See It Now

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It also won a 1951 Peabody Award.<ref> Template:Cite web </ref> 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), before embarking on a broadcast on March 9, 1954.<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref><ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>

Production

Don Hewitt was the director. Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) sponsored the program.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2000s

In September 2006, "See It Now" became the slogan for a relaunched CBS Evening News with new anchor Katie Couric.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

See also

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

External links

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• See It Now at the Encyclopedia of Television
• 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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