- 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 |
|---|---|
| Patricia Smith | Sylvia Bayles |
| William D. Gordon | Doctor |
| Wayne Heffley | Second Officer Wyatt |
| John Larch | Sheriff Koch |
| Dick York | Hector B. Poole |
| Agnes Moorehead | Woman |
| Shelley Berman | Archibald Beechcroft |
| William Shatner | Don Carter |
| Dennis Weaver | Adam Grant |
| Rod Serling | Narrator/Host |
| Patricia Breslin | Pat Carter |
| Sandy Kenyon | Navigator Hatch |
| John Anderson (I) | Captain Farver |
| Cliff Robertson | Christian Horn |
| Russell Johnson | Peter Corrigan |
| Vivi Janiss | Edna Castle |
| Oscar Beregi | Farwell |
| Jack Ging | Young Man |
| Burgess Meredith | Romney Wordsworth |
| Robert Emhardt | Professor Ackerman |
| Carmen Mathews | Vinnie Broun |
| George Chandler | The Old Man |
| Jennifer Howard | Janet's Nurse |
| Buddy Ebsen | Jimbo Cobb |
| Fred Clark | Chester Diedrich |
| Jonathan Harris | George Alfred |
| Art Carney | Henry Corwin |
| Simon Oakland | DeCruz |
| Bob Cummings | Captain James Embry |
| H.M. Wynant | David Ellington |
| Harry Townes | Henry Ritchie |
| Luther Adler | Arthur Castle |
| Joe Mantell | Jackie Rhoades |
| Richard Haydn | Bartlett Finchley |
| John Carradine | Brother Jerome |
| Maxine Stuart | Janet Tyler |
| Inger Stevens | Jana |
| Brian Aherne | Booth Templeton |
| Jean Carson | Paula Diedrich |
| Adam Williams | Woodward |
| Thomas Gomez | Sykes |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Gallegos |
| Jack Carson | Harvey Hunnicut |
| Loring Smith | Honest Luther Grimbley |
| Barbara Nichols | Liz Powell |
| Paul Comi | 1st Officer Craig |
| Harp McGuire | Flight Engineer Purcell |
| Dean Jagger | Ed Lindsay |
| Dane Clark | Ace Larsen |
| Lili Darvas | Grandma Bayles |
| Philip Abbott | Chris Bayles |
| Franchot Tone | Col. Archie Taylor |
| Liam Sullivan | Jamie Tennyson |
| Fredd Wayne | Barney |
