Clooney Brought Edward R. Murrow to Broadway. Next Stop: CNN.

In June, the news network is planning to broadcast one of the last performances of “Good Night, and Good Luck.”

George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck” at the Winter Garden Theater in New York. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

George Clooney’s Broadway debut, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” has been one of the sensations of the 2024-25 theater season, breaking box office records and drawing packed houses of audiences eager to see the popular movie star in a timely drama about the importance of an independent press.

Now the play will become much more widely available: CNN is planning to broadcast the penultimate performance, on June 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern. The performance will be preceded and followed by coverage of, and discussion about, the show and the state of journalism.

“We were looking at taking the play on the road, and taking it to London, and taking it to Paris,” Clooney said in an interview on Thursday, adding, “but we also thought it never is going to be exactly what it is right now, with the same cast, and we thought it would be nice to have a record of it.