Omnibus
Series premiere
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1952-11-09
Curated landmark Open databases lack a full episode list for this title. This entry is a public cultural milestone from the TV Flash desk — not a complete season guide.
Synopsis
Ford Foundation prestige: culture for the masses — Bernstein, Welles, serious music and theater under one Sunday umbrella.
Desk landmark
Desk landmark: Omnibus is what networks claimed ‘uplift’ looked like before ratings math ate the afternoon.
In the series
This episode is part of Omnibus (1952–1961) on CBS/ABC/NBC.
Aloft culture for the masses — Leonard Bernstein, Orson Welles, and Sunday seriousness.
Key cast
- Alistair Cooke as Host