CBS News program See It Now

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CBS News program See It Now was an influential 1950s investigative television news show, anchored by Edward R. Murrow, known for its pioneering, hard-hitting coverage of political and social issues.

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instanceOf investigative journalism program
television news program
anchor Edward R. Murrow
audioFormat mono
awardReceived Emmy Award
Peabody Award
basedOn radio program Hear It Now
broadcastFormat black-and-white
broadcastLive true
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredTopic Korean War
domestic U.S. politics
social issues in the United States
creator Edward R. Murrow
Fred W. Friendly
debutDecade 1950s
endDecade 1950s
filmingLocation New York City
firstAirDate 1951-11-18
genre investigative journalism
news
hasKeyFigure Edward R. Murrow
Fred W. Friendly
historicalPeriod Cold War
surface form: Cold War era
influenced 60 Minutes
later television newsmagazines
knownFor critical coverage of McCarthyism
in-depth political and social analysis
pioneering television investigative reporting
lastAirDate 1958
mediaFormat live television
networkAffiliation CBS television network
surface form: CBS Television Network
networkCensorshipIssues yes
notableEpisode Murrow’s challenge to McCarthy
surface form: “A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy”

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originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBS
originalRunTimePeriod 1951–1958
pictureFormat 4:3
pioneeredTechnique on-location filmed reports integrated into studio broadcasts
presenter Edward R. Murrow
producedAt CBS Studio 41
producer Fred W. Friendly
productionCompany CBS News
spinOffFrom Hear It Now
subjectOfEpisode McCarthyism
U.S. anti-Communist investigations
civil liberties
timeSlot prime time

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Good Night, and Good Luck portrays CBS News program See It Now
Fred Friendly workedOn CBS News program See It Now
this entity surface form: Murrow's "See It Now" broadcasts