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See It Now

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Edward R. Murrow and producer Fred Friendly's CBS documentary series, broadcast from 1951 to 1958, brought the investigative rigor of Murrow's wartime radio reporting to television. Its most consequential broadcast, on 9 March 1954, used Senator Joseph McCarthy's own recorded words to challenge his anti-Communist investigations, a rare instance of a news program confronting a sitting senator directly, and is credited with helping turn public opinion against McCarthy's methods.

Facts
Release Year
1951 3
1951 marks the series premiere (18 November); it ran through 1958.
Country
United States 3
Classification
Original Language
English 1
Award
Peabody Awards 2
Connections

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Source Wikipedia
Additional Source See It Now (Wikipedia)Infobox, network
Source Wikipedia
Additional Source See It Now (Wikipedia)Lead section

In Medium

Source Wikipedia
Additional Source See It Now (Wikipedia)Infobox
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikidata: See It Now
Wikidata Q476389, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. See It Now (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia: 'It also won a 1951 Peabody Award' (checked 2026-09-26)
  • Infobox
    See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958.
  • Infobox, original language
    See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958.
  • Created By: Edward R. Murrow, Lead section
  • Created By: Columbia Broadcasting System, Infobox, network
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3. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationSecond Red Scare section
Quote, Second Red Scare section
Murrow produced a number of episodes of the show that dealt with the Second Red Scare (1947-57)
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