George Clooney helped adapt the play from his 2005 Oscar-nominated film ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ George Clooney is making history with his five-time Tony-nominated play Good Night, and Good Luck. On Saturday,

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.

Couldn’t get a ticket to see George Clooney make his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck? Take heart: On Saturday, CNN broadcast the play’s penultimate performance - live - as a commercial-free TV event.