Ed Murrow’s ‘See It Now’ debuts 60 years ago this hour (1951)

(Sunday, November 18, 1951, 6:30 p.m. ET)See It Now, a newsmagazine and documentary series, debuted tonight on CBS-TV with the first live simultaneous coast-to-coast TV transmission.

The series was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly with Murrow serving as host.