The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone: Summary

Originally on:CBS
Status:Ended
Premiered:October 1, 1959
Last Aired:June 1, 1964
Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Drama

The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."

Rod Serling, creator and host of the series, won two Emmys for outstanding writing (1960 & '61), and the Golden Globe in 1962 for best TV director/producer.

Reruns of the original Twilight Zone can be seen on the US Sci Fi channel.

This is the Original 1959 series, not the CBS The Twilight Zone (1985) version nor the UPN The Twilight Zone (2002) version.

CBS Programming History
October 1959-September 1962 ..... Friday 10:00 January 1963-September 1963 ..... Thursday 9:00 September 1961-September 1964 ..... Friday 9:30 May 1965-September 1965 ..... Sunday 9:00

Note: Seasons 1-3 & 5 have a running time of 30 minutes. All of the episodes in Season 4 have a running time of one hour. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."

Rod Serling, creator and host of the series, won two Emmys for outstanding...

Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Aired: Thursday May 19, 1994

This television movie featured two stories by Rod Serling and Richard Matheson.

"The Theater" A young girl goes to the cinema to see His Girl Friday starring Cary Grant. Suddenly she sees scenes from her own life instead of the comedy. The scenes actually took place earlier that day. She is very confused because the other people didn't see those scenes. As she goes to see the movie again, scenes from her future appear on the screen. And that future is very frightening...

"Where the Dead Are" Dr. Benjamin Ramsey is professor at the university in Boston in 1868. In front of his students he performs an appendix operation. As the patient dies after the operation, Dr. Ramsey discovers that he suffered from a serious skull fracture twelve years ago. Since no one could have survived such an injury, he travels to the mysterious island where the patient came from. There he visits Dr. Jeremy Wheaton who earlier had experimented with tissue regeneration...

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Rod SerlingNarrator/Host

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The Bottom Line: "Underappreciated"
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The Bottom Line: "Influential"
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The Bottom Line: "Classic"
This is, without a doubt, the best show in black-and-white. The twists and thought provoking tales from each episode is superb. ...Continue »
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You are heading into another dimension............ ...Continue »
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Connman14
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The Bottom Line: "Classic"
This is one of the best Science Fiction shows that has been made. ...Continue »
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