Editing Golden Globe Awards (section)

===Eligibility===
The qualifying eligibility period for all nominations is the calendar year from January 1 through December 31.<ref name="GGRules">{{cite web | url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2012/04/HFPA-Golden-Globe-Awards-Eligibility-Descriptions-Effective-2-1-15.pdf | title=Golden Globe Award Consideration Rules | publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association | access-date=January 10, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174939/https://www.goldenglobes.com/sites/default/files/uploads/2012/04/HFPA-Golden-Globe-Awards-Eligibility-Descriptions-Effective-2-1-15.pdf | archive-date=January 10, 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Voice-over performances and cameo appearances in which persons play themselves are not eligible from all film and TV acting categories.

Films must be at least 70 minutes and released for at least a seven-day run in the [[Greater Los Angeles area]], starting prior to midnight on December 31. Films can be released in theaters, on [[pay-per-view]], or by digital delivery.<ref name="GGRules" />

For the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] category, films do not need to be released in the United States. At least 51 percent of the dialogue must be in a language other than English, and they must first be released in their country of origin during a 14-month period from November 1 to December 31 prior to the Awards. However, if a film was not released in its country of origin due to censorship, it can still qualify if it had a one-week release in the United States during the qualifying calendar year. There is no limit to the number of submitted films from a given country.<ref name="GGRules" />

A TV program must air in the United States between the [[prime time]] hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. (or 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sundays). A show can air on [[broadcast television]], on basic or premium cable, or by digital delivery; it does not qualify if it is only on pay-per-view or via digital delivery of film. Also, a TV show must either be made in the United States or be a co-production financially and creatively between an American and a foreign production company. Furthermore, [[Reality television|reality]] and non-scripted shows are disqualified.<ref name="GGRules" />

A film cannot be entered in both the film and TV categories, and instead should be entered based on its original release format. If it was first aired on American television, then it can be entered into the TV categories. If it was released in theaters or on pay-per-view, then it should instead be entered into the film categories. A film festival showing does not count towards disqualifying what would otherwise be a TV program.<ref name="GGRules" />

Actors in a TV series must appear in at least six episodes during the qualifying calendar year. Actors in a TV film or miniseries must appear in at least five percent of the time in that TV film or miniseries.<ref name="GGRules" />