Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV (AP)

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, left, and producer Laura Ziskin of the Stand Up to Cancer Executive Committee pose together before the Stand Up to Cancer benefit at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS.