TORONTO – All four of Canada's English-language network broadcasters will once again simultaneously air a Canadian-inclusive Stand Up To Cancer special next month.
For the third time, Stand Up To Cancer Canada will simultaneously broadcast a Canada-inclusive telecast across CBC, Citytv, CTV, and Global, as well as Canadian services AMI, A.Side, BBC Earth, CHCH, CHEK, Cottage Life, Fight Network, Game TV, HIFI, Hollywood Suite, Love Nature, Makeful, NTV, OUTtv, Smithsonian Channel Canada, T+E, YES TV, in addition to streaming live on the CBC TV App, cbc.ca/watch, CBS All Access, CTV GO and CTV.ca, Global GO and GlobalTV.com, and available on-demand on Telus Optik TV in Canada. The telecast will also stream live in Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square on Bell Media's Astral large-format digital screens and The Citytv Big Screen.
The live, one-hour fundraising event, which draws on the entertainment community to rally the public around ending cancer's reign as a leading cause of death, will air commercial-free simultaneously on Friday, September 7 at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
Stars Mahershala Ali, Kathy Bates, Katie Couric, Jennifer Garner, Tony Hale, Marg Helgenberger, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, Marlee Matlin, Matthew McConaughey, Maria Menounos, Jillian Michaels, Trevor Noah, Dak Prescott, Rob Riggle, Karla Souza, David Spade, Keith Urban, Reese Witherspoon and Canadian Italia Ricci will appear in the live one-hour event that will be co-executive produced by actor Bradley Cooper.
The 2018 telecast is especially significant for SU2C, as it will commemorate ten years of raising awareness and funds for groundbreaking cancer research that is helping save lives now. To date, more than US$480 million has been pledged in support of SU2C's innovative cancer research.
Stand Up To Cancer Canada is a Canadian registered charity launched by the U.S.-based Entertainment Industry Foundation in 2014. SU2C Canada raises funds to support collaborative cancer research teams, as well as education and awareness programs conducted in Canada.
