Right now you can watch You Are There on streaming — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. 5 seasons in, and the quality has not slipped. With 4 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Walter Cronkite anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, You Are There is worth clearing space for. Character-driven storytelling at its most effective — You Are There earns every emotional beat it goes for. You Are There is an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks. Walter Cronkite leads a cast doing genuinely serious work here. The series ran for 5 seasons (1953–1957), building a story that gave its audience time to invest properly. You Are There resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

For anyone looking for storytelling that takes its characters seriously, You Are There delivers. If you have already watched Tales of the Unexpected, You Are There is a natural next step. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Walter Cronkite is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

You Are There wrapped up in 1957, created by Goodman Ace — and 5 seasons are available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.