During this turkey week of thanks, Rosie O’Donnell (on Wednesday on NBC) and Ellen DeGeneres (on Saturday on TBS) celebrate via two different variety shows. And Britney Spears is back Sunday on MTV during a 90-minute documentary that sheds light on her chaotic life.

Or you can just enjoy “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” Tuesday at 8 on ABC.

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Rosie O’Donnell’s guests will include Atlanta’s Ne-Yo.

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MONDAY

* “Dancing With the Stars” 8 p.m. ABC — Cody is out, leaving a pretty hot trio of Lance Bass, Warren Sapp and still favorite Brooke Burke.

* “Chuck” 8 p.m. NBC — Chuck thinks he’s got a cool girlfriend in Jill (Jordana Brewster) but she’s actually an enemy. Sadly, he has to betray her before she kills him.

* “Heroes” 9 p.m. NBC — Elie and Sylar chase after the cheerleader. Isn’t Sylar always chasing after her?

* “Two and a Half Men” 9 p.m. CBS — Charlie’s nephew Jake shows off his ladykiller skills by dating Charlie’s neighbor’s daughter. The problem: said daughter’s father is played by Michael Clarke Duncan.

TUESDAY

* “House” 8 p.m. Fox — When in doubt, TV writers go for the tried-but-true hostage situation. Zeljko Ivanek sticks a gun to House’s head and not a moment too soon!

* “Dancing With the Stars” 9 p.m. ABC — Brooke Burke’s been the leader the whole time but Lance Bass has been coming on strong of late and Warren Sapp has always been a fan favorite.

* “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” 10 p.m. NBC— Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H) guests.

* “Real Housewives of Orange County” 10 p.m. Bravo (season debut) — A new youngish blonde housewife Gretchen joins the crew following an explosive “Housewives of Atlanta” reunion at 9. Kim gets verbally slapped by NeNe and Lisa

* “The Shield” 10 p.m. FX (series finale) — After seven seasons, bid farewell to Vic and see a suspenseful goodbye.

WEDNESDAY

* “La Vie En Rosie” 8 p.m. NBC — Rosie O’Donnell hosts an old-school variety show with Atlanta’s Ne-Yo, Kathy Griffin, Jane Krakowski and Alanis Morissette guesting.

* “Bones” 8 p.m. Fox — This series has been building audience year, now regularly hitting 10 million viewers. Brennan’s recently acquitted dad (Ryan O’Neal) returns.

* “Top Chef: New York” 10 p.m. Bravo —This Thanksgiving challenge features the executive producer’s favorite band, the Foo Fighters. (Dave Grohl is a fan of the show).

* “Sons of Anarchy” 10 p.m. FX (season finale) — A major tragedy hits the bike gang.

THURSDAY

* “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” 9 a.m. NBC — Miley Cyrus and “Idol” runner-up David Archuleta sing amid a bunch of oversized ballonons and it’s usually pretty darn cold.

* “Survivor Gabon” 8 p.m. CBS — Loved Sugar’s little verbal smackdown on ousted Randy last week, who got a bit of comeuppance when he revealed a fake immunity idol he thought was real. (Psych!) Tonight: Did Marcus hide an immunity idol before he got blindsided or did he chuck it in the ocean?

* “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” 9 p.m. CNN— Anderson Cooper hosts this annual special about folks who do great things.

* “Storytellers 9 p.m. VH1 — Will Kid Rock mention his Atlanta Waffle House incident?

FRIDAY

* “Cool Tools: 25 Coolest” 8 p.m. DIY — Shopping for dad? This might provide some ideas.

* “Everybody Hates Chris” 8 p.m. the CW— Julius decides to take marriage advice from “The Oprah Winfrey Show” but Rochelle thinks his new attitude stems from an extramarital affair.

* “Monk” 9 p.m. USA — Merry Christmas to Monk, who helps three not-so-clean homeless men over a death of a friend.

* “Psych” 10 p.m. USA — Shawn has a fling with Gus’s sister during Christmas.

WEEKEND TELEVISION

* “Moonlight & Mistletoe 8 p.m. Saturday. Hallmark — Need a laugh? Tom Arnold stars as Santa in financial trouble.

* “Ellen’s Even Bigger Really Big Show” 9 p.m. Saturday. TBS — It’s scary to think what the title of this variety show will be next year.

* “The Amazing Race” 8 p.m. Sunday. CBS — The surprisingly sharp mother/son team of Toni and Dallas came in first last week while the frat boys got a reprieve thanks to a non-elimination leg .

* “Britney: For the Record” 10 p.m. Sunday. MTV — If you care, MTV picks the cranium of Britney Spears for signs of… Cheetos?

* “Cheech & Chong Roasted” 10 p.m. Sunday. TBS — Heh heh, we love pot jokes. Heh heh. What was the joke again?

* “Laffapolooza!” 11 p.m. Sunday. TBS— Jamie Foxx used to tape this in Atlanta but now he’s moved to Las Vegas, with Tracy Morgan as host