PBS SoCal to Host Star-Studded 'We Love Public Television' Telethon

PBS SoCal to host star-studded 'We Love Public Television' telethon

PBS SoCal announced a huge telethon featuring a variety of actors, hosts and musicians to celebrate 55 years of public television. 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!" “This Telethon is goi…

Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis Among Stars to Appear on PBS SoCal Telethon Supporting Public TV In Wake of Trump’s Elimination of Funding

In the wake of the Trump administration’s defunding of public broadcasting, local stations PBS SoCal (KOCE and KCET) are planning a telethon next week from the PBS outfit’s Burbank Studios home. “We ❤ Public Television!” is billed as a live, three hour telethon “honoring 55 remarkable years of public television – America’s trusted, free public […]

PBS SoCal Sets Live 3-Hour Telethon With Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Marlee Matlin, Ziggy Marley, Sarah Silverman & More

Following public media’s loss of federal funding, PBS SoCal is hoping viewers will help fill the gap. It has announced We ❤ Public Television, a star-studded live three-hour telethon, which will air on Sat. Nov. 8 from 4-7 pm on PBS SoCal in the Southern California area and on PBS stations nationwide on Thanksgiving night. The celebrity lineup includes Josh Groban, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,…