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How did Paddy Chayefsky get into television?
Paddy Chayefsky moved into television with scripts for Danger, The Gulf Playhouse and Manhunt.
Did any of Paddy Chayefsky's scripts make it on TV?
Philco Television Playhouse producer Fred Coe saw the Danger and Manhunt episodes and enlisted Paddy Chayefsky to adapt the story.
What story was Paddy Chayefsky adapting for Fred Coe?
Fred Coe enlisted Paddy Chayefsky to adapt the story It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway.
Who was the story It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway that Paddy Chayefsky was enlisted to adapt about?
The story It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway is about a photographer on a New York City Subway train who reunites a concentration camp survivor with his long-lost wife.

Question: Was that the first one to be televised?
Self-contained rewrite: Was It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway the first adaptation by Paddy Chayefsky to be televised?