telethon
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And for those who love entertainment, seeing the Oscars go forward as a partial telethon could make celebrating Hollywood’s biggest night far less odious.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
One of Robertson’s innovations was to use the secular talk-show format on the network’s flagship show, the “700 Club,” which grew out of a telethon when Robertson asked 700 viewers for monthly $10 contributions.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
At Sunday’s telethon event, Theron and the “Drag Isn’t Dangerous” campaign opposed the slew of bills recently introduced or signed into law that target the LGBTQ+ community.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
Who knows whether Reed’s tirade worked like a telethon and enticed a major corporation to throw some money at Bethune-Cookman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
The county executive of Baltimore County helped lead a telethon that raised money for the widow of Sergeant Prothero and his children.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
That and the dozen “Comic Relief” telethons that followed raised awareness and money to fight poverty in the U.S. and elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
His father, also a doctor, would take his children to the hospital’s fund-raising telethons.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
It’s like the Jerry Lewis telethons of the old days, only way more interactive.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022
With a unifying, proactive tone established by the White House, there could have been national telethons to raise money for the victims.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2020
Even though I was only five, I had watched enough Easter Seals telethons to know this was bad.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
