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Are telethons becoming a thing of the past? BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH A tradition for nearly a halfcentury, the 49th Annual MDA Show of Strength Marathon (9 p.m. Sunday, ABC) has gone interactive. Viewers have been invited to vote (mda.org/ showofstrength/vote) for their favorite performance from years and decades past. One well-known clip showcases the 1976 reunion of longtime telethon host Jerry Lewis with his estranged comedy partner, Dean Martin, “brokered” by Frank Sinatra. You can also vote for Rat Packer Sammy Davis Jr. singing “Candy Man” from 1983; Celine Dion’s “Summertime” from 2006; Tim McGraw’s “Not a Moment Too Soon” from 1994; a 1974 Jackson Five performance and others. This invitation to audience participation, or interactivity, comes at a curious time for media fundraisers. When folks glance back at 2014, it may be remembered as the year of the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” Countless celebrities and ordinary people have participated in the viral social media charity event, raising millions of dollars for ALS research. Is this the new model for fundraising? Are telethons like the MDA’s a thing of the past, a vestige of the mid-20th century, when television was the king of all media? If so, what have we gained or lost? Well, performances for starters. The acts on this Labor Day event ranged in quality from classic to cheesy, but at least they lived up to the definition of the word “variety.” The peculiar aspect to the Ice Bucket Challenge is the uniformity of the “event.” Be it Matt Lauer or your Aunt Sally, everybody’s doing the same darned thing. But the real entertainment value of the Ice Bucket Challenge doesn’t come from watching stars or amateur acts, but in becoming a spectacle. In short, we’ve stopped being the faceless folks at home calling in and writing checks. We all want to become Jerry Lewis and “star” in our own charity event. Critics of the Ice Bucket Challenge have complained that it reduces actual social engagement to mere “slacktivism” or “clicktivism,” a sense

that one can do some good while never leaving the mirror-gazing confines of Facebook. But were those who wrote (and still write) checks for the MDA charity any more seriously engaged? Both are essentially feel-good events that raise millions for an admittedly worthy cause. What’s wrong with that? It should be interesting to see how social media evolves as both a way of raising money and creating an accompanying entertainment culture. The infinite variety of ways people can douse themselves with cold water can’t possibly be the end of this particular “art form.” The MDA telethons imbued fundraising with an old-fashioned show-business sensibility dating back to the vaudeville tradition of one darned thing after another. If you didn’t like the singer — stick around for the magician. The Ice Bucket Challenge has channeled many people’s better instincts while at the same time emphasizing 21stcentury social media’s penchant for coercion, conformity and narcissism. Take away the look-at-me aspects of the videos and you’re left with something vaguely resembling an old fashioned chain letter, a phenomenon even older than Jerry Lewis himself ! For all of its faults, the MDA telethon has endured for 49 summers. Will the Ice Bucket Challenge spawn a lasting trend or tradition? Or just be remembered as another passing fad, unique to its special moment like the phone-booth stuffing craze of the 1950s, “streaking” in 1974 or the Macarena? • “Raiders of the Lost Art” (7 p.m. Saturday, Ovation) presents six one-hour episodes about the intersection of art and theft, war and historical mystery. “Raiders” kicks off with the discovery of “lost” art in the home of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-era art dealer who had amassed a trove of works by Matisse and Picasso, deemed “degenerate” by the Third Reich. Future installments include “Faberge Egg” (Sept. 6), the odyssey of royal collectibles in the decades after the 1917 Russian Revolution, and “Posthu-

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Kevin Durand stars as Vasily Fet on “The Strain” airing at 10 p.m. on Sunday on FX. mous Genius: Vincent Van Gogh” (Sept. 13), whose works were valued at a mere $15 at the time of his death and now catch stratospheric sums. • If “Sharknado 2” (7 p.m. Saturday, Syfy) no longer seems ridiculous enough, there’s always the 2014 shocker “Bait” (9 p.m.) about a tidal wave flooding an underground supermarket with man-eating sharks all too ready to take a bite out of frightened shoppers. Cleanup in aisle three! • A Scottish separatist and a U.K. loyalist debate the merits of Scottish independence (8 p.m. Saturday, CSPAN). A referendum on whether Scotland should become an independent country takes place on Sept. 18. Scotland and England united to form the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. Ask any “Outlander” (9 p.m., Starz, TV-MA) fan.

SATURDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Note: local NFL coverage may pre-empt some programming below. • TNT rings in the holiday weekend from Middle Earth. Catch “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (noon); “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (4 p.m.) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (8 p.m.). • College football action in-

cludes USC and Fresno State (7:30 p.m., Fox) and Florida State v. Oklahoma State (8 p.m., ABC). • A desperate mother is convinced that her ex-husband faked her son’s death out of spite in the 2014 shocker “Sole Custody” (8 p.m., Lifetime, TV14). • A stranger comes to town on “Hell on Wheels” (9 p.m., AMC, TV-14). • With rebels surrounded, only the Doctor can help on “Doctor Who” (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-PG). • Amy’s apparent movements in Seattle rattle Jack on “Intruders” (10 p.m., BBC America, TV-MA).

SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS • Repeat reports scheduled on “60 Minutes” (7 p.m., CBS): Prolific European art thieves dubbed “The Pink Panthers” by authorities; the growth in the number of people living to age 90 and beyond. • Homeland Security horns in on a case on “Unforgettable” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14). • “Masterpiece Mystery” (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents “Breathless,” part two of three. • Efforts to pull the plug on the first part of the two-hour season finale of “Falling Skies” (9 p.m., TNT, TV-14). • Weapons of mass destruc-

tion on “The Strain” (10 p.m., FX, TV-MA). • Frank seeks medical advice on “Manhattan” (10 p.m., WGN, TV-14).

CULT CHOICE Alan Ladd stars in the beloved 1953 Western “Shane” (8 p.m. Sunday, TCM).

SATURDAY SERIES A CEO’s murder investigation on “Unforgettable” (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) * “Dateline” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) * Terry has misgivings on “Reckless” (9 p.m., CBS, TV-14) * The death of an engineer on “48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS, r) * Internal Affairs targets Amaro on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).

SUNDAY SERIES “Big Brother” (8 p.m., CBS) * On two helpings of “The Simpsons” (Fox, r, TV-PG), an art heist (8 p.m.), World Cup madness (8:30 p.m.) * “Wipeout” (8 p.m., ABC, TV-PG) * On two helpings of “Family Guy” (Fox, r, TV-14), an heir apparent (9 p.m.), Peter’s filthy habit (9:30 p.m.) * Disorder in the court on “Reckless” (10 p.m., CBS, TV-14). Copyright 2014, United Feature Syndicate