NEW YORK (AP) - "POPPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS!" The outburst comes from Anthony Anderson, who is describing the essential qualities of Kevin Bernard,

Last week, I helped the Emmy panelists decide upon which series to cast their vote for, and now it's the actors' turn.

NEW YORK (AP) - S. Epatha Merkerson, a veteran of television's ''Law & Order,'' will return to Broadway this season in a Manhattan Theatre Club revival of William Inge's ''Come Back, Little Sheba.''

Lifetime explores the world of teen love, sex and gossip in the Lifetime Original Movie "Girl, Positive," the story of Rachel, a high school senior who fears she may be infected with HIV and must come to terms with the life-altering news.

There was a time when Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) played the blues; a time he got Bojo’s Juke Joint shakin’ back in the day. Now he lives them. Bitter and broken from a cheating wife and a shattered marriage, Lazarus’ soul is lost in spent dreams and betrayal’s contempt…Until he meets Rae (Christina Ricci).

Walk the Line took top honors at the 10th annual Prism Awards on Thursday. The awards were presented by the Entertainment Industries Council in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health for works the groups believe do the best job of accurately portraying drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse.

Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg will guest-star in the first episode of a new recurring role on NBC's drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent as a foster mother gone very bad. Goldberg's appearance will be broadcast in May and in this episode, her character, Chesley Watkins, will be a criminal nemesis to Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth).

The premiere of NBC's new drama Heist kicks off on Wed., Mar. 22, at 10-11 p.m., following an all-new episode of Law & Order debuting in its new time slot at 9-10 p.m. "Heist" is a fast-paced, serialized drama that follows a team of expert career criminals as they attempt to pull off one of the biggest heists in history.

Nominations for the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2005 in five film and eight primetime television categories were just announced. In the television categories, the HBO miniseries Empire Falls garnered four nominations, including one for Paul Newman and one for Ed Harris. Boston Legal is tied with Grey's Anatomy, both of which lead with three nominations.

Coming up on Law & Order: Emmy Award winner S. Epatha Merkerson gives a scorching performance as Lt. Anita Van Buren when a case close to the lieutenant provokes her to overstep the boundaries of the law -- and a friendship -- in pursuit of a serial misogynist on Wed., Nov. 30, at 10 p.m. on NBC. "This episode tests this character in a way I don't think she's been tested before," said Merkerson. "She really does cross the line."