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The Twilight Zone
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American TV anthology series (1959–1964)
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The Twilight Zone is an American television series created by Rod Serling. It aired on the CBS network from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. The series has ended and consists of five seasons with a total of 156 episodes. Each episode has a runtime of 30 minutes and is presented in English.
The show is categorized under the genres of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Science-Fiction, and Supernatural. It holds a vote average of 8.5 and a rating of 8.9. The series is referenced by 1,597 other encyclopedia articles.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 8.5An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
- Aired
- 1959–1964
- Seasons
- 5 · 156 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Rod Serling
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Science-Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TVMaze rating
- 8.9/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Anthology Fantasy Horror Science fiction
- Created by
- Rod Serling
- Presented by
- Rod Serling
- Composers
- Bernard Herrmann (also season 1 theme) Marius Constant (theme from season 2 onwards) Jerry Goldsmith Fred Steiner Leith Stevens Leonard Rosenman Franz Waxman
- Country of origin
- United States
- Number span no of episodes
- 156 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producer
- Rod Serling
- Producers
- Buck Houghton (1959–1962) Herbert Hirschman (1963) Bert Granet (1963–1964) William Froug (1963–1964)
- Cinematography
- George T. Clemens
- Running time
- 25 minutes (seasons 1–3, 5), 51 minutes (season 4)
- Production companies
- Cayuga Productions , CBS Productions
- Network
- CBS
- Release
- October 2, 1959 ( 1959-10-02 ) –, June 19, 1964 ( 1964-06-19 )
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Encyclopedic overview
The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. Each episode presents a standalone story in which characters find themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience described as entering "the Twilight Zone", often with a surprise ending and a moral. The phrase "twilight zone" has entered the vernacular, used to describe surreal experiences.
The series featured both established stars and younger actors who became much better known later. Serling served as executive producer and head writer; he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show's 156 episodes. He was also the show's host and narrator, delivering monologues at the beginning and end of each episode, and typically appeared on-screen to address the audience directly during the opening scene. Serling's opening and closing narrations usually summarize the episode's events encapsulating how and why the main characters had entered the Twilight Zone.
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