‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Isn’t George Clooney’s First Live TV Play — 25 Years Ago, He Did One With His ‘ER’ Co-Star Noah Wyle

George Clooneymade history last weekend when CNN aired a livestream of his penultimate performance in Good Night, and Good Luck— the Broadway play based on his 2005 film of the same name. While other plays and musicals like Hamilton have been recorded and shown on television, Good Night, and Good Luck is the first time that a Broadway play was televised while it was still in its run. The fact that this was a one-night event only adds to the historic flavor, but it's not the first time Clooney has done a live broadcast on TV. 25 years ago, he starred in a live broadcast of Fail Safe, which was based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler (and was previously adapted into a film by Sidney Lumet.)