The Academy for Television Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees
for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards. The awards ceremony will be telecast on
Fox on September 12 and held in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. The
animated nominees include the following programs:


The category for OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming one hour or
less) includes five nominations:


FUTURAMA - A BIG PIECE OF GARBAGE (FOX/Curiosity Company Productions in
association with Twentieth Century Fox).

KING OF THE HILL - AND THEY CALL IT BOBBY LOVE (FOX/Deedle-Dee Productions,
Judgemental Films and 3Arts
Entertainment).

THE PJS - HE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (FOX/Imagine Television, The Murphy Company
and The Will Vinton Studios in association
with Touchstone TV).

THE POWERPUFF GIRLS - BUBBLE-VICIOUS BARE FACTS (Cartoon
Network/Hanna-Barbera Cartoons).

THE SIMPSONS - VIVA NED FLANDERS (FOX/Gracie Films in association with
Twentieth Century Fox Television).


The category for OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming more than
one hour) includes two nominees:

OUR FRIEND MARTIN - (STZ/DIC Entertainment).

TODD MCFARLANE'S SPAWN - (HBO/Todd McFarlane Entertainment/HBO Original
Programming).


The category for OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM includes animated program
nominees (out of a total of six):

RUGRATS - (Nickelodeon/Klasky Csupo, Inc.).

A WINNIE THE POOH THANKSGIVING - (ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).


The category for OUTSTANDING MUSIC AND LYRICS includes one animated program
nominee (out of a total of five):

WINNIE THE POOH, A VALENTINE FOR YOU - Song title: "Places In The Heart" -
(ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).


The category for OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
(DRAMATIC UNDERSCORE) includes one animated program nominee (out of a total
of five):

WINNIE THE POOH, A VALENTINE FOR YOU - Song title: "Places In The
Heart" - (ABC/Walt Disney Television Animation).


The category for OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC includes one animated
program nominee (out of a total of five):

THE PJS - (FOX/Imagine Television, The Murphy Company and The Will Vinton
Studios in association with Touchstone TV).