Douglas Edwards

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Walter Cronkite on replacing Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News

Walter Cronkite on the graciousness of Douglas Edwards when he took over Edward's role as anchor of the CBS Evening News

John Frankenheimer on Douglas Edwards

Don Hewitt on producing Douglas Edwards with the News, and on inventing a method for superimposing names on air

Don Hewitt on covering the political conventions in 1948 and 1952, and on anchors Douglas Edwards and Walter Cronkite

John Moffitt on meeting the people at CBS News

John Rich on his first memories of television - seeing Douglas Edwards do the news on a TV in a hamburger joint

Sanford Socolow on Douglas Edwards' news broadcasts (produced by Don Hewitt)

Sanford Socolow on the decision to replace Douglas Edwards with Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News

Robert Trout on working with Harry Reasoner and Douglas Edwards