Episode guide
See It Now
2 desk landmarks · not a full season guide · 1951–1958 · CBS
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See It Now is Murrow with a cigarette and a conscience: film reports, live links, and the 1954 McCarthy broadcasts that became journalism's demagogue template. Watch it in 2026 as civic sacrament — Fred Friendly's producing spine, sponsor pressure, and proof television could confront power instead of merely selling sets.
TV Flash files See It Now (1951–1958) on CBS as a desk landmark file, not a complete episode guide, 1951-11-18–1954-03-09 from “Series premiere” (S01E01) to “A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy” (S01E02).
Landmarks
Desk landmarks
2 landmarks
- S01E01 Series premiere
Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly open a news magazine that treats the camera as a civic instrument — cigarette smoke optional, conscience required.
Desk — Desk landmark: See It Now is the template for broadcast journalism that still pretends it can scare power.
- S01E02 A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
Murrow’s most famous broadcast uses McCarthy’s own words against him — a live-wire moment in the Red Scare that TV history never stops replaying.
Desk — Desk landmark: the night network news looked like a moral argument instead of a scoreboard.