- Viola Davis was nominated for awards this season, but Kerry Washington was not
- Both star in TV shows tied to producer Shonda Rhimes
- Maybe Hollywood isn't as progressive as it thinks, one writer says
(CNN) -- Might there be a Tyra Banks/Naomi Campbell situation this awards season?
With the announcement of nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Golden Globes, Viola Davis' fans had plenty to cheer about. She received nods for her performance in the new ABC drama "How to Get Away With Murder." But "Scandal" actress Kerry Washington, one of the darlings of awards seasons past, was nowhere to be found.
Is it a case of there being room for only one African-American woman to be celebrated?
It's not a new concept. In 2005, Banks invited fellow supermodel Campbell onto her talk show for a conversation about the tension between them.
The nominees for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards were announced on December 11, and Ava DuVernay's Martin Luther King biopic "Selma" (pictured) is up for best dramatic motion picture. It's competing against "Boyhood," "Foxcatcher," "The Imitation Game" and "The Theory of Everything." 
Best actress in a motion picture -- drama: Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl" (pictured); Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"; Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"; Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"; Reese Witherspoon, "Wild." 
Best actor in a motion picture -- drama: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" (pictured); Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"; Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"; David Oyelowo, "Selma"; Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler." 
Best motion picture -- comedy or musical: "Birdman" (pictured), "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Into the Woods," "Pride," "St. Vincent." 
Best actress in a motion picture -- musical or comedy: Amy Adams, "Big Eyes" (pictured); Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"; Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"; Julianne Moore, "Maps to the Stars"; Quvenzhane Wallis, "Annie." 
Best actor in a motion picture -- musical or comedy: Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (pictured); Michael Keaton, "Birdman"; Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"; Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"; Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes." 
Best animated feature film: "Big Hero 6" (pictured), "The Book of Life," "The Boxtrolls," "How to Train Your Dragon 2," "The Lego Movie." 
Best foreign language film: "Force Majeure Turist" (pictured), "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett," "Ida," "Leviathan," "Tangerines Mandariinid." 
Best supporting actress in a motion picture: Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year" (pictured); Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"; Emma Stone, "Birdman"; Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"; Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game." 
Best supporting actor in a motion picture: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash" (pictured); Robert Duvall, "The Judge"; Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"; Edward Norton, "Birdman"; Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher." 
Best director: Ava DuVernay, "Selma" (pictured); Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; David Fincher, "Gone Girl"; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"; Richard Linklater, "Boyhood." 
Best screenplay: Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl" (pictured); Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"; Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman"; Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"; Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game." 
Best original score: Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar" (pictured); Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"; Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, "Gone Girl"; Antonio Sanchez, "Birdman." 
Best original song: "Yellow Flicker Beat," "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part I" (pictured); "Big Eyes," "Big Eyes"; "Glory," "Selma"; "Mercy Is," "Noah"; "Opportunity," "Annie." 
Best TV series -- drama: "The Affair" (pictured), "Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "The Good Wife," "House of Cards." 
Best actress in a TV series -- drama: Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife" (pictured); Claire Danes, "Homeland"; Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder"; Ruth Wilson, "The Affair"; Robin Wright, "House of Cards." 
Best actor in a TV series -- drama: Clive Owen, "The Knick" (pictured); Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"; Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"; James Spader, "The Blacklist"; Dominic West, "The Affair." 
Best TV series -- comedy: "Jane the Virgin" (pictured), "Orange Is the New Black," "Girls," "Silicon Valley," "Transparent." 
Best actress in a TV series -- comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep" (pictured); Lena Dunham, "Girls"; Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"; Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"; Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black." 
Best actor in a TV series -- comedy: Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent" (pictured); Louis C.K., "Louie"; Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"; Ricky Gervais, "Derek"; William H. Macy, "Shameless." 
Best TV movie or mini-series: "The Normal Heart" (pictured), "Fargo," "The Missing," "Olive Kitteridge," "True Detective." 
Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie: Allison Tolman, "Fargo" (pictured); Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Honorable Woman"; Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge"; Frances O'Connor, "The Missing." 
Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, "True Detective" (pictured); Martin Freeman, "Fargo"; Mark Ruffalo, "The Normal Heart"; Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo." 
Best supporting actress in a series, mini-series or TV movie: Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (pictured); Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black"; Allison Janney, "Mom"; Michelle Monaghan, "True Detective"; Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey." 
Best supporting actor in a series, mini-series or TV movie: Bill Murray, "Olive Kitteridge" (pictured); Matt Bomer, "The Normal Heart"; Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"; Colin Hanks, "Fargo"; Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan." 
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Photos: 2015 Golden Globes nominations The fashion industry was partially to blame, Banks said.
"Back then, there were 10 top models ... but there was an unwritten rule that only one of them could be black," Banks said. "And Naomi was that one black girl."
Campbell added in 2013, "It does irk me that two women of color have to be pitted against each other. ... I'm very proud of Tyra and what she's done with 'America's Next Top Model.' I'm proud of her; I'm proud to know her."
Likewise, model Iman told Time in 2003 that when she arrived in New York in 1975 to model, she "learned that magazines would only use one black girl at a time, and they were trying to create a competition between us."
Davis has received plenty of acclaim for her work in films and began drawing even more awards buzz from almost the moment she debuted as tough-as-nails law professor Annalise Keating on "How to Get Away With Murder."
Washington, meanwhile, has reigned as a fan favorite during the four seasons of her hit show "Scandal." In 2013, she was saluted for being the first black woman to lead a weekly TV series since Diahann Carroll starred in "Julia," which premiered in 1968.
Washington's absence from this year's nominations was very quickly noted.
Debra Birnbaum, executive editor for TV for Variety, tweeted, "Another early morning, another awards snub for @kerrywashington. I'm getting tired of complaining about it. #scandal."
Another fan tweeted, "And again how is @kerrywashington not nominated for @ScandalABC?! It's baffling to me. Congrats on the nom Viola Davis. #GlodenGlobes."
Another early morning, another awards snub for @kerrywashington. I'm getting tired of complaining about it. #scandal
— Debra Birnbaum (@debrabirnbaum) December 11, 2014
And again how is @kerrywashington not nominated for @ScandalABC?! It's baffling to me. Congrats on the nom Viola Davis. #GlodenGlobes
— Nina (@justninababy) December 11, 2014 Writing for The Wrap, Jethro Nededog noted Wednesday that the SAG nomination for Davis but not Washington may have illuminated the lingering diversity problem in Hollywood.
He said it was not that Washington wasn't deserving this time around, because "At the top of the game for TV's dramatic actresses, she should have been a shoo-in for a SAG nomination again this year."
"Of course, Washington's nomination history for a SAG award isn't as deep as the one she has for the Emmys, which she received nominations for in 2013 and 2014. And the Golden Globes also saw fit to nominate her only once before, in 2014, just like the SAGs," Nededog wrote. "But if it's true that there's only room for one black leading actress in the run for awards, then Hollywood isn't as progressive-minded as we believe ourselves to be."
Both shows are tied to Shonda Rhimes, who holds the distinction of being the most powerful woman of color in Hollywood. Rhimes rules Thursday nights on ABC, with "Scandal" (which she created) and "How to Get Away With Murder" (which she executive produced) airing back to back.
Known for building in diversity, both of color and of sexuality, into her projects, Rhimes told the New York Times in September that she saw nothing unique in the lineup.
"I'm not sitting around going, 'Wow, it's historic to have two black women on television,' " Rhimes said. "I don't think it's odd to see two black women standing in the same place because, well, that's my house. Like, it's not a thing. To me, it just feels like Tuesday."
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