Omnibus ratings (TV show, 1952-1961)
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Rank
10,407 / 29,285
Trend
1
Genres
Drama, Music, History
Seasons
7
Episodes
19
Total votes
506
Average votes
27
Average rating
7.8 / 10
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.
Directors: Alex Segal , Andrew McCullough , Arthur J. Ornitz , Astrid Henning-Jensen , Bjarne Henning-Jensen , Bob Banner , Byron Paul , Charles S. Dubin , Clark Jones , Cyril Ritchard , Daniel Petrie , David Greene , David Swift , Delbert Mann , Don Hewitt , E. Martin Browne , Elliot Silverstein , Ernest Reid , Fielder Cook , Gene Kelly , Gene Milford , Gian Carlo Menotti , Gower Champion , Harry Horner , Herbert Hirschman , Irving Jacoby , Jack Sameth , Jacques-Yves Cousteau , James Walsh , Jean Benoît-Lévy , Jeffrey Hayden , John Burrell , John Stix , Joseph Krumgold , Leo Seltzer , Michael Dreyfuss , Michael Ritchie , Norman Campbell , Norman Lloyd , Paul Bogart , Paul Nickell , Peter Glushanok , Peter Ustinov , Rai Purdy , Ralph Levy , Ralph Nelson , Richard Dunlap , Richard Leacock , Robert Ellis Miller , Roger Englander , Seymour Robbie , Sidney Lumet , Tad Danielewski , Wes Kenney , Willard Van Dyke , William A. Graham , Yul Brynner
Writers: A.E. Hotchner , Alfred Sutro , Alistair Cooke , Allan Nevins , Alvin Sapinsley , Alvin Sargent , Anatole France , Andy Lewis , Anton Chekhov , Arnold Schulman , Arnold Sundgaard , Arthur Sullivan , Budd Schulberg , Buddy G. DeSylva , Carson McCullers , Charles Dickens , Charles Perrault , Christopher Fry , Cyril Ritchard , David Swift , Douglass Wallop , Dylan Thomas , E.B. White , Ed Jurist , Edmond Rostand , Edward Everett Hale , Ellen M. Violett , Eric Knight , Ernest Hemingway , Ernest Lawrence Thayer , Eugene Loring , Eugene Solow , Frank D. Gilroy , Fred Allen , Garson Kanin , Gene Kelly , George Bellak , George Bernard Shaw , George M. Cohan , George Oppenheimer , George S. Kaufman , Gertrude Stein , Gian Carlo Menotti , Gore Vidal , Guy de Maupassant , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Helen Jerome , Henry James , Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Heywood Hale Broun , Horton Foote , Howard Snyder , Hugh Wedlock Jr. , Irve Tunick , Irving Jacoby , J.M. Barrie , Jack Roche , Jacques-Yves Cousteau , James Agee , James Lee , James Thomas Flexner , James Thurber , Jean Giraudoux , Joel Sayre , John Gassner , John Lardner , John Millington Synge , John Steinbeck , Joseph Krumgold , Kay Swift , Lennox Robinson , Leo Brady , Leo Salkin , Leonard Bernstein , Leonard Gershe , Leueen MacGrath , Ludwig Bemelmans , Mark Twain , Mary Chase , Maurice Valency , Maxwell Anderson , Molière , Moss Hart , Nicholas E. Baehr , Noël Coward , Ogden Nash , Oliver Goldsmith , Oscar Wilde , Owen Johnson , Pamela Frankau , Paul Tripp , Paul Vincent Carroll , Perry Wolff , Peter Brook , Peter Ustinov , Rachel L. Carson , Richard Hofstadter , Richard Leacock , Robert Benchley , Robert Louis Stevenson , Robert Noah , Robert Noah , Robert Tallman , S.J. Perelman , Sean O'Casey , Sidney Carroll , Stanley Kunitz , Stefan Zweig , Stephen Crane , Stephen Vincent Benet , Susan Glaspell , T.S. Eliot , Tad Mosel , Tennessee Williams , Thornton Wilder , W.S. Gilbert , Walter Kerr , William Butler Yeats , William Engvick , William Inge , William Saroyan , William Shakespeare , William Spier
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