Proud Tina

AWARDS

TINA TURNER, the mighty and indestructible red-hot mama from Nutbush, Ten-nessee, is just one of the recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors. With songs like “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got To Do With It” to her credit, Turner became a symbol of strength and survival after her escape from abusive ex-husband Ike Turner. Sharing the stage with Turner are more sedate, mainstream talents: Tony Bennett, Tony-award winning actress Julie Harris, Robert Redford and Suzanne Farrell.

THE 28TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

Tuesday, 9 p.m., CBS

MADE-FOR-TV

Just leave this family alone

IF you haven’t had enough of the holidays by December 26, you can experience that warm family feeling by tuning into the Lifetime movie “Home For The Holiday.” The movie tells the story of four orphans who live with their Aunt Martha (Sean Young), whose plans to adopt the kids are opposed by the town’s banker. However, the children want what they want and they figure out a way to make Aunt Martha’s dreams come true – just in time for the holidays.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY

Monday, 9 p.m., Lifetime

COMEDY

A gay old time

VINTAGE matinee idol Richard Chamberlain guests as an elderly gay man named Clyde whom Will (Eric McCormack) mistakenly takes on as a charity case. Will dotes on the old fellow and even takes him to the Tenth Anniversary Game Night Spectacular, but it turns out that their both being gay is not good enough of a reason for the younger gent and older gentleman to socialize. Meanwhile, Karen (Megan Mullally) must acknowledge her feelings for her presumed-dead husband. Alec Baldwin also guests as Malcolm, Karen’s would-be suitor.

WILL & GRACE

Thursday, 9:30 p.m., NBC

VARIETY

Auld lang syne

IF you don’t want to toast the new year with Ryan Seacrest on ABC, Regis Philbin as he hosts “New Year’s Eve Live.” His guests include Nick Cannon from the movie “Drumline” and John O’Hurley. On NBC, Carson Daly welcomes 2006 with help from anchorman Brian Williams, Wanda Sykes and Diddy. MTV gets the evening’s festivities started first with a “New Year of Music.” Making appearances on the annual shindig are Nelly, Paul Wall and Stephen Colletti of “Laguna Beach.”

NEW YEAR OF MUSIC

Saturday, 10:30 p.m., MTV

NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE

Saturday, 11 p.m., Fox

NBC’S NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH CARSON DALY

Saturday, 11:30 p.m., NBC

MOVIE

Heath on top

No actor’s hotter right now than Heath Ledger. His performance as a sexually conflicted cowboy in “Brokeback Mountain” has won accolades. How funny that NBC should broad-cast one of his earlier, light-weight movies, 2001’s “A Knight’s Tale.” Here, Ledger play a humble squire who aspires to be a champion jouster. William also courts the local princess, whose devotion makes him charge harder.

A KNIGHT’S TALE

Saturday, 8 p.m., NBC

D R A M A

Action men

WHEN the underhanded-Colonel McNulty (Dennis Hopper) learns that a Special Forces team may be illegally treading onto Iranian soil on the NBC terrorism drama “E-Ring,” he puts JT (Benjamin Bratt) in harm’s way to deal with them. Meanwhile, JT’s savvy and resourceful colleagues Algazi (Joe Morton) and Sonny (Kelly Rutherford) assemble a team to aid his rescue from the Pentagon.

E-RING

Wednesday, 9 p.m., NBC