Stand Up to Cancer telethon will return

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES

A year after movie producer Laura Ziskin lost her life to cancer, the ambitious telethon she helped start to fight the disease will be back on the air. Stand Up to Cancer, which said it’s garnered more than $180 million in pledges for research, will air a live, commercial-free hour on the four major networks and on cable channels in September.

Gwyneth Paltrow has stepped into the executive producer’s role that Ziskin handled for the inaugural 2008 telethon and its follow-up in 2010. This year’s telethon will air from 8 to 9 p.m. Sept. 7 on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, as well as on cable channels including HBO, VH1, Logo and MLB Network.