2x2 - The Battler

October 11, 1953

2x3 - King Lear

October 18, 1953

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.

2x4 - The Golden Dress

October 25, 1953

2x6 - Billy the Kid

November 8, 1953

2x7 - The Raspberry Queen

November 15, 1953

2x8 - Toine

November 22, 1953

2x9 - The Horn Blows at Midnight

November 29, 1953

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.

2x10 - Capital of the World

December 6, 1953

2x11 - The Nature of the Beast

December 13, 1953

2x12 - Mom and Leo

December 20, 1953

2x13 - The Sojourner

December 27, 1953

2x14 - Nobody's Fool

January 3, 1954

2x15 - The Remarkable Case of Mr. Buhl

January 10, 1954

2x16 - The Duchess and the Smugs

January 17, 1954

2x17 - Nothing So Monstrous

January 24, 1954

2x18 - Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

January 31, 1954

2x19 - The Confidential Clerk

February 14, 1954

2x20 - A Time Out of War

February 21, 1954

2x21 - Hilde and the Turnpike

February 28, 1954

2x22 - The House

March 7, 1954

2x23 - Three Sketches

March 14, 1954

2x24 - Tell Me If It Hurts

March 21, 1954

2x25 - The Apollo of Bellac

March 28, 1954