After Six-Year Hiatus, Reimagined MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon Returns October 24

Six years after signing off the airwaves after a 45-year run, the MDA Telethon is again this month with a brand new host, a brand new format and a wholly revamped set of distribution platforms.

Comic/actor Kevin Hart, 41, will likely be joined by a phalanx of celebrities throughout The MDA Kevin Hart Children Telethon on Saturday, October 24.

The telethon will likely be a reimagined occasion that includes leisure, comedy, musical performances, and MDA’s Let’s Play For A Treatment gaming parts. The particular will give viewers the chance to assist the Muscular Dystrophy Affiliation and Assist From the Hart Charity, in addition to get an inside have a look at the important work of the group by impactful profiles on households, analysis, care, and advocacy.

Newly added superstar visitors to the two-hour particular embrace Garcelle Beauvais, Aloe Blacc, Bryan Cranston, Adam Devine, Fats Joe, Liz Gillies, Aldis Hodge, Edwin Hodge, DJ Khaled, Daniel Levy, Loni Love, Leslie Mann, Robin Thicke, Gabrielle Union Wade and John David Washington. Beforehand introduced for the present had been Jack Black, Usain Bolt, Josh Gad, Michael B. Jordan and Jillian Mercado.

“We’re thrilled to have these extremely gifted celebrities assist increase crucial funds we’d like for analysis, care and advocacy for our households,” mentioned Lynn O’Connor Vos, President and CEO of MDA. “We’re additionally firmly devoted to making sure that the neuromuscular illness neighborhood is precisely portrayed and celebrated in all the programming with our neighborhood advisory committee offering counsel, and having illustration on the Telethon manufacturing workforce and as a part of the writing course of. We’re grateful for all assist as we concentrate on elevating consciousness and eradicating limitations for folks inside our neighborhood.”

The reimagined telethon will likely be live-streamed October 24 from 8 to 10 p.m. Jap on the LOL Community platforms together with YouTube, Pluto, and extra. In line with its web site, Hart’s LOL Community features a collective community of greater than 100 million viewers, throughout 81 international locations.

“Reimagining a significant cultural tv program that generations nonetheless keep in mind, may be very thrilling, particularly at a time after we all want some pleasure and hope,” mentioned Jonathan Krisel, Director of The MDA Kevin Hart Children Telethon. “Bringing the mission to new audiences by streaming and social media, with a few of the funniest, most gifted celebrities of our time, is the thread that we’re constructing upon for this yr’s present with Kevin Hart.”

Along with the present’s interactive gaming parts, viewers are inspired to share concerning the occasion on social media utilizing the hashtag #MDAKevinHartTelethon.

Over seven a long time, the MDA has funded over $1 billion in analysis and take care of greater than 300,000 Individuals residing with muscular dystrophy, ALS and associated neuromuscular ailments. The MDA Labor Day Telethon ran till 2011; it was re-branded in 2012 because the MDA Present of Power, which ran from 2012 to 2014.