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'''''Howard K. Smith: News and Comment''''' was a half-hour [[[ABC]] news and documentary program hosted by commentator Howard K. Smith](1914–2002), which aired from February 14, 1962, to June 16, 1963. It was broadcast at the 10:30 Eastern time slot on Sundays opposite [[CBS]]'s long-running quiz show, ''What's My Line?,'' hosted by John Charles Daly, himself the first ever ABC News anchorman<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., pp. 395 and appendix.</ref> and a son-in-law of Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]].

'''''Howard K. Smith: News and Comment''''' was a half-hour [[[ABC]] news and documentary program hosted by commentator Howard K. Smith](1914–2002), which aired from February 14, 1962, to June 16, 1963. It was broadcast at the 10:30 Eastern time slot on Sundays opposite [[CBS]]'s long-running quiz show, ''What's My Line?,'' hosted by John Charles Daly, himself the first ever ABC News anchorman<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., pp. 395 and appendix.</ref> and a son-in-law of Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]].

In 1961, Smith left CBS News because of a dispute about a documentary that he produced on [[police]] violence against [[civil rights]] demonstrators in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. He then joined ABC, where his contract stipulated that neither the network nor sponsors could interfere with the content of his program.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/feb/20/guardianobituaries.haroldjackson|title=Harold Jackson, Obituaries, "Howard K Smith: Legendary US broadcaster famed for his independence|publisher=guardian.co.uk| location=London | date=February 20, 2002 | accessdate=May 4, 2010}}</ref>

In 1961, Smith left CBS News because of a dispute about a documentary that he produced on [[police]] violence against [[civil rights]] demonstrators in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. He then joined ABC, where his contract stipulated that neither the network nor sponsors could interfere with the content of his program.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/feb/20/guardianobituaries.haroldjackson|author=Harold Jackson|title=Obituaries, "Howard K Smith: Legendary US broadcaster famed for his independence|publisher=guardian.co.uk| location=[[London]], [[England]]|date=February 20, 2002|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

While at CBS, Smith hosted the documentary program ''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' for twenty-one weeks from January 11 to September 20, 1959. Selected episodes focused on [[communism]] in [[Cuba]], the status of [[Berlin]], [[Germany, the [[Cold War]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (two parts), [[unemployment]] in depressed areas, and the St. Lawrence Seaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052446/|title=''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' (1959)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

While at CBS, Smith hosted the documentary program ''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' for twenty-one weeks from January 11 to September 20, 1959. Selected episodes focused on [[communism]] in [[Cuba]], the status of [[Berlin]], [[Germany, the [[Cold War]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (two parts), [[unemployment]] in depressed areas, and the St. Lawrence Seaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052446/|title=''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' (1959)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>