Decades before CNN agreed to a live telecast of Broadway’s Good Night, and Good Luck on June 7, George Clooney had originally envisioned it as a special for CBS, not a movie for theaters and a play on Broadway.

George Clooney helped adapt the play from his 2005 Oscar-nominated film ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ George Clooney is making history with his five-time Tony-nominated play Good Night, and Good Luck. On Saturday,

George Clooney's Broadway play, based on his 2005 film of the same name, allowed viewers at home to see the actor's much-hyped turn as Edward R. Murrow through CNN's live television event.