CBS Reports (1959)
CBS Reports is a long-form documentary television series launched by CBS News in 1959, designed as a platform for in-depth investigative reporting and international documentary journalism. Distinct from later programs of the same name, the original series presented feature-length nonfiction reports on Cold War geopolitics, science and technology, war, social change, and global political systems, using on-location filming and extended narrative structures rather than studio news formats. It established a model for serious broadcast documentary journalism that influenced subsequent public-affairs and investigative television programming.
- First aired
- 1959-10-27
- Genres
- Documentary
- Seasons
- 8 (6 episodes)
- Status
- Returning Series
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 2 votes
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