Editing Nero Wolfe (section)

====''Omnibus'', "The Fine Art of Murder" (ABC)====
Rex Stout appeared in the December 9, 1956, episode of ''[[Omnibus (US TV series)|Omnibus]]'', a cultural anthology series that epitomized the golden age of television. Hosted by [[Alistair Cooke]] and directed by [[Paul Bogart]], "The Fine Art of Murder" was a 40-minute segment described by ''Time'' magazine as "a homicide as Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [and] Rex Stout would variously present it".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081210024132/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,808743,00.html?promoid=go Program Preview], ''Time'', December 10, 1956</ref> The author is credited as appearing along with [[Gene Reynolds]] (Archie Goodwin), Robert Eckles (Nero Wolfe), James Daly (narrator), [[Dennis Hoey]] (Arthur Conan Doyle), Felix Munro (Edgar Allan Poe), Herbert Voland ([[C. Auguste Dupin|M. Dupin]]) and Jack Sydow.<ref>''[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]'', December 8–14, 1956 (p. A-18); {{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/omnibus/the-fine-art-of-murder/episode/794825/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;9|title=''Omnibus'', "The Fine Art of Murder"|website=TV.com}}</ref> Writer [[Sidney Carroll]] received the 1957 [[Edgar Award]] for Best Episode in a TV Series.<ref>[http://theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php Edgar Awards Database] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404232840/http://theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |date=2019-04-04 }}; retrieved December 3, 2011</ref> "The Fine Art of Murder" is in the collection of the Library of Congress (VBE 2397–2398) and screened in its [[Mary Pickford Theater]] February 15, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/pickford/2000-archive.html |title=Mary Pickford Theater, Archive of past screenings: 2000 Schedule |publisher=Loc.gov |access-date=2012-01-04}}</ref>