''See It Now'' is an American
newsmagazine and
documentary
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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 Award
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s, and was nominated three other times. It also won a 1951
Peabody Award
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. The program was based on Murrow's earlier radio show ''
Hear It Now''.
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
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), before embarking on a broadcast on March 9, 1954.
Production
Don Hewitt was the director.
Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) sponsored the program.
2000s
In September 2006, "See It Now" became the slogan for a relaunched ''
CBS Evening News'' with new anchor
Katie Couric.
See also
* ''
Good Night, and Good Luck''
* ''
Murrow''
* ''
Person to Person'', Murrow's companion "light fare" program
* ''
Satchmo the Great''
References
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
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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
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American English-language television shows
Peabody Award–winning television programs
Cultural depictions of Josip Broz Tito
Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru
Red Scare