Before you watch Conan O’Brien signing off from “The Tonight Show”one last time,please spend your TV watching hours doing some good. The much anticipated “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon,which was orchestrated by George Clooney and sponsored by MTV Networks,will begin broadcasting this evening at 8PM EST. Similar to the telethons that were produced in the wake of tragedies and disasters like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina,musical acts and celebrities will perform and take donation calls to assist relief efforts and non-profits sending much needed help to Haiti. The program will be broadcast on most major networks as well as streamed live on YouTube. And beginning tomorrow,all of the performances will be available for download on iTunes,with all of the proceeds donated to Hope for Haiti. If you would like to go ahead and donate right now,you can log onto HopeForHaitiNow.org or call (877) 99-HAITI to make a contribution via phone.

Check out Clooney discussing how the telethon came about and how quickly folks signed on to be a part of it.