As far as technical work goes, "Carnivale" on HBO is a big winner.

The series -- whose first season was executive produced by former "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" executive producer and current "Battlestar Galactica" showrunner Ronald D. Moore -- picked up five wins over the weekend in the technical categories of the 56th Annual Emmy Awards hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

"Carnivale" took awards for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series, Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series and Main Title Design.

The wins were among heavy competition including "Alias" on ABC, "The West Wing" on NBC, "The Sopranos" on HBO, "Sex and the City" on HBO and "Nip/Tuck" on FX.

"Carnivale" didn't win in every category that it was nominated in. It lost Outstanding Casting for a Drama to "24" on Fox, and Outstanding (non-prosthetic) Makeup for a Series to "Gilmore Girls" on The WB.

Champagne corks were popping at William Shatner's house last night after he picked up his first Emmy win for his guest appearance on "The Practice" as Denny Crane.

Shatner, best known as Capt. James T. Kirk in the original "Star Trek" series as well as seven movies, beat out a field that included Bob Newheart, James Earl Jones, Matthew Perry and Martin Landau.

That's good publicity for Shatner and his character, as they are both set to lead a new series by David E. Kelley called "Boston Legal," based on the guest stint he did on "The Practice's" final arc.

Louise Fletcher, best known to genre fans as Kai Winn in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," lost the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series to Sharon Stone. Fletcher played Miss Eva Garrison in an episode of "Joan of Arcadia."

"Star Trek: Enterprise" didn't do too shabby, either, picking up two of the three possible categories they could've won in four nominations.

The episode "Similitude" took home Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, beating out "Dead Like Me" on Showtime, "Line of Fire," "Pandemic: Facing AIDS," "The Simpsons" and "24."

"Enterprise" also picked up Oustanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for its episode "Countdown." It beat out another of its episodes, "The Council," as well as "Dead Like Me," "Stargate SG-1" on the Sci-Fi Channel, and "Kingdom Hospital."

"Enterprise" lost for Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special Project to "Nip/Tuck."

Not everyone fared as well, however. "Alias" went home empty-handed, despite being nominated in six categories. Also going home empty-handed was the Sci-Fi Channel miniseries "Battlestar Galactica," which had three nominations.

The technical Emmys will be broadcast on E! Sept. 18, with the Primetime Emmy Awards airing Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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