For the 2017 film, see Person to Person (film). For other uses, see Person-to-person (disambiguation).
American TV series or program
Person to Person
Logo for the 2012 version
Genre
Interview
Directed by
Franklin J. Schaffner (1953–1959) Bob Daily (1959–1960)
Presented by
Edward R. Murrow (1953–1959) Charles Collingwood (1959–1961) Charlie Rose (2012) Lara Logan (2012) Norah O'Donnell (2022–present)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
9
Production
Executive producer
Susan Zirinsky (2012)
Producers
John Aaron Jesse Zousmer Charles Hill Robert Sammon Edward R. Murrow
Running time
30 minutes (original run) 60 minutes (revival)
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
October 2, 1953 (1953-10-02) – September 8, 1961 (1961-09-08)
Release
February 8 (2012-02-08) – November 23, 2012 (2012-11-23)
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Person to Person is a popular television program in the United States that originally ran from 1953 to 1961, with two episodes of an attempted revival airing in 2012. Edward R. Murrow hosted the original series from its inception in 1953 until 1959, interviewing celebrities in their homes from a comfortable chair in his New York studio (his opening: "Good evening, I'm Ed Murrow. And the name of the program is 'Person to Person'. It's all live – there's no film"). In the last two years of its original run, Charles Collingwood was the host.
Although Murrow is best remembered as a reporter on programs such as Hear It Now and See It Now and for publicly confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy; on Person to Person he was a pioneer of the celebrity interview.
The program was well planned, but not strictly scripted, with as many as six cameras and TV lighting installed to cover the guest's moves through his home, and a microwave link to transmit the signals back to the network. The guests wore wireless microphones to pick up their voices as they moved around the home or its grounds. The interviews were done live.[1] The two 15-minute interviews in each program were typically with very different types of people, such as a movie star and a scientist. Guests often used the appearance to promote their latest project or book.[2]
^McMahon, Ed; David Fisher (2007). When television was Young. Thomas Nelson Inc. pp. 146–149. ISBN 9781401603274. Retrieved 25 January 2009. murrow person to person.
^Newcomb, Horace (2004). Encyclopedia of Television (2 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 1747–1748. ISBN 9781579584115. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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