Succession just accomplished what Greys Anatomy did 13 years ago at the Golden Globes – Gold Derby

The Golden Globe Awards loves its newbies, but its drama series winner Sunday night was not one. Succession took the prize, becoming the first show since Greys Anatomy 13 years ago to win its first drama series Globe for its second season.

Got all that? First-year shows historically dominate the Globes and this category four of the previous six winners were for freshman series (The Affair, Mr. Robot, The Crown and The Handmaids Tale), with the other being catch-up prizes for the final seasons of two critically acclaimed shows, Breaking Bad and reigning champ The Americans. Homeland was the most recent show to prevail for its second installment, in 2013, but it had also won for its first.

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Like Succession, Greys, which was a midseason replacement in spring 2005, was another show that broke out BIG in its second season (if thats too far back for you to recall, that was the season with the bomb episode, the first part of which was the post-Super Bowl episode, and introduced Jeffrey Dean Morgans doomed Denny). It won in 2007 for the second half of its second season and the first half of its third.

Succession, which led our odds, is the fourth HBO show to win Best Drama Series, following The Sopranos, Six Feet Under and Boardwalk Empire. It overcame The Morning Show, which was the sole freshman series in the lineup, former champ The Crown, Big Little Lies and Killing Eve. In its third season, The Crown was the oldie of the group. Big Little Lies, which, of course, won for Best Limited Series/TV Movie two years ago, and Killing Eve were also contending for their sophomore runs.

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