House
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Eileen Atkins – Cranford
• Laura Dern – Recount
• Melissa George – In Treatment
• Rachel Griffiths – Brothers and Sisters
• Dianne Wiest – In Treatment

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Neil Patrick Harris – How I Met Your Mother
• Denis Leary – Recount
• Jeremy Piven – Entourage
• Blair Underwood – In Treatment
• Tom Wilkinson – John Adams

Brothers and Sisters, Golden Globes, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths