Robin Williams will guest star in the 200th episode of Law & Order: SVU.

He will play an engineer whose life has gone off-track following a tragedy. Events lead him to start questioning authority, and encouraging others to do the same.

The episode will air in the US on April 29.

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Originally posted by sirkevin:
I'm loving the updates. I'm confused why some people (for example Kristen Chenoweth) are listed under guest and supporting categories. Also, I still think to exclude Dave Annable for Brothers & Sisters is a crime (in fact I would include him and Rob Lowe in my personal Top 10 predictions). And I also think that Cynthia Nixon has Guest Actress in a Supporting Role in the bag, so it's shocking to see that you don't even predict her nom.

Guess Actress in a Supporting Role?

About the guests...

Comedy Guest Actress
Can Betty White get nominated? Wasn't that supossed to be against the rules? Playing herself?

I think Stritch, Falco and Fisher are pretty much locks. Specially Stritch. Having won last year and comming back to do the exact same thing.

I'd love to see Vivica Fox there, although I don't for what episode...

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series...
Freddy Rodriguez? Seriously? Ted Danson on Curb? I don't think so...Craig T Nelson? Yes please...Arnett and Modine could seem safe....

I think the 30 Rock people will do ok, it certainly had the best season for a Comedy Series and these people were pretty much a part of it. I'd love to see David Schwimmer in place of the horrible performance from Rodriguez, a fine actor in a horrible second season of a nice show. Much more deserving.

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Originally posted by Benito Delicias:

Comedy Guest Actress
Can Betty White get nominated? Wasn't that supossed to be against the rules? Playing herself?

The rule is that "Cameo appearances in which the person plays himself/herself are not eligible for entry."

So Betty White can't compete if her appearance was extremely short. Otherwise, she is eligible just like Ian McKellen, Kate Winslet, Ben Stiller and Patrick Stewart.

Well I still don't know....I couple of weeks ago somebody asked the same question and they said that she was playing herself and the Extras people were all playing exagerated or different sides of themselves so it wasn't seen or qualified as a true real "her/herself", but an actual character somebody created for them.

Either way, I don't think White should be nominated.

I just wanted to see if somebody could clarify this...

Kristin Chenoweth guest starred on Ugly Betty last season, she's not eligible. Also I think that Eileen Atkins might be a contender in Supporting Actress - Miniseries/Movie for Cranford, she got very good reviews and recieved a BAFTA nomination.

Top 10 guesses as of now:

Outstanding Drama Series
Big Love (HBO)
Boston Legal (ABC)
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
The Closer (TNT)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (SHO)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
House (FOX)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Entourage (HBO)
My Name is Earl (NBC)
The Office (NBC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Weeds (SHO)[/i]

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Bryan Cranston for playing Walter White on Breaking Bad
Patrick Dempsey for playing Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy
Matthew Fox for playing Jack Shephard on Lost
Michael C. Hall for playing Dexter Morgan on Dexter
Jon Hamm for playing Don Draper on Mad Men
Eddie Izzard for playing Wayne Malloy on The Riches
Hugh Laurie for playing Gregory House on House
Denis Leary for playing Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me
Bill Paxton for playing Bill Henrickson on Big Love
James Spader for playing Alan Shore on Boston Legal

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for playing Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock
Zach Braff for playing Dr. John "J.D." Dorian on Scrubs
Steve Carell for playing Michael Scott on The Office
Larry David for playing himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
David Duchovny for playing Hank Moody on Californication
Kelsey Grammer for playing Chuck Darling on Back to You
Jason Lee for playing Earl Hickey on My Name is Earl
Lee Pace for playing Ned on Pushing Daisies
Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk
Charlie Sheen for playing Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men[/i]

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette for playing Alison Dubois on Medium
Glenn Close for playing Patty Hewes on Damages
Minnie Driver for playing Dahlia Malloy on The Riches
Sally Field for playing Nora Walker on Brothers & Sisters
Calista Flockhart for playing Kitty McCallister on Brothers & Sisters
Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Holly Hunter for playing Grace Hanadarko on Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick for playing Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer
Jeanne Tripplehorn for playing Barbara Henrickson on Big Love
Kate Walsh for playing Dr. Addison Shepherd on Private Practice

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate for playing Samantha Newly on Samantha Who?
Marcia Cross for playing Bree Hodge on Desperate Housewives
America Ferrera for playing Betty Suarez on Ugly Betty
Tina Fey for playing Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Teri Hatcher for playing Susan Delfino on Desperate Housewives
Patricia Heaton for playing Kelly Carr on Back to You
Felicity Huffman for playing Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives
Eva Longoria Parker for playing Gabrielle Solis on Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Mary-Louise Parker for playing Nancy Botwin on Weeds

