| Number: | 38 |
| Award: | Golden Globe Awards |
| Date: | January 31, 1981 |
| Site: | Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California |
| Best Film Drama: | Ordinary People |
| Best Film Musical Or Comedy: | Coal Miner's Daughter |
| Best Drama Series: | Shogun |
| Best Musical Or Comedy Series: | Taxi |
| Most Wins: | (5) Ordinary People |
| Most Nominations: | (8) Ordinary People |
| Last: | 37th |
| Next: | 39th |
The 38th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1980, were held on January 31, 1981.
| Wins | Title |
|---|---|
| 5 | Ordinary People |
| 2 | Coal Miner's Daughter |
| Tess |
| Best Television Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |
| Shōgun | Taxi
| |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama | ||
| Actor | Actress | |
Richard Chamberlain - Shōgun as John Blacthorne
| Yoko Shimada - Shōgun as Lady Toda Mariko
| |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
| Actor | Actress | |
Alan Alda - M*A*S*H as Capt. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce
| Katherine Helmond - Soap as Jessica Tate
| |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress | |
Pat Harrington - One Day at a Time as Dwayne Schneider (tie) Vic Tayback - Alice as Mel Sharples (tie)
| Valerie Bertinelli - One Day at a Time as Barbara Cooper Royer (tie) Diane Ladd - Alice as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree (tie)
| |
| Best Miniseries or Television Film | ||
| The Shadow Box | ||
| Nominations | Title |
|---|---|
| 5 | Taxi |
| 4 | Alice |
| Dallas | |
| 3 | Lou Grant |
| Shōgun | |
| 2 | Flo |
| Hart to Hart | |
| House Calls | |
| The Love Boat | |
| M*A*S*H | |
| One Day at a Time | |
| Soap | |
| Vega$ |
| Wins | Title |
|---|---|
| 3 | Shōgun |
| 2 | Alice |
| Once Day at a Time |