Actress, writer and director Lena Dunham poses with the award for best television series - comedy or musical for "Girls" backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Big night for cable TV in Globes
Actress, writer and director Lena Dunham poses with the award for best television series - comedy or musical for "Girls" backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer /
January 14, 2013
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Veteran actress Maggie Smith, who plays Violet Crawley, the Countess of Grantham in the PBS period piece ‘‘Downton Abbey,’’ won as best supporting actress in a TV series.![]()
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