Turns out the broadcast wasn't in a proper venue but rather the Today Show plaza when it's setup for their concert series. The entire thing was lit up in red and the catwalk (which normally has the Today logo) was red with the Red Nose Logo. They added a dunk tank with Bryan Cranston in it. To top it all it was raining outside which caused a gaffe at the beginning:
At the end of the east coast airing they raised $33,579,029. At the end they raised over $35 million per an
NBCUMV press release bringing the 3 year total to over $95 million. However NBC will rebroadcast the Red Nosed Theme Celebrity Ninja Warrior on May 28 in what I assume as a way to raise more money. In addition there is a matching period where Bill & Melinda Gates and Ellen Degeneres will match donations up to $1 million and $100,000 respectively through June 15.
Also it appears that Walgreens donated $18 million in all profits from Red Nose Gear, M&Ms $1 million and Comcast (owner of NBC) donated $1.2 million. So it looks like they cleaned up.
For the night [ur=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-may-25-2017/]NBC came in second ratings[/ur] wise with a 0.9/1.2 but second place with an average of 3.69 total million viewers.