PBS SoCal announced a huge telethon featuring a variety of actors, hosts and musicians.
Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Nicholas Ralph, Rick Steves, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney Vance, Martha Plimpton and more are slated to join the three-hour telethon called “WE ❤ PUBLIC TELEVISION!“
PBS show hosts Rick Steves and Dr. Heny Louis Gates Jr. are slated to appear during the telethon.
“This Telethon is going to be a giant lovefest celebrating Public Television. We will feature great music, some classic clips from viewers’ favorite PBS series and a few surprises,” said PBS SoCal’s Executive Producer for the Telethon, Maura Daly Phinney. “Every contribution that viewers make will go to their local public television station and help them fill the gap created by the loss of our federal funding.”
It’s all happening live on Nov. 8 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on PBS SoCal. Every contribution from viewers will go to helping their local public television station amid the loss of federal funding.