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http://www.usatoday.com/news/sharing/2009-10-12-tv-shows-participate-volunteer_N.htm

Their bipartisan call to action morphed into "I Participate," a Hollywood-fueled initiative that's shaping up as one of TV's biggest, most innovative public service efforts ever. From next Monday to Oct. 25, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and several cable channels will devote chunks of more than 90 shows to mobilize viewers off their couches.

Audiences will be peppered with celebrity public service announcements (PSAs), end-of-episode pleas from casts and volunteerism segments on reality shows, talk and news programs from The View to Today. But most I Participate messages will be more subtle, weaving motivational themes and dialogue into dozens of scripted sitcoms and dramas as plot points or character-driven story lines.

"Embedding something into entertainment plants a seed that has value in ways a (PSA) doesn't. You're not beating someone over the head with it," says CSI: NY's Hill Harper, whose character, medical examiner Sheldon Hawkes, has volunteered as a first-responder physician.

Next week, viewers will see Private Practice doctors treating the homeless, Ghost Whisperer crime solvers donating blood and Gary Unmarried providing video greetings for troops overseas. "When people see a plan in action, it's much better than some talking head telling them what to do," says actress Dana Delany, whose Katherine Mayfair is among several Desperate Housewives organizing a neighborhood watch.

Initially conceived as a message platform for a handful of TV shows, I Participate has mushroomed into a campaign larger than TV's post-Katrina and 9/11 memorial and fundraising efforts, network programmers say.

"It's just heartwarming to see how everyone embraced this," says Preston Beckman, scheduling chief for Fox, which is incorporating I Participate into scripted series and PSAs for other shows, including Bones,So You Think You Can Dance and COPS. "It's great when you can find something that unites all of us, regardless of our political views."

http://www.iparticipate.org/blog/ip...s-find-out-how-your-favorites-are-taking-part

heck Out All The Participating Shows! Find Out How Your Favorites Are Taking Part.
By iParticipate on Tue, Oct 13 2009, 18:11:41

Below are some of the shows taking part in EIF's iParticipate campaign, and what they plan to do. (A "tag" means an in show announcement or promotion.)

Show............................................Participation
ABC
America's Funniest Home Videos............Segment
Brothers and Sisters..............................Script, tag
Castle...................................................Tag
Cougar Town.........................................Tag
Dancing With the Stars..........................Segment, tag
Desperate Housewives...........................Script, tag
Eastwick...............................................Tag
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition...........Story line, tag
Grey's Anatomy.....................................Script, tag
Hank.....................................................Tag
Modern Family.......................................Tag
Private Practice......................................Script, tag
Scrubs...................................................Tag
The Forgotten.........................................Script, tag
Ugly Betty..............................................Script, tag
All My Children........................................Script, tag
General Hospital......................................Script, tag
One Life to Live.......................................Script, tag
The View.................................................Segment, tag
Jimmy Kimmel Live!................................Segment, tag

NBC
30 Rock..................................................Script, tag
Access Hollywood....................................Segment, tag
Community.............................................Script, tag
Heroes....................................................Script, tag
Parks and Recreation...............................Script, tag
The Biggest Loser....................................Segment, tag
The Jay Leno Show.................................Segment, tag
The Office...............................................Script, tag
Today.....................................................Segment, tag

CBS
Accidentally on Purpose...........................Tag
Cold Case...............................................Script, tag
Criminal Minds.........................................Script, tag
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation................Script, tag
CSI: Miami..............................................Script, tag
CSI: NY..................................................Script, tag
Gary Unmarried.......................................Script, tag
Ghost Whisperer......................................Script, tag
How I Met Your Mother............................Script, tag
NCIS......................................................Script, tag
NCIS: Los Angeles..................................Tag
The New Adventures of Old Christine........Tag
Numb3rs................................................Script, tag
Rules of Engagement..............................Script, tag
The Big Bang Theory...............................Tag
The Mentalist..........................................Tag
Two and a Half Men.................................Tag
Late Show With David Letterman..............Segment, tag

FOX
America’s Most Wanted...........................Segment, tag
Bones.....................................................Tag
Brothers.................................................Script, tag
COPS.....................................................Segment, tag
Lie to Me.................................................Script, tag
Major League Baseball.............................Script,tag
So You Think You Can Dance?.................Segment, tag
’Til Death................................................Script, tag
The Wanda Sykes Show..........................Future segment, tag

The CW
I Pledge..................................................Committed

Nickelodeon
TeenNick HALO Awards...........................Segment, tag

WeTV
The Locator............................................Tag
My Fair Wedding.....................................Tag

Lifetime
Army Wives............................................Future story line
Project Runway.......................................Tag
Rita Rocks..............................................Tag
Sherri.....................................................Tag

BET
The Mo’Nique Show................................Tag

Disney Channel
Wizards of Waverly Place........................Script
Sonny With a Chance..............................Script
Hannah Montana.....................................Script
The Suite Life on Deck.............................Script

CNN
American Morning...................................Segment
Showbiz Tonight: HLN.............................Segment

CMT
CMT Top 20 Countdown...........................Segment
CMT Insider.............................................Segment

Syndicated Shows
The Dr. Oz Show.....................................Tag
Dr. Phil...................................................Segment(s), public service announcement
Entertainment Tonight / The Insider..........Segment, tag
Extra: The Entertainment Magazine..........Tag
Jerry Springer.........................................Tag
Judge Jeanine Pirro.................................Tag
Judge Mathis...........................................Tag
Maury.....................................................Tag

 

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if only this would _keep_ people volunteering, but i doubt that.

i have a good time volunteering and would take that over watching a show regularly just so i have something to talk about with friends. in fact, i do.