The long-anticipated reunion of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came to PBS this past Sunday night!

Broadcast on WNET in New York, the event also featured numerous headliners including Sheryl Crow, Eddie Vedder, Jerry Seinfeld, Moby, Bettye LaVette, Jim James, and Laura Dern.

Produced by Hoosick Falls Productions and Executive-Produced by George Verschoor with David Lynch, “Change Begins Within” was sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation to help bring meditation to schools across the country.

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Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited on an American stage for the only time in the past 20 years during this historic 2009 Radio City Music Hall benefit concert, which will be broadcast on New York City’s channel THIRTEEN on Sunday, April 29, at 10:30 pm (check local listings for broadcast times and dates in your area).

The Beatle reunion highlights the 90-minute “Change Begins Within” concert to benefit the David Lynch Foundation, a charity set up in 2005 by the iconic filmmaker David Lynch to fund Transcendental Meditation programs for at-risk youth, veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, and women who suffer from domestic abuse and violence.

McCartney performs a set of Beatles, Wings and solo classics; Starr sings his own set of Beatle and solo hits; and McCartney and Starr join together on stage for a finale of “With A Little Help from My Friends,” Paul’s rarely performed “Cosmically Conscious,” and Beatle fan favorite “I Saw Her Standing There.”

Also appearing on the broadcast are comedian Jerry Seinfeld as well as musicians Sheryl Crow (“My Sweet Lord”), Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper (“Under Pressure”), Moby and Betty LaVette (“Natural Blues”), Paul Horn, newly-elected Rock-and-Roll-Hall of Famer Donovan  and Jim James (“Hurdy Gurdy Man”).

The concert was co-produced by Hoosick Falls Productions and David Lynch Foundation Television with executive producer George Verschoor.

Press contact: Elizabeth Freund, 718-522-5858, Elizabeth@BeautifulDayMedia.com for more information or to arrange an interview with David Lynch.

FACTS

The David Lynch Foundation has provided scholarships for more than 200,000 students and veterans to learn to meditate.

Transcendental Meditation is a simple, easily learned technique, practiced for 15 to 20 minutes twice daily, sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. According to research funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, the technique reduces stress and stress-related disorders, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and substance abuse.

Prominent meditators include Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Russell Brand, Ellen DeGeneres, Clint Eastwood, Mehmet Oz, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Seinfeld, Russell Simmons, and Oprah Winfrey.

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From MTV.com-

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite onstage for the upcoming “Change Begins Within” concert, which benefits the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace. The concert, also featuring Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Ben Harper, Moby, Paul Horn, Bettye Lavette, and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, takes place at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on April 4.

The April 4 show marks the first time McCartney and Starr will perform together since 2002.

Airing on PBS stations this April 29th, “Change Begin Within” was executive-produced by George Verschoor and produced by Hoosick Falls Productions with the David Lynch Foundation.

You can read the rest of the article here.

From examiner.com-

“Change Begins Within,” the 2009 Radio City Music Hall benefit for the David Lynch Foundation that featured an on-stage reunion by Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, will finally make its TV debut next month almost three years after the show initially took place.

“Change Begin Within” was executive-produced by George Verschoor and produced by Hoosick Falls Productions with the David Lynch Foundation.

You can read the rest of the article here.

Coming to PBS this April 29th- former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunite onstage for the first time in 17 years!

The two came together to perform in the sold-out benefit concert “Change Begins Within” at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Other performers at the star-studded charity event included Sheryl Crow, Eddie Vedder, Jerry Seinfeld, Donovan, Jim James, Ben Harper, Moby, and Bettye LaVette.  David Lynch and Laura Dern hosted the event.

“Change Begin Within” was executive-produced by George Verschoor and produced by Hoosick Falls Productions with the David Lynch Foundation.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes video tour with George Verschoor of the build site here in Knoxville!

Tonight, after 9 seasons and hundreds of houses, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airs it’s 200th and final episode.

The long-running reality show has numerous widely-recognized moments, such Ty and his bullhorn yelling “Good Morning” to surprise each family and the “Move That Bus!” chant at the end of every episode. EM:HE, which has brought hundreds of thousands of volunteers together in communities all across the country to help incredible families and causes, is easily the leading show in the vein of feel-good have-the-tissues-ready reality TV. “Ultimately what the show is about is stepping up to help a neighbor,” says Brady Connell, who exec-produces the show with George Verschoor. “Everyone knows that’s what America is all about.”

Tonight’s episode was filmed in Joplin, Missouri, which was hit by an apocalyptic EF5 tornado in May that tore a 1-mile wide path of destruction through almost 15 miles of the city. Ty and the designers usually build one house, but the series ends in a very extreme way- with 21 builders and over 13,000 volunteers building 7 houses in 7 days!

So don’t miss this incredible episode tonight at 8/7c on ABC!

Despite the recent announcement that the long-running feel-good reality show will not be renewed, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition hit season-high ratings this past Friday, helping ABC to another strong night.

via press release:

Jumping week to week in Total Viewers (+48%) and Adults 18-49 (+40%), ABC hit an 11-week high on Friday night despite facing the Cotton Bowl on Fox – since 10/21/11. In fact, it was the Net’s 2nd-strongest Friday night this season on both Nielsen measures.

At 8 o’clock, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition took second against its non-sports competition, beating NBC’s first-run Chuck by 2.0 million viewers and by 40% in Adults 18-49.

* Up sharply over its most recent telecast 3 weeks ago, Home Edition generated season-highs for ABC in the time period with viewers and young adults.

Building on its lead-in at 9pm, a second installment of Home Edition ran neck-and-neck with CBS’ original CSI: NY among Adults 18-49 (pacing within 2-tenths of a rating point and tied in audience share), while beating the CBS drama by 10% among Adults 18-34.

* Scoring its 2nd-highest-ever numbers on Friday, Home Edition turned in a best-since-premiere performance on the evening with viewers and young adults – since 10/21/11.

The Emmy Award winning reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, now in its 9th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It is executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor. David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Fridays from 8:00-10:00 p.m., ET on ABC.

Tomorrow night at 8/7c on ABC- as part of Extreme Makeover’s last two episodes, Ty Pennington and the team will visit the Gibbs family in Fayette County, Iowa. Mere months after her husband died, Audrey Gibbs survived several brain aneurysms that left her legally blind, deep in medical debt, and unable to keep her job. Even as their old farmhouse crumbles around them and her eyesight gets worse, this determined mother of 6 will do whatever it takes to raise her kids the right way. Can Ty and the team build both a new house and a brighter future for this hard-working family in the heartland?

Tonight on Extreme Makeover: our Christmas spectacular with the band Journey! Ty and the team stop by the historic American Edition neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio to help out the Rhodes family. Watch it TONIGHT at 8/7 central on ABC!