Overview

• The June 7 telecast from the Winter Garden Theatre marked the first live television broadcast of a Broadway play.
• CNN’s Pamela Brown opened pre-show coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET and Anderson Cooper led a post-show discussion titled “Good Night, and Good Luck: Truth and Power.”
• Adapted from Clooney and Grant Heslov’s 2005 film, the production stars Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in a dramatization of his challenge to Senator Joseph McCarthy.
• The live event was available without a cable login and extended the reach of Broadway’s highest-grossing play to home audiences worldwide.
• Following its April 3 opening and five Tony nominations, the play concludes with a final matinee performance on June 8.