- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 1959
Summary:
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.
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Details
| Network: | CBS |
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| Genre(s): | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction |
| Creators: | Rod Serling |
| Seasons: | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alexander Scourby | General Harper |
| Ivan Dixon | Bolie Jackson |
| Jack Klugman | Joey Crown |
| Ross Martin | Hammer As Johnny Foster |
| Ida Lupino | Barbara Jean Trenton |
| Dick York | Captain Phil Riker |
| Charles Aidman | Col. Ed Harrington |
| George Grizzard | Roger Shackleforth |
| Albert Salmi | Joe Caswell |
| Rod Serling | Narrator/Host |
| James Gregory | Air Force General |
| Martin Milner | Paul Grinstead |
| Howard Duff | Arthur Curtis |
| Keenan Wynn | Gregory West |
| Rod Taylor | Col. Clegg Forbes |
| Henry Jones | J. Hardy Hempstead |
| Sebastian Cabot | Mr. Pip |
| Kevin Hagen | Captain James Webber |
| Earl Holliman | Mike Ferris |
| Claude Akins | Steve Brand |
| Anne Francis | Marsha White |
| Burgess Meredith | Henry Bemis |
| Orson Bean | James B.W. Bevis |
| Roddy McDowall | Sam Conrad |
| Jack Warden | Mouth McGarry |
| Edward Andrews | Carling |
| Steven Perry | Henry |
| Dewey Martin | Corey |
| Kevin McCarthy | Prof. Walter Jameson |
| James Daly | Gart Williams |
| Harry Townes | Arch Hammer |
| Barry Atwater | Les Goodman |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Carl Lanser |
| Inger Stevens | Nan Adams |
| Larry Blyden | Rocky Valentine |
| Joe Maross | Jerry Riden |
| Jack Weston | Charlie |
| Ed Wynn | Lew Bookman |
| Don Gordon | Hammer As Andy Marshak |
| Don Dubbins | Peter Kirby |
| Simon Scott | Major Wilson |
| Phillip Pine | Hammer As Virgil Sterig |
| Dan Duryea | Al Denton |
| William Reynolds | Lt. William Fitzgerald |
| David Wayne | Walter Bedeker |
| Jim Hutton | Major William Gart |
| Everett Sloane | Franklin Gibbs |
| Gig Young | Martin Sloan |
| Richard Conte | Edward Hall |
| Steve Cochran | Fred Renard |
| Ernest Truex | Pedott |
| Fritz Weaver | William Sturka |
| Edward Binns | Col. Robert G. Donlin |
| Kenneth Haigh | Flight Lt. Decker |
| Vera Miles | Millicent Barnes |
| Edgar Stehli | Prof. Samuel Kittridge |
| Janice Rule | Helen Foley |
| Cecil Kellaway | Jeremy Wickwire |
| Jeff Morrow | Kurt Meyers |
| Jan Handzlik | Tommy |
