‘Daytime Stands Up’ Livestream Event Features Daytime Drama Stars Raising Funds For Cancer Research
deadline.comStars from the world of daytime drama television past and present will come together for a first-of-its-kind livestream event, Daytime Stands Up: A Benefit for Stand Up to Cancer … We All Have a Story.
The three-hour benefit from Stand Up to Cancer and hosts Alan Locher and Michael Fairman is set for May 16. It will feature Eric Braeden, Eileen Davidson, Don Diamont, Cameron Mathison, Erika Slezak and others, along with musical performances and stories of emotional on- and off-screen experiences with cancer.
Celebrity guests also will join the effort to encourage viewers to support urgently needed research and new cancer treatments.
Daytime Stands Up will stream live betweenfrom 8-11 p.m. ET and 5-8 p.m. PT on Locher and Fairman’s YouTube channel as well as StandUpToCancer.org/DaytimeStandsUp. “Daytime television invites viewers into the private lives of characters, often bringing important issues like cancer screenings into living rooms and around water coolers,” Locher said. “Soaps debuted the first cancer storyline in 1962 – years before the topic was discussed in the mainstream, and it left an indelible impact: a whole generation of women who scheduled a potentially life-saving Pap smear for the first time.
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