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Watch the Telethon for Hurricane Irma and Harvey relief tonight at 8 p.m.

Stars come out to raise money for the victims of the major storms that hit Texas and Florida

Tonight is a worldwide telethon the one-hour special called “Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey and Irma Relief.” You can see the program that begins at 8 p.m. right here and is being streamed all over the world.

George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Beyoncé, and Oprah Winfrey headline the show.

The telethon to raise money for victims of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey will air on over 17 networks, plus streaming on a number of free websites. The program will air worldwide 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET live from Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles.

The big four broadcast networks are on board with CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX all planning to air the broadcast. Joining the telethon will be 17 networks in all running the telethon, including MTV, BET, CMT, Bravo, Oxygen, Univision, HBO, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

According to our friends at TMZ the list of stars includes Al Pacino, Justin Timberlake, Travis Scott, Dave Matthews, Jon Stewart, Chris Paul, Demi Lovato, Diddy and Leo DiCaprio.

There are a few new additions will join Justin Bieber, Drake, Reese Witherspoon, Jamie Foxx, Blake Shelton, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Sofia Vergara, Michael Strahan, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Dell and Verizon are underwriting the entire event so 100% of the money will go to help the hurricane victims.

Other major sponsors are Dell will match the first $10 million and Apple is pledging $5 million to the telethon.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Scooter Braun was part of the team that put this event together along with Bun B. It was Bun B who thought of the idea to have a telethon while he was thinking of ways to help his Texas community. “It just kind of came to me one morning, looking at the television, seeing what people are going through and wanting to try to put as big an effort as possible together,” he tells EW. The next step was getting in touch with people “who could get the most eyes and ears on what we were trying to get done.” Braun, who also manages Bieber, was one of those people.

“Whether they lost people or they lost homes, or whatever it may be if you can do something, you should,” Braun says. “My hope is that, with this, we inspire people in our industry and in other industries to do something also. During this time, when there’s so much division, we need to fight back with action and unity. … This is bigger than Texas, this is bigger than Florida. We want to come together as a nation and believe in that idea that we all signed up for, that when things get tough, we stick together.”

James Williams: Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.
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