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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
- 55
Omnibus. 1 9 5 2 – 1 9 6 1 (USA) 159 x 90/60 minute episodes. Premiering on 9 November 1952 and originally broadcast live from New York City at 4.00 pm on Sundays, Omnibus began as an experiment underwritten by money from the Ford Foundation for Adult Education and intended as a cultural and educational television showcase.
The program has five segments: (1) "A Tale of Two Cities" (reading of an excerpt, 'The Fancy Ball', from Charles Dickens' novel), (2) "Gaite Parisienne" (ballet to music by Offenbach), (3) "Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma" (James Thurber story), (4) "Bombardier Training" (tracing the development of aerial bombing), and (5) "Modern Art and Sculpture ...
The program has two segments: (1) "The Big Wheel" (a survey of the age of burlesque, featuring examples of acts of the period), and (2) "The Message" (showing of a 1956 UK film drama on the moral and ethical aspects of war).
Programming. The show, hosted by Alistair Cooke in his American television debut, featured diverse programming about science, the arts, and the humanities.
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From the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television originally published 1997. 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.
