‘Daytime Stands Up’ Livestream Event Features Daytime Drama Stars Raising Funds For Cancer Research

Stars from the world of daytime drama television past and present will come together for a first-of-its-kind livestream event, Daytime Stands Up: A Benefit for Stand Up to Cancer … We All Have a Story.

The three-hour benefit from Stand Up to Cancer and hosts Alan Locher and Michael Fairman is set for May 16. It will feature Eric Braeden, Eileen Davidson, Don Diamont, Cameron Mathison, Erika Slezak and others, along with musical performances and stories of emotional on- and off-screen experiences with cancer. Celebrity guests also will join the effort to encourage viewers to support urgently needed research and new cancer treatments.

Daytime Stands Up will stream live between from 8-11 p.m. ET and 5-8 p.m. PT on Locher and Fairman’s YouTube channel as well as StandUpToCancer.org/DaytimeStandsUp.

“Daytime television invites viewers into the private lives of characters, often bringing important issues like cancer screenings into living rooms and around water coolers,” Locher said. “Soaps debuted the first cancer storyline in 1962 – years before the topic was discussed in the mainstream, and it left an indelible impact: a whole generation of women who scheduled a potentially life-saving Pap smear for the first time.

Added Fairman: “For so many viewers, this brought the issue front and center. Today, it’s become almost impossible to avoid. But there is hope with cancer research, thanks to organizations like Stand Up To Cancer.”

From May 16-26, SU2C will simultaneously launch a 10-day eBay silent auction for soap opera fans to bid on a wide range of items, including a meet-and-greet experience with the cast of NBC’s Days of Our Lives, an autographed script from the cast of CBS’ The Young and the Restless, signed merch from CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful cast, a 1:1 video call with General Hospital’s Cynthia Watros, Maura West and Laura Wright, and with daytime legends Robert Newman, Vincent Irizarry and Colleen Zenk and more.

Here are some of the livestream’s highlights: