British royal drama The Crown, small-town comedy Schitt’s Creek and crime thriller Ozark have led the pack of Golden Globe television nominees as voters showcased hits that entertained streaming audiences during a global pandemic.

Newcomers Ted Lasso, The Flight Attendant and Emily in Paris also were nominated for television honours by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group that hands out the Golden Globe trophies.

Netflix Inc landed 20 TV series nominations, more than any other network.

HBO, owned by AT&T Inc, ranked second with seven and Walt Disney Co’s Hulu earned six.

Streaming TV emerged as a main source of entertainment in 2020 as movie theatres closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and people spent more time at home.

Netflix added more customers in a single year than ever before, reaching 203.7 million subscribers around the globe, and Disney+ leaped to 86 million.

The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a gifted chess player who fights drug and alcohol addiction, will compete in the limited series category against HBO’s The Undoing, Netflix’s Unorthodox and others.

Jason Bateman and Laura Linney play parents hiding a dark secret, in Ozark. 

In addition to Netflix’s The Crown and Ozark, the television drama contenders include Disney+ Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian, featuring the popular Baby Yoda character, and HBO’s horror series Lovecraft Country.

Best TV comedy contenders include Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis as an American football coach hired to lead an English soccer team, which streams on Apple Inc’s Apple TV+.

The show will compete with Schitt’s Creek, which swept last year’s Emmys, HBO Max murder comedy The Flight Attendant and others.

Winners of the Golden Globes will be announced during a televised ceremony on February 28.

-AAP