Your Witness (TV series)

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| genre = dramatized court show

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| starring = Edmund Lowe

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 24–26 minutes

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| channel = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1949|09|19}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1950}}

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Your Witness is an American dramatized court show{{cite journal|title=Reality Courtroom Series: 1949-2005|page=17|url=http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/exhibits/mason_&_associates/documents/reality_series_by_title.pdf}} that aired on the ABC network from September 19, 1949, to September 26, 1950. The 30-minute program first aired on Mondays at 8 P.M. EST, then moved to Sundays at 9 P.M., and ended up on Wednesdays at 9 P.M. It was based around real-life cases.{{cite book |last1=Chun |first1=Wendy Hui Kyong |last2=Keenan |first2=Thomas |title=New Media, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader |year=2006 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-94224-9 |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZoXKMOeBowC&dq=%22Your+Witness%22+ABC&pg=PA151 |access-date=December 11, 2020 |language=en}}

Edmund Lowe starred in the program, which originated in Chicago{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|pages=1145|edition=7th}} from WENR.{{cite news |title=This Week -- Debuts, Highlights, Changes |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele04ross/page/n142/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=February 7, 2023 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=December 4, 1949 |page=1}}

Your Witness was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Live Show in 1950.{{cite web |title=Your Witness |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/your-witness |website=Emmy Awards |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212171517/https://www.emmys.com/shows/your-witness |archive-date=December 12, 2020}}