Production company 2929 Entertainment, owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban, Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media and Clooney are financing the effort.

George Clooney's hit Broadway play 'Good Night, and Good Luck' will air live from New York on CNN tonight. Cord-cutters can watch for free.

In a historic first, CNN will broadcast a live performance of a Broadway show on Saturday. 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' a stage adaptation of George Clooney's 2005 film, stars the actor as CBS newsman Edward R.