 He came to the attention of Mavor Moore who recommended Cohen to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation where, as a theatre critic, he hosted "Across the Footlights", "The Theatre Week" and "CJBC Views the Shows".Cohen received national prominence as host of "Fighting Words", an intellectual, but popular panel show on CBC Television from 1953 to 1962.Cohen also worked for CBC Television in the 1950s as a script editor for the anthology series "General Motors Presents" and continued with CBC Radio conducting interviews on the show "Audio".