Golden Globes: ‘Atlanta’ Wins Golden Globes Award For Best Comedy

By R. Thomas Umstead
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FX’s freshman series Atlanta was a surprise Golden Globes winner for best comedy series.

The series, created and starring Donald Glover (Community), beat out a veteran lineup of comedy shows including Black-ish, Mozart In The Jungle, Transparent and Veep for the Golden Globe award for Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

Glover is also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy award.

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.