TV awards pay tribute mostly to the shiny, new

Golden Globes voters showed sentiment in giving Jon Hamm a farewell award for leading “Mad Men” but also fulfilled a traditional role in highlighting lesser-known work on television.

Amazon Prime’s “Mozart in the Jungle” won the Globe for best comedy or musical and earned an actor award for Gael Garcia Bernal, while USA’s “Mr. Robot” won best drama and a supporting actor award for veteran Christian Slater. Amazon and USA were the only two content services to win more than once Sunday.

Hamm’s win for the final season of “Mad Men” almost felt like a lifetime achievement award because elsewhere the Globe voters were attracted to whatever was shiny and new.

Jeffrey Tambor of “Transparent” was considered such a favorite by insiders that fellow nominee Aziz Ansari pretended to read a book, “How to Lose to Jeffrey Tambor With Dignity,” as he was introduced.

The category went to Bernal, who portrays conductor Rodrigo De Souza on “Mozart,” a show about backstage battles in New York’s classical music world. “This is incredible,” Bernal said. “This is a really big surprise.”

Taraji P. Henson, named best actress in a drama for Fox’s music business soap, “Empire,” plowed through the music that not-so-subtly reminds winners to wrap up their speeches. “I waited 20 years for this,” she said. “You’re gonna wait.”

Pop star Lady Gaga, who won a Globe for playing the Countess in “American Horror Story: Hotel,” noted that she wanted to be an actress before a singer. “This is one of the greatest moments of my life,” she said.

Streaming services, cable networks and broadcasters all won Sunday, but not the traditional networks — CBS, ABC or NBC, which aired the Globes.

Host Ricky Gervais called NBC “the only network that is truly fair and impartial because they’re the only network with zero nominations. Nothing in there for them. They don’t care.”

WINNERS LIST, TELEVISION

>> Series, drama: “Mr. Robot”

>> Actor, drama: Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

>> Actress, drama: Taraji P. Henson, “Empire”

>> Series, comedy: “Mozart in the Jungle”

>> Actor, musical or comedy: Gael Garcia Bernal, “Mozart in the Jungle”

>> Actress, musical or comedy: Rachel Bloom, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

>> Movie or limited series: “Wolf Hall”

>> Actor, limited series or TV movie: Oscar Isaac, “Show Me a Hero”

>> Actress, movie or limited series: Lady Gaga, “American Horror Story: Hotel”

>> Supporting actor, series, limited Series or TV movie: Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot”

>> Supporting actress, series, limited series or TV movie: Maura Tierney, “The Affair”