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Dave Annable for playing Justin Walker on Brothers & Sisters
Christian Clemenson for playing Jerry Espenson on Boston Legal
Henry Ian Cusick for playing Desmond Hume on Lost
Ted Danson for playing Arthur Frobisher on Damages
Michael Emerson for playing Benjamin Linus on Lost
TR Knight for playing George O'Malley on Grey's Anatomy
Terry O'Quinn for playing John Locke on Lost
William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal
John Slattery for playing Roger Sterling on Mad Men
Donald Sutherland for playing Tripp Darling on Dirty Sexy Money

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer for playing Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men
Kevin Dillon for playing Johnny "Drama" Chase on Entourage
Neil Patrick Harris for playing Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother
Justin Kirk for playing Andy Botwin on Weeds
John Krasinski for playing Jim Halpert on The Office
Jack McBrayer for playing Kenneth Parcell on 30 Rock
Chi McBride for playing Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies
Jeremy Piven for playing Ari Gold on Entourage
Michael Urie for playing Marc St. James on Ugly Betty
Rainn Wilson for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Candice Bergen for playing Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal
Amy Brenneman for playing Dr. Violet Turner on Private Practice
Rose Byrne for playing Ellen Parsons on Damages
Jill Clayburgh for playing Leticia Darling on Dirty Sexy Money
Rachel Griffiths for playing Sarah Walker on Brothers & Sisters
Katherine Heigl for playing Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy
January Jones for playing Betty Draper on Mad Men
Sandra Oh for playing Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
Sara Ramírez for playing Dr. Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy
Chandra Wilson for playing Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Chenoweth for playing Olive Snook Pushing Daisies
Dana Delany for playing Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives
Jenna Fischer for playing Pam Beesly on The Office
Cheryl Hines for playing Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Jane Krakowski for playing Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock
Elizabeth Perkins for playing Celia Hodes on Weeds
Jaime Pressly for playing Joy Turner on My Name Is Earl
Jean Smart for playing Regina Newly on Samantha Who?
Holland Taylor for playing Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men
Vanessa Williams for playing Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty

Is Candice Bergen definitely submitting her name this year?

I figure we won't know if Bergen is submitting herself until June.

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Originally posted by fine brotha:
Is Candice Bergen definitely submitting her name this year?

No we don't know yet until Emmy season once again. But with the pouring love for Boston Legal last year, I know there's a part of her cringing that she didn't submit last year. LOL!

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Originally posted by sirkevin:
I'm loving the updates. I'm confused why some people (for example Kristen Chenoweth) are listed under guest and supporting categories. Also, I still think to exclude Dave Annable for Brothers & Sisters is a crime (in fact I would include him and Rob Lowe in my personal Top 10 predictions). And I also think that Cynthia Nixon has Guest Actress in a Supporting Role in the bag, so it's shocking to see that you don't even predict her nom.



Guess Actress in a Supporting Role?

Haha. Oops...late-night-brain-fart-typos don't get past anyone here.

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Originally posted by iskolar:

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Originally posted by fine brotha:
Is Candice Bergen definitely submitting her name this year?

No we don't know yet until Emmy season once again. But with the pouring love for Boston Legal last year, I know there's a part of her cringing that she didn't submit last year. LOL!

Why did she not submit herself?

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Originally posted by fine brotha:

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Originally posted by iskolar:

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Originally posted by fine brotha:
Is Candice Bergen definitely submitting her name this year?

No we don't know yet until Emmy season once again. But with the pouring love for Boston Legal last year, I know there's a part of her cringing that she didn't submit last year. LOL!

Why did she not submit herself?

G'Day,
I don't think we ever officially found out, could be for similar reasons she withdrew her name for Murphy Brown, she felt like she has enough hardware. Then again dosn't explain why she submitted herself the previous 2 years - maby she couldn't bare losing again?
She had to know she was a fair chance of recieving a nomination so It wouldn't have been a "i have no chance anyway, why bother" (although she did have very little to do on the show last year, so maby she thought she had no chance to win).

In hindsight with Hiegel having won I'm disappointed that Bergan didn't submit herself, because although I wouldn't have voted for her she would have been a much more deserving winner and although she would have struggled to find a tape her with her name and the Boston Legal love (not to mention even when she hasn't got much to do she's great) she could have given Heigel a run for her money (in what turned out to be a wide open race).

