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See It Now

American newsmagazine and TV documentary series (1951-58)

See It Now was 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 1952 Peabody Award.

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Second Red Scare

Murrow produced a number of episodes of the show that dealt with the Second Red Scare (1947-1957) (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[2][3]

Production

Don Hewitt was the director. Aluminum Company of America sponsored the program.[4]

2000s

In September 2006, "See It Now" became the slogan for a relaunched CBS Evening News with new anchor Katie Couric.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "See It Now".
  2. [2]
    "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (video)". See it Now. March 9, 1954. CBS. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. [3]
    "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (transcript)". See it Now. March 9, 1954. CBS. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  4. [4]
    "This Week -- Network Debuts, Highlights, Changes". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 7, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  5. [5]
    "DEBUT WEEK OF THE 'CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC' CREATES 57% SURGE IN TRAFFIC TO CBSNEWS.COM AND HIGH DEMAND ON OTHER PLATFORMS" (Press release). CBS Press Express. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
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