Greetings, Earthlings! Matt Groening's Emmy Award-winning animated series "Futurama" premieres on Comedy Central Wednesday, January 2 at 8:00 p.m.

Happy Birthday to Japanese singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada (1983), "Full House" actress Jodie Sweetin (1982), Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina (1979), "Joey" actress Drea de Matteo (1973), actor Shawn Wayans (1971), NFL linebacker Junior Seau (1969), tennis star Stefan Edberg (1966), "8 Simple Rules" actress Katie Sagal (1956), Mexican comedian Paul Rodriguez (1955), stage and screen actor David Patrick Kelly (1952), English singer Robert Palmer (1949; d. 2003), country singer Dolly Parton (1946), actress/singer Shelley Fabares (1944), 60s singer Janis Joplin (1943; d. 1970) stage actor/singer Michael Crawford (1942), Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers (1939), actress Tippi Hedren (1931), television actor Fritz Weaver (1926), "All in the Family" actress Jean Stapleton (1923), American singer John Raitt (1917; d. 2005), French impressionist painter Paul Cezanne (1839; d. 1906), mystery/suspense master Edger Allan Poe (1809; d. 1849), and Confederate general Robert E. Lee (1807; d. 1870).

Former Married With Children actress Katey Sagal is a mother again at 52, after a surrogate mother gave birth to her third child. Sagal - who played matriarch Peg Bundy in the hit comedy - welcomed her first child with husband Kurt Sutter, 43, into the world, a daughter named Esme Louise Sutter.

David E. Kelley has signed Craig Bierko and Katey Sagal for the new season of Boston Legal. Bierko and Kelley previously worked together on the hit show Ally McBeal. The actor will play Jeffrey Coho, an "intense, grandiose" criminal defense lawyer representing a client (Ashton Holmes) who is accused of murdering a judge.

Katey Sagal (Married ... with Children, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) will host Nick at Nite's search for the “Funniest Mom in America 2.” The competition -- a five-part reality series -- debuts April 4.

Happy Birthday to Japanese singer/songwriter Hikaru Utada (1983), "Full House" actress Jodie Sweetin (1982), Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina (1979), "Joey" actress Drea de Matteo (1973), actor Shawn Wayans (1971), NFL linebacker Junior Seau (1969), tennis star Stefan Edberg (1966), "8 Simple Rules" actress Katie Sagal (1956), Mexican comedian Paul Rodriguez (1955), stage and screen actor David Patrick Kelly (1952), English singer Robert Palmer (1949; d. 2003), country singer Dolly Parton (1946), actress/singer Shelley Fabares (1944), 60s singer Janis Joplin (1943; d. 1970) stage actor/singer Michael Crawford (1942), Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers (1939), actress Tippi Hedren (1931), television actor Fritz Weaver (1926), "All in the Family" actress Jean Stapleton (1923), American singer John Raitt (1917; d. 2005), French impressionist painter Paul Cezanne (1839; d. 1906), mystery/suspense master Edger Allan Poe (1809; d. 1849), and Confederate general Robert E. Lee (1807; d. 1870).