Awards on Tap With Tonys, MTV and AFI

Specials this weekend include Rosie O’Donnell hosting CBS’ “Tony Awards,” Sunday at 9 p.m. and director Robert Wise (“The Sound of Music,” “West Side Story”) receiving the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award Sunday at 10 p.m. on Channel 4. Elsewhere this weekend:

Today

The French Open’s women’s singles semifinals are on USA at 9 a.m.

“Tracey Takes On . . . The Best of III,” airs at 8 p.m. on HBO.

American Movie Classics kicks off its Film Preservation Festival with the Mary Pickford silent “The Little American,” at 9 p.m.

Martin Sheen will narrate “Cinema Combat: Hollywood Goes to War,” Friday at 4:30 and 11 p.m.

CBS’ “People of the Century,” at 10 p.m. on Channel 2, salutes CBS News/Time magazine’s 100 most influential people list.

Friday

The French Open’s men’s singles semifinals are at 9 a.m. on USA and 3 p.m. on Channel 4.

The History Channel’s “As It Happened” recalls the death of Robert F. Kennedy in “The RFK Assassination,” at 10 p.m.

Saturday

The women’s singles final airs at the French Open at noon on Channel 4.

Peter Jacobsen hosts the new weekly magazine series “Golf 2000,” at 3:30 p.m. on Channel 2.

Heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield takes on David Akinwande in a pay-per-view bout at 6 p.m.

VH1’s “Legends” series presents a profile of rocker John Fogerty, at 8 p.m. followed by a concert at 9 p.m.

HBO offers a two-episode sneak preview of its new comedy series “Sex and the City,” at 9:45 p.m.

Sunday

The French Open’s men’s singles final is at 6 a.m. on Channel 4.

Family Channel’s “The Cowboy and the Movie Star” airs at 7 p.m.

The Discovery Channel’s “Robert Kennedy: A Memoir,” at 8 p.m. and midnight, is a three-hour adaptation by author Jack Newfield of his book on the slain politician.