. >> hewitt: i never knew whether i wanted to be julian marsh, the broadway producer on "42nd street, in "front page." >> safer: hildy johnson came from the newspaper world, just as don's father did-- a whiskey- soaked jungle of snappy talk and scooping the competition. and impresario julian marsh in "42nd street" was surrounded by bright lights and broadway babes, don's kind of world. >> fager: we always thought if don hewitt went into broadway, he would have been just as big and just as successful. i mean, he had that way, he had that showmanship. >> safer: in 1948, cbs put on its first tv newscast. don was 25, with some wartime reporting experience under his belt. somebody suggested he check out the cbs news studio, upstairs at grand central station. >> hewitt: and i walked in. i couldn't believe it. you know, there are lights and cameras and makeup people, and it looked like a hollywood set. and i fell in love. >> safer: and the best thing was, no longer did he have to choose between being ace reporter hildy johnson or broadway starmaker julian marsh. >> hewitt: i thought, "oh, my