Why Heated Rivalry Wasn’t Nominated for a Golden Globe
The boys of Heated Rivalry had a golden night, despite not being eligible to be nominated at the 2026 Golden Globes.
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams mingled with the biggest celebs in Hollywood at the Jan. 11 awards show—even hitting the stage together to present an award—but viewers may have been wondering why they weren’t up for any awards themselves. (See all the winners here.)
Well, as it turns out, Heated Rivalry wasn’t eligible to be nominated at this year’s ceremony because its first season was entirely produced and financed in Canada.
As the Golden Globes’ eligibility rules state, “Foreign programs (programs produced principally outside the United States) are not eligible for television awards unless they are the result of a coproduction (both financially and creatively) between a United States partner and a foreign partner, which precedes the completion of production of the program.”
Indeed, though American audiences streamed the six-episode season on HBO Max, the series was primarily produced by Canadian production companies Accent Aigu Entertainment and Bell Media, which owns the Canadian streaming service Crave that originally commissioned Heated Rivalry.
