The Muscular Dystrophy Association has announced a star-studded celebrity lineup that will appear on its 48th annual telethon this Labor Day weekend, Sunday, September 1 (9:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET & PT and ...

KPRC-TV has decided to end its 36-year relationship as local broadcast home for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day telethon. "With our prime-time commitments, our (Hurricane) Katrina ...

A slowing economy might mean people are spending less in some parts of the country, but the Muscular Dystrophy Association saw a jump in its donations during the 36th annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon ...

It was broadcast by only one television station on Labor Day weekend in 1966. By the end of the day on Monday, the 42nd annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon will have been watched by 40 million ...

NEW YORK – The Muscular Dystrophy Association is ending its annual Labor Day telethon, a television tradition for decades that has slowly disappeared from view since the sudden end of Jerry Lewis’ ...

Once upon a time before the internet, telethons — marathon television fundraisers known for their endless lineup of performers and rows and rows of on-camera volunteers answering telephones to accept ...

5 On Your Side’s annual telethon benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is back this August and returning to its longtime home at Grant’s Farm. Anchor Mike Bush will once again host the “MDA ...

NEW YORK — For 45 years, many Americans identified the Muscular Dystrophy Association with one man and one event — comedian Jerry Lewis and his annual Labor Day telethon. The MDA dropped Lewis as its ...