Omnibus was a commercially sponsored,educational live TV series with
host Alistar Cooke. It aired on Sunday afternoons from November of
1952 until 1961 on CBS, and later switched to Sunday evenings on
ABC. It finally moved to the NBC network in 1957 where it remained
until 1961. ABC aired a brief revival of the series in 1981. The series
won more than 65Â awards,including seven Emmy’s and two Peabody
awards.Â
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