Open Hearing (American TV program)

Open Hearing was a 1957–58 American news-related talk show, with John H. Secondari as the moderator. It was a 60-minute program that aired Sunday evenings from 5–6 p.m. on the ABC television network.^[1] It began on February 3, 1957, as a 30-minute program on Sundays at 8:30 p.m.^[2]

Open Hearing
Publicity photo of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his appearance on Open Hearing, June 16, 1957.
Presented by	John Secondari
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	1957 (1957) – 1958 (1958)

Richard Stratton was the director.^[2]

A previous version of Open Hearing had aired in 1954, moderated by John Daly.

Critical response

A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Variety called Open Hearing "an illuminating and informative half-hour".^[2] It complimented Secondari's work as moderator and the "spontaneous quality" of the interviews.^[2]