See It Now
| See It Now | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Newsmagazine Documentary |
| Created by | Fred W. Friendly Edward R. Murrow |
| Presented by | Edward R. Murrow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | Columbia Broadcasting System |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | November 18, 1951 – July 7, 1958 |
See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958. It was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, with Murrow as the host of the show. From 1952 to 1957, See It Now won four Emmy Awards, and was nominated three other times.[1] It also won a 1951 Peabody Award.[2] The program was based on Murrow's earlier radio show Hear It Now.
Second Red Scare
[edit | edit source]Murrow produced a number of episodes of the show that dealt with the Second Red Scare (1947–57) (one of the more notable episodes resulted in a U.S. military officer, Milo Radulovich, being acquitted, after being charged with supporting Communism), before embarking on a broadcast on March 9, 1954.[3][4]
Production
[edit | edit source]Don Hewitt was the director. Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) sponsored the program.[5]
2000s
[edit | edit source]In September 2006, "See It Now" became the slogan for a relaunched CBS Evening News with new anchor Katie Couric.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Good Night, and Good Luck
- Murrow
- Person to Person, Murrow's companion "light fare" program
- Satchmo the Great
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External links
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- See It Now at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- See It Now at the Encyclopedia of Television
- See it Now, March 9, 1954 and Senator McCarthy's response on April 6, hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park
- The short film See It Now - December 23, 1951 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- The short film See It Not - February 24, 1952 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- The short film See It Now - June 29, 1952 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
- 1951 American television series debuts
- 1958 American television series endings
- 1950s American television news shows
- 1950s American documentary television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- CBS original programming
- American English-language television shows
- Peabody Award–winning television programs
- Cultural depictions of Josip Broz Tito
- Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Red Scare