More Broadcasters, Celebrities Sign On for Stand Up to Cancer Special

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: The hour-long fundraising event Stand Up to Cancer is to be simulcast live and commercial-free on a host of broadcast and cable networks across the U.S. on September 10, with celebrity guests to include cancer survivors Michael C. Hall, Lance Armstrong and Christina Applegate.

The event will air on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Bio, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, The Style Network, TV One and VH1, live on September 10 at 8 p.m. The special, executive produced by Laura Ziskin, will be hosted Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Brian Williams (the anchors of the CBS, ABC and NBC evening news programs, respectively).

Stand Up to Cancer will feature a wealth celebrity cancer survivors, including actors, musicians, athletes and journalists. Those expected to participate include Seth MacFarlane, Reece Witherspoon, Fran Drescher, Elizabeth Edwards, Delta Goodrem, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sharon Osbourne, Robin Roberts, Maura Tierney, Sofia Vergara, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ethan Zohn. One of the musical performances will be an all-star collaboration led by Stevie Wonder with Natasha Bedingfield, Queen Latifah, Martina McBride, Aaron Neville and Dave Stewart.

The broadcast will be dedicated to the 12 million U.S. cancer survivors and illustrate how groundbreaking research can change the tide in the fight against the disease. Updates will be provided on the work of the five Stand Up To Cancer Dream Teams, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, will report on other new developments.

"We are eternally grateful for the remarkable support we’ve received from the entire entertainment community," said Sherry Lansing, one of the co-founders of Stand Up To Cancer. "We couldn’t do this without everyone’s help—from the networks and cable channels donating the airtime to our celebrity volunteers participating in the show and a lot of other people in between."

"On September 10th, we’ll send a resounding message: We can cure cancer," commented Ziskin, co-founder and executive producer of the Stand Up To Cancer telecast. "It’s going to take guts, brains and the ongoing support of the public, but we can do this. We want to inspire our viewers with the results the SU2C researchers have achieved to date and rally them to continue to contribute to bring us closer to that goal. No donation is too small—every single person can play a role in helping the scientists who are working 24/7 to end cancer."