Today the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, and Breaking Bad was honored with two nominations in the Best Drama, and Best Actor categories.

In the Best Drama category, Breaking Bad faces formidable competition: HBO's Boardwalk Empire and The Newsroom, PBS's Downton Abbey and Showtime's Homeland are also nominated for the award.

In his third nomination in this category, Bryan Cranston's competition for Best Actor in a Drama Series is no less fierce: Boardwalk Empire's Steve Buscemi, The Newsroom's Jeff Daniels, Homeland's Damian Lewis and Mad Men's Jon Hamm are also nominated. (Click here to read more about Mad Men's nomination.)

The awards will be announced at a ceremony broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sun., Jan. 13 on NBC at 8/7c.