Comic Relief USA (previously known as America Gives Back Inc.) is an operating 501(c)(3) American charity with the vision of a just world free from poverty.
[2] Comic Relief, Inc. is notable for the 2015 US launch of Red Nose Day, a telethon hosted by NBC based closely on the UK event of the same name.
[6] The NBC Telethon for Red Nose Day[7] included special episodes for American Ninja Warrior, Celebrity Ninja Warrior: Red Nose Day;[8] Running Wild with Bear Grylls with Julia Roberts;[9] featuring celebrities and corporate sponsors for their activities, as well as standard telethon show hosted by Chris Hardwick.
Special guests included Ben Stiller, Olivia Munn, Anne Hathaway, Jane Lynch, and more appeared on stage.
Terry Crews serves as the host for the special, and Sting, Dave Audé, Andrew Kierszenbaum, Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, the Voices of Hope Children’s Choir, John Legend, Chrissy Metz and Blake Shelton performing it, while Special guests included Michael Che, Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Lilly Singh and more appeared on stage and in pre-taped segments.
For the 2020 Red Nose Day Special on NBC on May 21, 2020, Blake Shelton, Meghan Trainor, Ellie Goulding, and Gwen Stefani performed.
[11] Prior to the broadcast, Celebrity Escape Room, a special produced by Ben Stiller and Jack Black and starring them, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, and Adam Scott, aired on NBC.