By Rick Gables
Two-time Emmy® Award winner and comedian Chris Hardwick is back to serve as the host to NBC’s fourth annual Red Nose Day Special on Thursday, May 24, starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. To date, Red Nose Day has raised more than $100 million and has impacted the lives of over 8.3 million children here in America and around the world. On an action-packed night of programming, some of the biggest names in entertainment will compete on Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day at 8 p.m. ET/PT, where they will be pushed to the limit in grueling physical challenges all to raise money to support the cause. At 9 p.m., two teams of stars will face off on a special Red Nose Day edition of Hollywood Game Night, where they will take on classic HGN party games that will test their pop culture IQ. Adding to the excitement, both shows will include live check-ins from Hardwick throughout the night as he gears up for the main event, broadcasted live from New York. The evening will serve to entertain and educate viewers while providing many opportunities to support the charity through calls to donate, with money raised supporting millions of children in need in all 50 states and Puerto Rico and around the world. The Red Nose Day Special will close the night from 10 to 11 p.m. All three specials will work collaboratively to celebrate Red Nose Day while promoting donations to the cause throughout the night.
Showtime’s new original documentary series, The Fourth Estate, will premiere on Sunday, May 27, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. In these times when journalism is being questioned and attacked as fake news, the docuseries turns its lens on The New York Times, revealing the challenges, triumphs and pitfalls of covering a president who has declared the majority of the nation’s major news outlets the enemy of the people. Embedded for the past year with The Times and granted unprecedented access and interviews with editors and reporters on the front lines, The Fourth Estate presents a groundbreaking portrait of the men and women who are fighting for freedom of the press. Viewers will witness the inner workings of journalism and investigative reporting during this administration’s first history-making year.
Empire star Terrence Howard is the host to the all-new special, Terence Howard’s Fright Club, premiering Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX. When Howard’s super-fans are invited to New Orleans to meet the star at his remote estate, they believe they’ve won an online competition to take part in a filmed VIP experience. What they don’t know is that they are about to be pranked by Howard, and that everyone they meet is an actor who’s in on the joke. Hidden cameras follow the super-fans and capture their reactions to a series of wild experiences.
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