Upon reviewing the season 2 finale , a longtime champion of the show , '' TIME '' s James Poniewozik touched on the renewal prospects , writing : " And in '' Enlightened '' , whether it planned things this way , HBO has the best thing TV is doing right now — a show no other network would probably make , telling a story that the movies could n’t tell , not at such length and depth . Without HBO , this story would not exist , and HBO is a company in the without-us-nothing business . In other words , HBO does n't owe it to us to keep '' Enlightened '' on the air ; HBO owes it to itself . That 's what you get when you bring something amazing into this beautiful , upsetting world . " For the 69th Golden Globe Awards , Laura Dern won for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy , while the series received a nomination for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy . Dern also received a nomination for Best Actress in a Series , Comedy or Musical for the 17th Satellite Awards . For the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards , Dern was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series , and Molly Shannon was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
69th Golden Globe Awards
69th Golden Globe Awards
Enlightened (TV series)