Emmy nominations were announced today. No big surprises, although a few curious nominations:

--Futurama, which has been gone for a year, gets another nod for
Outstanding Animated Program (for "The Sting," an excellent episode) and Outstanding Music and Lyrics ("I Want My Hands Back" from the series finale "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"). I hope they win just so I can laugh and laugh at Fox.

--William Shatner picks up a nomination! He gets the nod for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for his turn on The Practice.

--In what has to be a first, Antonio Banderas competes against Al Pacino in
an acting catagory. Both are up for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or
A Movie, Banders for "And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself," Pacino for
"Angels in America (which scooped up a whopping 21 nominations)."

--Sadly, Larry David was the only cast member of Curb Your Enthusiasm to
get a nod. Even Oscar the dog got snubbed. It did pick up three nods for
best director and best Comedy Series (which it should win).

--No goodbye nomination for Jerry Orbach. Oh well.