Defy:Disaster Telecasts

The entertainment community’s collective response to disasters has culminated in multiple telecasts generating awareness and raising millions of dollars for people in crisis.

Networks and streaming platforms across the industry donate airtime and resources to the world’s most celebrated music artists, actors and athletes for an opportunity
to unite audiences worldwide for a shared cause.

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 celebrated the more than 3 million high school seniors across the country who missed their graduation due to Covid‑19.

Fire Fight Australia: Hosted by Olivia Newton-John with musical performances by Queen + Adam Lambert, Michael Bublé, and many others, the FOX telecast benefited Australian communities affected by catastrophic bushfires.

Hope for Haiti Now: Hosted by Wyclef Jean in New York, George Clooney in Los Angeles, and Anderson Cooper in Haiti, Hope for Haiti aired across more than 35 networks and benefited seven organizations with humanitarian operations in the country.

Somos Una Voz: An artists’ alliance working to deliver food, shelter, medicine, power and communications to those impacted by natural disasters.

One Love Manchester: A benefit concert and television special organized by Ariana Grande to help the victims and their families of the bombing at her concert at Manchester Arena in England.