TORONTO -- This year's Emmy Award nominations represent something of a Canuck callback.

Yes, many of the Canadian honorees could be forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu as nominations were announced on Thursday. While Calgary-reared "Mad Men" scribe Semi Chellas was a high-profile Emmy newbie, most of the nominated Canadians have been through this before.

There was Michael J. Fox nabbing his second consecutive nomination for outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his recurring role on "The Good Wife." The Edmonton-born actor also earned a guest-actor nod for his appearance on "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Similarly, Toronto funnyman Will Arnett claimed his fourth nod for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance as the conniving Devin Banks on "30 Rock."

Veteran Toronto-born voice actor Maurice LaMarche received a second straight outstanding voice-over performance nomination for playing a cluster of wacky characters on the sci-fi satire "Futurama" (he won the category last year), while the unstoppable Canadian teen series "Degrassi" is once again up for outstanding children's program, a year after receiving its inaugural nomination. And Toronto-born "SNL" sage Lorne Michaels received his latest in a long, long line of writing nods.

But for many, being nominated for a major award simply doesn't get old.

"We were definitely excited last year -- I guess we sort of thought that was our time, they acknowledged this Canadian show for the work we'd done," said "Degrassi" star, producer and writer Stefan Brogren in a telephone interview on Thursday.

"But it turns out they want us to come by again, which is fantastic."

The Emmy echo for Canadians extended even further.

Another repeat nominee was London, Ont., composer Trevor Morris, who's up for outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score) for the historical drama "The Borgias." He won an Emmy for the same show last year, and also hauled home an award back in 2007 for the main-title music to "The Tudors."

Canadian Ted Mann, who once won an Emmy for penning "NYPD Blue," is up again for outstanding writing for a miniseries, movie or dramatic special for the History hit "Hatfields & McCoys," and Edmonton's Stacey Tookey earned her third straight nomination for outstanding choreography for her work on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance."

Of course, there were Canadian first-time nominees as well.

Montrealer Shira Lazar nabbed her inaugural nod for outstanding creative achievement in interactive media for her online talk show "What's Trending With Shira Lazar?"

And then there was Chellas, who earned her outstanding writing for a drama series nod after co-penning one of the moody period drama's most shocking episodes -- in which Pete asked Joan to sleep with a client to land a major account -- along with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.

"Degrassi," meanwhile, received its second nomination after submitting the episode "Extraordinary Machine," which found the bipolar Eli refusing his medication with disastrous results. Last year, the show earned its nod after showcasing an episode depicting the plight of transgendered teen Adam.

Brogren said it's the honest way in which the show has tackled difficult subject matter that might have caught the attention of Emmy voters.

"Our show tries very hard to maintain a certain reality when it comes to what teens are going through," said Brogren, the 40-year-old who has portrayed Snake in the "Degrassi" franchise since the 1980s.

"I think it connects with a lot of kids because this is what they're going through.... We're always trying to find the stories that we know are out there, but they might not be necessarily be out there in the mainstream."

The "Degrassi" crew will head back down to L.A. when the awards are given out on Sept. 23 after having a "blast" last year, despite ultimately missing out on an award.

But even though this second nod proves the first wasn't a fluke, Brogren said he doesn't exactly feel like a front-runner.

"I think we're the Canadian cousins sometimes -- you feel like an underdog anyways," he said with a laugh.

"But we were so proud the first time and we're definitely proud this time to be recognized by the Emmys, absolutely."