Networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, and many more will team up to air One World: Together At Home, a global special to air April 18th that’s intended to celebrate and support healthcare workers on the front lines as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
Global Citizen and the World Health Organization are partnering for the TV event, which is an outgrowth of the digital series, One World: Together at Home. The special is described as a global entertainment production designed to honor the heroism of community health workers, and to support World Health Organization efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
One World: Together At Home will be hosted by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel.
Lady Gaga curated the event, which will feature appearances by Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, Stevie Wonder and friends from Sesame Street.”
In addition to NBC, ABC and CBS, it will air on BBC One as well as Disney, NBC and ViacomCBS stations around the world. Other broadcasters include Bravo, E!, MSNBC, NBCSN, NBC News, NBC News on YouTube, Peacock, Syfy, USA, ABC News, ABC News Live, Freeform, Nat Geo, Channel 5 in the UK, Network Ten in Australia, and Telefe in Argentina, BET and MTV globally across more than 180 countries, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land and VH1 in the US as well as Bell Media platforms in Canada, MultiChoice, and Ireland’s RTE.
It will also stream online via a number of platforms including China’s Alibaba, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Facebook, Hulu, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo and YouTube.
Money raised will go to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, run by the UN Foundation, to support and equip healthcare workers around the world, and to local charities that provide food, shelter, and healthcare to those that need it most.
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We’re excited to announce One World: #TogetherAtHome, a global broadcast on April 18, curated in collaboration with @LadyGaga and featuring your favorite artists and comedians – all in support of the @WHO and healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. (1/7)
