See It Now Explained

Genre:	Newsmagazine Documentary
Creator:	Fred W. Friendly Edward R. Murrow
Presenter:	Edward R. Murrow
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Runtime:	45 - 48 minutes
Company:	Columbia Broadcasting System
Channel:	CBS

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 1952 Peabody Award.

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^{[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

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

External links

• • See It Now 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: See It Now .
2. See it Now . March 9, 1954. CBS. A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (video). 2011-05-16.
3. See it Now . March 9, 1954 . CBS . A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (transcript). 2011-05-16.
4. News: This Week -- Network Debuts, Highlights, Changes . April 24, 2022 . Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index . September 7, 1952 . 1.
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. CBS Press Express . 3 October 2012.