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Omnibus was an American, commercially sponsored, educational variety television series. History. Omnibus was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by James Webb Young who hired Robert Saudek as producer.
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Omnibus: With Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes. Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest.
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- 1952-11-09
- Drama, History, Music
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The program has two segments: (1) "Oedipus, the King" (play by Sophocles), and (2) "Solo Khumbu" (excerpts from a film documentary on social life and customs in Nepal).
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The program has three segments: (1) "Arms and the Man" (staging of George Bernard Shaw's play), (2) "Manufacturers - Machines and People" (a look at manufacturing processes), and (3) (Alistair Cooke summarizes Omnibus' first season).
Omnibus was the most successful cultural magazine series in the history of U.S. commercial television and a prototype for the development of programming on educational television.
Omnibus was an American educational variety television series. The series won more than 65 awards, including eight Emmy Awards (it was nominated for thirteen) [2] and two Peabody Awards. [3] The series is held at the Library of Congress .
