The Twilight Zone is sci-fi anthology series created by Rod Serling that aired on CBS from 1959 until 1964. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature.
Submitted for your approval: Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature.
First Telecast: October 1, 1959 Last Telecast: June 1, 1964 Original Network: CBS Number of Seasons: 5 Number of Episodes: 156 Original Primetime TV Schedule:
October 1959- September 1962, CBS, Friday 10:00-10:30pm
January 1963- September 1963, CBS, Thursday 9:00-10:00pm
September 1963- September 1964, CBS, Friday 9:30-10:00pm
May 1965- September 1965, CBS, Sunday 9:00-10:00pm
First Telecast: October 1, 1959 
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