Omnibus

Starting out as a live show from New York City, "Omnibus" was hosted by Alastair Cooke and featured everything from discussions about science and the arts to original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrated people both inside and outside the arts, and featured performances by many of the most famous actors, singers and dancers of the day.

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  • Omnibus (CBS)
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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 76448
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 9, 1952
  • Recent December 11, 1960
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 65 minutes
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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Season From To Episodes
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Specials 0
Season 1 October 1952 April 1953 5
Season 2 October 1953 March 1954 5
Season 3 October 1954 January 1955 5
Season 4 October 1955 April 1956 7
Season 5 October 1956 January 1957 3
Season 6 March 1958 2
Season 8 December 1960 1
Unassigned Episodes 0
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Unassigned Episodes 28
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 October 1952 1
Unassigned Episodes 27
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Don Hewitt 2 03/21/1954 - 01/09/1955
Lee Rothberg 2 01/29/1956 - 03/11/1956
Richard Leacock 2 10/31/1954 - 04/01/1956
Ralph Levy 1 11/29/1953
Bob Banner 1 10/25/1953
Gene Milford 1 03/04/1956
Andrew McCullough 1 10/18/1953
Tad Danielewski 1 11/07/1954
David Greene 1 12/11/1960
Arthur Zegart 1 12/05/1954
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Hugh Wedlock Jr. 1 11/29/1953
Howard Snyder 1 11/29/1953
Leo Davis 1 11/29/1953
Chester Burger 1 03/21/1954
James Thurber 1 03/04/1956
E. B. White 1 12/05/1954
Pearl S. Buck 1 11/07/1954
Andrew K. Lewis 1 04/01/1956
Leonard Gersh 1 11/29/1953
Russell Lynes 1 10/31/1954

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