When Golden Globes nominations were announced on Wednesday, one of the many, many surprises was Bryan Cranston’s bid for Showtime’s “Your Honor” in the Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor category. Though Cranston cracked our predicted top 10 contenders, we didn’t anticipate that he’d beat out the likes of Paul Mescal (“Normal People”), Hugh Jackman (“Bad Education”) and Chris Rock (“Fargo”).

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Even more surprising than Cranston’s bid at the Globes is his shocking snub at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Thursday. Not only was he better positioned for a nomination at SAG, in sixth place, according to our combined odds, but he has a much better track record with this awards body. Cranston has 12 career nominations at SAG and five victories as an individual or ensemble member for “Breaking Bad,” “Argo” and...