Tom Brokaw to Moderate USA Network Town Hall TVWeek

NBC News' Tom Brokaw and the USA Network are teaming for "Characters Unite National Town Hall" -- the first- time-ever panel discussion about American diversity and the complex social issues facing the populace.

This project, which grew out of USA Network’s community affairs campaign – Characters Unite — will take placel at the Newseum in Washington D.C. on Dec. 2.

Scheduled to be part of the group are the following dignitaries and celebrities: Mike Allen, Politico White House correspondent; California Congressman Xavier Becerra; Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker; Jon Bon Jovi; and syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, among others.

Actor Dule Hill from "Psych" will make a special guest appearance.

-- Allison J. Waldman