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Omnibus
Leonard Bernstein's debut appearance, 1954.
Format	Variety show
Developed by	Ford Foundation
Starring	Alistair Cooke
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	84 (8 Seasons)
Production
Running time	30 min
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS ABC NBC 1957-1961
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	November 9, 1952 – 1981 (Revival)
External links
IMDb profile

Omnibus was an American commercially-sponsored, educational TV series, broadcast live primarily on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 pm Eastern time, from November 9, 1952 until 1961. Omnibus originally aired on CBS, and later on Sunday evenings on ABC. The program finally moved to NBC in 1957, where it was irregularly scheduled until 1961. ABC aired a brief revival of the series in 1981.

With Ford Foundation funding, Omnibus, 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 celebrities such as Frank Lloyd Wright, and performances by many of the most famous entertainers of the day such as Jack Benny and Orson Welles. The series was the occasion for the first television appearances of Jonathan Winters and Leonard Bernstein, who gave his first televised music lectures and master classes on it.

References

v • d • e The films of Delbert Mann

1950s	Marty • The Bachelor Party • Desire Under the Elms • Separate Tables • Middle of the Night

1960s	The Dark at the Top of the Stairs • Lover Come Back • The Outsider • That Touch of Mink • A Gathering of Eagles • Quick Before It Melts • Dear Heart • Mister Buddwing • Fitzwilly • The Pink Jungle

1970s	Kidnapped • Birch Interval • Love's Dark Ride

1980s	Brontë

Television	"Lights Out" (1949) • "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1949 - 1955) • "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951 - 1955) • "Producers' Showcase" (1955) • "Playwrights '56" (1955 - 1956) • "Ford Star Jubilee" (1956) • "Omnibus" (1956 - 1957) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1958) • "Playhouse 90" (1958 - 1959) • "NBC Sunday Showcase" (1959) • "Startime" (1960) • Heidi (1968) • "CBS Playhouse" (1968) • David Copperfield (1969) • Jane Eyre (1970) • She Waits (1972) • No Place to Run (1972) • The Man Without a Country (1973) • The First Woman President (1974) • The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975) • A Girl Named Sooner (1975) • Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976) • Tell Me My Name (1977) • Breaking Up (1978) • Home to Stay (1978) • Tom and Joann (1978) • Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978) • Torn Between Two Lovers (1979) • All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) • To Find My Son (1980) • "Insight" (1981) • All the Way Home (1981) • The Member of the Wedding (1982) • The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983) • Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984) • A Death in California (1985) • The Last Days of Patton (1986) • The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (1976) • Tell Me My Name (1977) • Breaking Up (1986) • April Morning (1988) • Ironclads (1991) • Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992) • Incident in a Small Town (1994) • Lily in Winter (1994)

v • d • e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

The Alan Young Show (1951) · Your Show of Shows / The Red Skelton Show (1952) · Your Show of Shows (1953) · Omnibus (1954) · Disneyland (1955) · Toast of the Town (1956) · The Jack Paar Tonight Show (1957) · The Jack Paar Tonight Show (1958) · An Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) · The Garry Moore Show (1960) · Astaire Time (1961) · The Garry Moore Show (1962) · The Andy Williams Show (1963) · The Danny Kaye Show (1964 · The Andy Williams Show (1966) · The Andy Williams Show (1967) · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969) · The David Frost Show (1970) · The Carol Burnett Show (1972) · The Julie Andrews Hour (1973) · The Carol Burnett Show (1974) · The Carol Burnett Show (1975)

Complete list: (1951–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present)