[5] Beginning in 1952, The Eternal Light was also televised by NBC as part of its Sunday morning religious programming, along with Frontiers of Faith (produced in conjunction with the National Council of Churches) and The Catholic Hour.
[6] The program's editor was Moshe Davis of the Jewish Theological Seminary, who explained its purpose to a New York Times interviewer: "The common man is always the hero in our show.
Spurning potential sponsorship offers, Davis told one persistent business executive, "My good man, God needs no sponsor".
[9] Among the notables appearing on the series were Alan Arkin, Joseph Cotten, Joan Crawford, Mel Ferrer, Sam Levene,[10] E. G. Marshall, Raymond Massey, Alexander Scourby, Maureen Stapleton, Elie Wiesel, and Gene Wilder.
[2] Krents received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his production of The Eternal Light.