Charity made its first comments during show about longtime host’s departure. The 46th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon was co-hosted by Nancy O’Dell, left, Jann Carl, Nigel Lythgoe and ...

The annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon is to raise funds and awareness for fighting Muscular Dystrophy, but four new artists got the chance to raise their profiles during the annual Labor Day weekend ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The tremendous success of the telethon, even in a tough economy where some communities are also being challenged by natural disasters, shows that America understands and appreciates the truly rapid ...

Jerry Lewis, the ubiquitous host of the annual Labor Day weekend telethon to benefit the Tucson-based Muscular Dystrophy Association, is retiring after 45 years. The September broadcast will be his ...

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

ST. LOUIS — 5 On Your Side’s annual telethon benefitting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is back Labor Day weekend. Anchor Mike Bush will again host the “MDA Show of Strength” with co-hosts Anne ...

The International Association of Fire Fighters presented the 38th annual Jerry Lewis Telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association with a record-breaking $18.3 million, the largest single donation ...

Jerry Lewis made good on his annual promise to raise at least "one dollar more" for the fight against muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association's 42nd Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon set a ...