We Already Know Winners Of 'Idol Gives Back' — Deserving Causes
“Idol Gives Back” (Fox, 7:30 p.m.) will succeed in being the longest edition of “American Idol” ever, starting a half-hour before prime time to fit in every celebrity promised for this 2 1/2 -hour telethon.
It was all taped Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, where Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Robin Williams, Peyton and Eli Manning, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman all showed up on stage.
Fergie joins Heart to sing “Barracuda,” amid a roster of live performers that include Miley Cyrus, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood, among others.
Calls tonight won’t be to vote, but to pledge donations for the charities: the Children’s Defense Fund, the Children’s Health Fund, the Global Fund, Make It Right, Malaria No More and Save the Children’s U.S. programs.
“The World Was Ours” (CPTV, 8 p.m.), a remembrance of the vibrant Jewish town of Vilna, Poland, before it was wiped out by Nazi Germany (it’s now known as Vilnius, Lithuania).
It’s produced by Mira Jedwabnik Van Doren of Cornwall and includes comment from Trinity Professor Samuel Kassow.
It’s a season finale for
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