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The show, hosted by Alistair Cooke in his American television debut, featured diverse programming about science, the arts, and the humanities. The program featured original works by playwrights such as William Saroyan , interviews with public figures such as architect Frank Lloyd Wright , and performances by many of the most prominent ...
- Variety
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. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again. Stars. Alistair Cooke.
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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).
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).
Highlights from the Omnibus TV series. For licensing please contact www.globalimageworks.com.
The show – which aired successively on CBS (1952 – 1956), ABC (1956 – 1957), and NBC (1957 – 1961) – won more than 65 awards and regularly attracted a viewing audience of 16 million people. The live broadcasts meant things didn’t always go to plan.
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.
