George Clooney helped adapt the play from his 2005 Oscar-nominated film ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’NEED TO KNOWGeorge Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck will air on CNN on June 7It will be the first Broadway play to be televisedGood Night,

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.

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.