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 Air Date: 1959-10-27
• Last Air Date: 1960-01-14
• Total Seasons: 8
• Total Episodes: 5
• Episode Runtime: 60 min.