
Episodes List

Ep.1 Glory in the Flower
Air Date: 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 and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).

Ep.2 The Battler
Air Date: 1953-10-11

Ep.3 King Lear
Air Date: 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 play by eliminating the Edgar-Edmund subplot. Welles returned to America to star in this presentation. He was guarded by IRS agents, prohibited to leave his hotel room when not at the studio, prevented from making any purchases, and the entire sum he earned went to his tax bill. Welles returned to England after the broadcast. The cast included Micheál Mac Liammóir and the British actor Alan Badel. It was hosted by Alistair Cooke.

Ep.4 The Golden Dress
Air Date: 1953-10-25

Ep.6 Billy the Kid
Air Date: 1953-11-08

Ep.7 The Raspberry Queen
Air Date: 1953-11-15

Ep.8 Toine
Air Date: 1953-11-22

Ep.9 The Horn Blows at Midnight
Air Date: 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.

Ep.10 Capital of the World
Air Date: 1953-12-06

Ep.11 The Nature of the Beast
Air Date: 1953-12-13

Ep.12 Mom and Leo
Air Date: 1953-12-20

Ep.13 The Sojourner
Air Date: 1953-12-27

Ep.14 Nobody's Fool
Air Date: 1954-01-03

Ep.15 The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl
Air Date: 1954-01-10

Ep.16 The Duchess and the Smugs
Air Date: 1954-01-17

Ep.17 Nothing So Monstrous
Air Date: 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 wildlife), (4) "Signs" ( interview with an animated sign maker), and (5) "The Garage" (a look at bus maintenance and repair).

Ep.18 Sleeping Beauty in the Woods
Air Date: 1954-01-31

Ep.19 The Confidential Clerk
Air Date: 1954-02-14

Ep.20 A Time Out of War
Air Date: 1954-02-21

Ep.21 Hilde and the Turnpike
Air Date: 1954-02-28

Ep.22 The House
Air Date: 1954-03-07

Ep.23 Three Sketches
Air Date: 1954-03-14

Ep.24 Tell Me If It Hurts
Air Date: 1954-03-21
