The first season of the latest Star Trek spinoff is getting off to a strong start award-wise. Enterprise was named five times in four technical categories among the nominations for the 54th Annual Emmy Awards announced this morning.

Two episodes, the pilot "Broken Bow" and the comet episode "Breaking the Ice," are competing with each other for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series. The other contenders are Showtime's Stargate SG-1 (also nominated twice) and WB's Smallville.

The Risa vacation adventure "Two Days and Two Nights" is nominated for Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series. It's going up against ABC's Alias, UPN's own Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and HBO's Sex And The City and Six Feet Under.

"Broken Bow" is also up for Outstanding Makeup For A Series (Prosthetic) and Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series. In Makeup the competition is Buffy, CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Six Feet Under. In Sound Editing, it's Smallville, CSI and NBC's ER and Third Watch.

These technical categories will be part of the Creative Arts Awards presentation Saturday, September 14, which will be telecast on the E! cable network. The main Emmy Awards show will take place Sunday, September 22, live on NBC.

In the acting categories, none of our beloved Enterprise cast members got noticed, but as far as Star Trek alumni are concerned, it's like a broken record: Kelsey Grammer, Kim Cattrall and John Larroquette are all recognized yet again for their stalwart TV work. Grammer ("Cause and Effect"), Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series for ... take a wild guess ... Frasier; Cattrall ("Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"), Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series for Sex And The City; and Larroquette ("Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"), Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for The Practice.

Last year, Star Trek: Voyager secured eight Emmy nominations in six technical categories for its final season, and won two. Jay Chattaway took the statue for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore), and the special effects team led by Dan Curry won Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series.

All the Enterprise nominees are as follows:

Outstanding Hairstyling For A Series:
"Two Days And Two Nights"
Michael Moore, Designer
Gloria Pasqua Casny, Hairstylist
Roma Goddard, Hairstylist
Laura Connolly, Hairstylist
Cheri Ruff, Hairstylist

Outstanding Makeup For A Series (Prosthetic):
"Broken Bow"
Michael Westmore, Makeup Artist
Art Anthony, Makeup Artist
Belinda Bryant, Makeup Artist
David DeLeon, Makeup Artist
Suzanne Diaz-Westmore, Makeup Artist
Earl Ellis, Makeup Artist
Jeff Lewis, Makeup Artist
Bradley M. Look, Makeup Artist
Joe Podnar, Makeup Artist
Karen J. Westerfield, Makeup Artist
June Westmore, Makeup Artist
Natalie Wood, Makeup Artist

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series:
"Broken Bow"
Bill Wistrom, Supervising Sound Editor
James Wolvington, Sound Editor
Ashley Harvey, Sound Editor
Masanobu Tomita, Sound Editor
Dale Chaloukian, Sound Editor
Shaun Varney, Sound Editor
Stephen M. Rowe, Music Editor
Hilda Hodges, Foley Artist
Catherine Rose, Foley Artist

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series (2):
"Broken Bow"
Dan Curry, Visual Effects Producer
Ronald B. Moore, Visual Effects Supervisor
Arthur Codron, Visual Effects Coordinator
Elizabeth Castro, Visual Effects Coordinator
Paul Hill, Compositing Editor
Steven Fong, Compositing Editor
Gregory Rainoff, Visual Effects Animator
Robert Bonchune, Computer Animation Supervisor
David Morton, Computer Animation Supervisor

"Breaking The Ice"
David Stipes, Visual Effects Supervisor
Adam Buckner, Visual Effects Coordinator
Paul Hill, Lead Visual Effects Compositor
Greg Rainoff, Lead Visual Effects Animator
Adam Howard, Lead Visual Effects Animator
John Gross, CGI Supervisor
Steven Rogers, CGI Supervisor
Fred Pienkos, Lead CGI Artist
Eddie Robison, Lead CGI Artist

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