The Twilight Zone
You are about to enter another dimension.
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
Seasons: 5,
episodes: 156
Episode runtime: 25 min
Average rating:
9/10
114 821
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Ambrose Bierce
Author
Composer
Producer
Actors
Rod Serling
himself (host)
Vito Scotti
Peddler
Claude Akins
Steve Brand
Irene Dailey
Miss Frank
Keenan Wynn
Gregory West
Pat Crowley
Jackie Benson
Virginia Christine
Ethel Bedeker
Mariette Hartley
Sandra Horn
Short description
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated w…
|
36 | 1959-10-02 | 7.3 |
Season 2 The second season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from September 30, 1960 to June 2, 1961. There are 29 episodes.
|
29 | 1960-09-30 | 7.1 |
Season 3 The third season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from September 15, 1961 to June 1, 1962. There are 37 episodes.
Continuing with Marius Constant's theme music, a different set of graphics was used for the opening, consisting of a rotating cone with concentric circles …
|
37 | 1961-09-15 | 7 |
Season 4 The fourth season of The Twilight Zone aired Thursdays at 9:00–10:00 pm on CBS from January 3 to May 23, 1963.
This season broke with the previous seasons in presenting hour-long episodes instead of the earlier half-hour episodes. A very different and more complex set of graphics was used for th…
|
18 | 1963-01-03 | 6.7 |
Season 5 The fifth and final season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 9:30–10:00 pm on CBS from September 27, 1963 to June 19, 1964. It featured the same intro as the fourth season, but reverted to the original half-hour format.
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36 | 1963-09-27 | 6.9 |
What's left behind the scenes
- Rod Serling believed he had coined the phrase "The Twilight Zone." When the series premiered, he discovered that the term was already used by Air Force pilots. It refers to the region along the line separating the part of the Earth in darkness from the part where the sun is shining.
- Due to financial difficulties encountered during the filming of the second season, it was decided to shoot some episodes on video instead of film. In the early 1960s, video technology was in its infancy, making editing practically impossible. Filming took place in a recording studio using four video cameras. Consequently, the authors were limited in their choice of locations and, therefore, plots. The experiment was deemed a failure and terminated after six episodes.
- Alongside the project's creator and host, Rod Serling, Robert McCord was the only person to appear in all five seasons.
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