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

Clooney, who directed the 2005 film version, plays journalist Edward R. Murrow in the play, his Broadway debut

If he was going to come back to television, he might as well do something different." That's not my lede; that intro belongs to Hilary De Vries. She wrote it for The New York Times in April 2000 when Clooney first returned to television.