Golden Globes 2018: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wins Best Drama

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale continued its hot awards streak, winning the Golden Globe for best drama in a very competitive category.

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The freshman series beat out four drama series that were nominated for last year’s Golden Globe Award, including Netflix’s The Crown and Stranger Things, HBO’s Game Of Thrones, and NBC’s This Is Us.

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The Handmaid’s Tale’s Golden Globe win is its second major TV awards win following its Emmy Award for best drama. It’s also the second Globes win for the series, following Elisabeth Moss’s win earlier in the evening for best actress in a drama.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.