NBC Sets 3-Hour ‘Red Nose Day’ Live Telethon for May 21

[mvcg66b3r]

NBC will close out the 2014-15 regular season on May 21 with a three-hour live telethon that marks the arrival in the U.S. of the Red Nose Day charity drive that has become a U.K. institution.

The Peacock is planning a star-packed telecast featuring standup and sketch comedy segments, musical performances and various celebrity appearances. The special will originate from New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Red Nose Day was launched in 1985 by director Richard Curtis, of “Love Actually” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary” fame. The goal was to raise money for a range of worthy causes and also generate awareness among the public of the struggles of underprivileged people around the world.

As in the U.K., Red Nose Day will include a retail push to encourage people to buy plastic red clown noses to wear on May 21 as a means of acknowledging the greater need in the world.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/red-nose-day-christina-aguilera-nbc-live-telethon-may-21-1201455122/

 

[sandiegoinexile]

This is actually the Thursday after the end of May 2015 Sweeps, which is generally the end of the season.

 

[landtuna]

It's on NBC. No one will notice.

 

[JeeperOne]

Except those who regularly watch NBC shows that night.....

Cheers & 73

 

[landtuna]

Except those who regularly watch NBC shows that night.....

Cheers & 73

My regards to both of you.

/ham

 

[JeeperOne]

I don't watch NBC on Thursday Nights (Though I do watch MSNBC however)

Cheers & 73