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Originally posted by Noble:

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Originally posted by fine brotha:

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Originally posted by iskolar:

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Originally posted by fine brotha:
Is Candice Bergen definitely submitting her name this year?

No we don't know yet until Emmy season once again. But with the pouring love for Boston Legal last year, I know there's a part of her cringing that she didn't submit last year. LOL!

Why did she not submit herself?

G'Day,
I don't think we ever officially found out, could be for similar reasons she withdrew her name for Murphy Brown, she felt like she has enough hardware. Then again dosn't explain why she submitted herself the previous 2 years - maby she couldn't bare losing again?
She had to know she was a fair chance of recieving a nomination so It wouldn't have been a "i have no chance anyway, why bother" (although she did have very little to do on the show last year, so maby she thought she had no chance to win).

In hindsight with Hiegel having won I'm disappointed that Bergan didn't submit herself, because although I wouldn't have voted for her she would have been a much more deserving winner and although she would have struggled to find a tape her with her name and the Boston Legal love (not to mention even when she hasn't got much to do she's great) she could have given Heigel a run for her money (in what turned out to be a wide open race).

I thought the official reason candice bergen didn't submit herself for consideration last year was because she felt she hadn't done anything emmy worthy all season with the material(or lack of) that she'd been given, prompting David E. Kelley to give her more material this season to work with.

Anyway, i think she is going to submit herself this season. She already has a great tape, a decent tape and she should have a tape coming up since they are casting her Alzheimer's ridden father.

I'd consider Jim Parsons of "Big Bang Theory" as a Supporting Actor/Comedy contender. He's the MVP by far, reminiscent of David Hyde Pierce's work on "Frasier." And "BBT" is one of the few comedy successes on the teevee of late.

The show is 1. Not that good in terms of awards (it's actually very very funny) and 2. Not that many people watch it.

I find Big Ban Theory funnier than How I met Your Mother for example, so if Neil Patrick Harris can get a nod, then this Jim Parsons guy can too, he really is that funny. But sadly Parsons is not a well known actor, he's not a recently outed gay actor (which was like 70% of his nomination last year, sorry) or in a decently rated show.

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Originally posted by Benito Delicias:
The show is 1. Not that good in terms of awards (it's actually very very funny) and 2. Not that many people watch it.

I find Big Ban Theory funnier than How I met Your Mother for example, so if Neil Patrick Harris can get a nod, then this Jim Parsons guy can too, he really is that funny. But sadly Parsons is not a well known actor, he's not a recently outed gay actor (which was like 70% of his nomination last year, sorry) or in a decently rated show.

Yeah, Parsons is going to need a lot of help from the critics to overcome the fact that he's an unknown quantity. Hopefully he can break through; it's not as if his category is exactly bursting at the seams.

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Originally posted by Turtle:

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Originally posted by Benito Delicias:
The show is 1. Not that good in terms of awards (it's actually very very funny) and 2. Not that many people watch it.

I find Big Ban Theory funnier than How I met Your Mother for example, so if Neil Patrick Harris can get a nod, then this Jim Parsons guy can too, he really is that funny. But sadly Parsons is not a well known actor, he's not a recently outed gay actor (which was like 70% of his nomination last year, sorry) or in a decently rated show.

Yeah, Parsons is going to need a lot of help from the critics to overcome the fact that he's an unknown quantity. Hopefully he can break through; it's not as if his category is exactly bursting at the seams.

I don't see him getting a great deal of critic's support being that fellow newbies Lee Pace and Zachary Levi (I think he's lead) are on shows with far more buzz and acclaim. I also think that critic's have (rightfully) become anti-CBS.

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How are they anti CBS when Two and Half Men got 5 huge nods last year (plus some others), and Dreyfuss and Harris?

Are there any other CBS comedies worth mentioning? I think they proved to be very pro-CBS, Mother and Christine were not going to get anywhere else than in those two categories, and Men got more than it deserved (Sheen) and they've let category fraud slide two years and will continue to do it (Cryer).

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Originally posted by Benito Delicias:
How are they anti CBS when Two and Half Men got 5 huge nods last year (plus some others), and Dreyfuss and Harris?

Are there any other CBS comedies worth mentioning? I think they proved to be very pro-CBS, Mother and Christine were not going to get anywhere else than in those two categories, and Men got more than it deserved (Sheen) and they've let category fraud slide two years and will continue to do it (Cryer).

I think that has more to do with acknowledging traditional sitcoms and comedies that people actually watch.