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 (1951-11-18) – July 7, 1958 (1958-07-07)

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]

Second Red Scare

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

Don Hewitt was the director. Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) sponsored the program.[5]

2000s

In September 2006, "See It Now" became the slogan for a relaunched CBS Evening News with new anchor Katie Couric.[6]

See also

• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Murrow
• Person to Person, Murrow's companion "light fare" program
• Satchmo the Great

References

1. "See It Now".
2. https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/see-it-now/
3. "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (video)". See it Now. March 9, 1954. CBS. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
4. "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (transcript)". See it Now. March 9, 1954. CBS. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
5. "This Week -- Network Debuts, Highlights, Changes". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. September 7, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
6. "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.

External links

• See It Now at IMDb
• See It Now Archived 2018-08-14 at the Wayback Machine from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
• See it Now, March 9, 1954 and Senator McCarthy's response on April 6, hosted by the University of Maryland, College Park