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May 6, 2020

Freeform Celebrates Grads With Funday: Class Of 2020 Programming Event May 16 & 17

BE PART OF THE FREEFORM CLASS OF 2020

Freeform Celebrates Grads With Funday: Class Of 2020 Programming Event May 16 & 17

Call For Submissions To Honor Graduates With On-Air Ticker Now Open

Freeform will honor 2020 graduates with the first-ever Funday: Class of 2020 on MAY 16 and 17, a special weekend-long programming event. With graduation celebrations canceled across the country due to the COVID-19 crisis, Freeform is celebrating the Class of 2020 with graduation-themed programming and interstitial content, sharing graduation-themed content across social accounts using #FreeformClassof2020, and a live ticker giving students nationwide a moment to shine by running the names of 2020 graduates throughout the special weekend.

Additionally, the network will air the telecast of “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020,”hosted by LeBron James andfeaturing “grown-ish” producer and star Yara Shahidi on SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT.

To learn more about the special event and to submit your name to run in the on-air graduation ticker, please visit www.freeform.com/FreeformClassof2020.

Funday: Class of 2020 Weekend – May 16 & 17
Saturday, May 16
1:15 p.m. – Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out”
3:25 p.m. – Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.”
5:30 p.m. – Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters University”
8 p.m. – “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020”
9 p.m. – Disney’s “Zootopia”

Sunday, May 17
12:15 p.m. – Disney/Pixar’s “Inside Out”
2:20 p.m. – “Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.”
4:25 p.m. – Disney/Pixar’s “Monsters University”
6:55 p.m. – Disney’s “Zootopia”

About Freeform
Freeform connects to audiences with bold original programming and immersive social engagement that moves the cultural conversation a little forward. As Walt Disney Television’s young adult television network, Freeform channels the force and momentum of its audience in its quest for progress with authentic, groundbreaking original series such as “grown-ish,” “The Bold Type,” “Good Trouble,” “Siren,” “Motherland: Fort Salem” and “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.” The network also programs tentpole events such as “31 Nights of Halloween,” “Kick Off to Christmas” and “25 Days of Christmas.”

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Freeform Media Relations
Jasmine R. Mazyck
Jasmine.R.Mazyck@disney.com

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