A Labor Day Tradition Gets a Big-Time Makeover

Here’s an interesting story that hit the wires today…

The annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is getting a huge makeover…

According to the AP, the 20+ hour telethon will be reduced to a six-hour program beginning in 2011.

“TV Week” reported today that the telethon is scheduled for Sunday, September 4th from 6 p.m.-Midnight. An MDA spokesman told the AP that organizers are hoping the shortened format will allow them to get more viewers and donations, as well as bigger performers.

The change also comes on the heels of this year’s telethon receiving a scathing review from “Washington Post” critic Tom Shales…