Nicholas Katsoris is working on a TV special for his Loukoumi Foundation which will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — and will include Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Constantine Maroulis and many others.
The foundation recently received consent from the New York State Department of Education for the one-hour nationally syndicated special, called “Make a Difference,” and is working in conjunction with IMG Media to produce the event, which will have seven segments based on the lessons for kids from the series of “Loukoumi” children’s books penned by Katsoris. (Aniston and her father, John Aniston, have provided voiceover narration for some of the “Loukoumi” audiobooks.)
To help get the ball rolling, there will be a benefit concert on Monday, June 23, at the Scholastic Theatre in Manhattan, featuring performances from Anna Vissi, Maroulis and Gloria Gaynor and participants including Ernie Anastos and Olympia Dukakis.
Gut check for Sheets
Now that A&E’s “Storage Wars” star Darrell Sheets has dropped a lot of weight, he wants everyone to know about it — doing an about-face on his well-known mantra on the show, “Don’t make yourself seen.”
With the new season of “Storage Wars” returning June 3, Sheets wants everyone to see how much weight he’s shed (75 pounds) by using Nutrisystem — and, throughout this sixth season, he’ll take “Storage Wars” viewers on his journey, which began in January.
“I was tired of exercise with no results,” says Sheets. “I had to get away from eating cheeseburgers and making bad choices on the set.”
Last, but not least …
Pat Collins and Harvey Fierstein host the “2014 Tony Awards Preview,” premiering Friday on CUNY TV (10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.). It repeats Sunday at noon … Brooklyn-born “Who’s The Boss?” star Tony Danza is joining the board of New York City’s Police Athletic League … “Petals on the Wind” (Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn) snared 3.4 million viewers Monday night — way down from the 6.1 million viewers who watched its predecessor, “Flowers in the Attic,” last January … HGTV has picked up an additional 13 episodes of “Fixer Upper,” hosted by Chip and Joanna Gaines … Talk show host Tom Green kicks off the third season of AXS TV’s “Tom Green Live” (June 19) with guest Steve Carell … Part 1 of History’s six-hour “The World Wars” premiered to 3.4 million viewers Monday night … It’s “WordGirl Appreciation Week” on PBS Kids (June 2-6) with five new episodes of “WordGirl.”