TV Show Details
Air Date:May 3rd, 1948
Last Air Date:September 18th, 1950
Network:CBS
Status:Ended
Genres: News
Original Language:English
Douglas Edwards with the News (1948-1950)
TV ShowCBS
News
Audience Score
StarringDouglas Edwards
Plot
On May 3, 1948, Edwards began anchoring CBS Television News, as a regular 15-minute nightly newscast on the CBS television network, including WCBS-TV. It aired every weeknight at 7:30 pm, and was the first regularly scheduled, network television news program featuring an anchor.[5] (WCBW/WCBS-TV newscasts prior to this time were local television broadcasts seen only in New York City.) NBC's offering at the time, NBC Television Newsreel, which premiered in February 1948, was simply film footage with voice narration.
