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Betty White receives Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award tonight

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles will air the 2010 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards tonight on the TV Guide Network. This is the first time the Britannia Awards show has ever been aired on U.S. television.

Betty White (shown here with the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award) will be presented with the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy and Jeff Bridges will receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film. Also receiving honors, Michael Sheen will get the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year, and Scott Free Productions will be honored with the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

Actor and writer Stephen Fry is the host and presenters include Jane Lynch, Jerry Bruckheimer, Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Rosario Dawson, Dakota Fanning, Jane Leeves, Kevin Spacey, Carey Mulligan, Cillian Murphy, and Olivia Wilde.

The show begins at 8pm, with a Red Carpet special at 7:30pm -- all on the TV Guide Network.

More about BAFTA.

What to Watch on Sunday: "Sherlock" ends (for now), "Walking Dead" ups the gore

BAFTA/Los Angeles Awards (8pm, TV Guide Network) - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will televise for the first time in the U.S. Betty White will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy.

Simpsons (8pm, Fox) - The 21st Treehouse of Horror episode (which didn't run last Sunday on Halloween?!) includes three haunting tales, including one in which Lisa falls for a vampire (voiced by Daniel Radcliffe) and another in which Marge and Homer's romantic second honeymoon is spoiled by a castaway (voiced by Hugh Laurie).

Sherlock (9pm, UNC-TV) - The final installment this season finds Holmes challenged by a deranged bomber who straps his devices onto innocent people before having them call the detective with a series of difficult mysteries to solve in order to gain their freedom. Mysteries include a 20-year-old murder and a case involving a lost painting worth millions of pounds.

Boardwalk Empire (9pm, HBO) - Nucky wields his influence at the National Republican Convention in Chicago, where he asks an old acquaintance to help him with a sudden crisis in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Van Alden bristles at his wife's request for an unorthodox procedure.

Keep reading for info on "Dexter," "Luther," "Walking Dead," "Eastbound & Down," and more.

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