As of July 2026, Omnibus Season 2 aired in 1953 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Omnibus Season 2

1953 24 Episodes Talk ⭐ 6/10

Omnibus Season 2 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it delivers exactly the kind of format-driven drama that keeps people talking. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Alistair Cooke is a big part of why it works, but the format itself is the real star. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Omnibus Season 2 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. Omnibus Season 2 has the format that countless others have tried to copy since. Season 2 of Omnibus includes 24 episodes. It aired from October 1953 to March 1954. This season stars Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1953. What keeps Omnibus Season 2 from feeling stale is a production that knows when to get out of the way. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If the format appeals to you at all, Omnibus Season 2 is one of the stronger examples of it. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. The casting and production never let it go stale. The kind of thing that disappears an evening without you noticing.

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🎬 Omnibus Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Glory in the Flower
1953-10-04
The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers ...
E2
The Battler
1953-10-11
E3
King Lear
1953-10-18
King Lear is a 1953 live television adaptation of the Shakespeare play with stage direction by Peter Brook and starring Orson Welles. It was aired on CBS as part of the U.S. television series Omnibus, and preserved on kinescope. A heavily abridged version of the play, this production condensed the ...
E4
The Golden Dress
1953-10-25
E6
Billy the Kid
1953-11-08
E7
The Raspberry Queen
1953-11-15
E8
Toine
1953-11-22
The program has five segments: (1) "Toine" (adaptation of a Guy De Maupassant story), (2) (concert by London's St Paul's Cathedral Choir), (3) (interview with an Arctic explorer about his life with the Eskimos), (4) (demonstration of X-ray motion picture techniques), and (5) "Place Names in the Unit...
E9
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1953-11-29
Television adaptation of Jack Benny's 1945 feature film of the same name. Jack plays an angel name Athanael, who's been sent to destroy the Earth by playing his trumpet.
E10
Capital of the World
1953-12-06
E11
The Nature of the Beast
1953-12-13
E12
Mom and Leo
1953-12-20
E13
The Sojourner
1953-12-27
E14
Nobody's Fool
1954-01-03
E15
The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
1954-01-10
E16
The Duchess and the Smugs
1954-01-17
E17
Nothing So Monstrous
1954-01-24
The program has five segments: (1) "Nothing So Monstrous" (dramatized adaptation of a John Steinbeck story), (2) "E=MC2" (celebration of the 15th anniversary of splitting the first uranium atom with the Columbia University cyclotron), (3) "The Hunter" (showing of a Swedish film on nature and wildlif...
E18
Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
1954-01-31
E19
The Confidential Clerk
1954-02-14
E20
A Time Out of War
1954-02-21
E21
Hilde and the Turnpike
1954-02-28

🎭 Cast of Omnibus Season 2

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Alistair Cooke
Self - Host

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