Networks sign on for Clooney's two-hour Haiti telethon
It's full-speed ahead for George Clooney's aid event for survivors of the massive earthquakes in Haiti as eleven networks signed on to air the event with the ongoing possibility of more coming aboard.Currently, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, CNN International, National Geographic and MTV are aboard to air the event live. It will air at 8 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. PT, January 22.
Clooney will host from Los Angeles, and Haitian music star Wyclef Jean will take the mike from New York as co-host. CNN's Andersoon Cooper will offer special live reports from on the ground from the ground in devastated country.
The model for the show is a standard variety show telethon with viewers able to send in donations by phone or online. All proceeds will go evenly between Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF and Yele Haiti Foundation.
There's no firm confirmation yet of what celebrities or acts will perform during the show, but rumors include the possible appearances of Oprah Winfrey, Paris Hilton, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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