The Twilight Zone was a popular American anthology series. 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."
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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All Seasons | |||
Specials | January 1955 | January 2000 | 39 |
Season 1 | October 1959 | July 1960 | 36 |
Season 2 | September 1960 | June 1961 | 29 |
Season 3 | September 1961 | June 1962 | 37 |
Season 4 | January 1963 | May 1963 | 18 |
Season 5 | September 1963 | June 1964 | 36 |
Unassigned Episodes | 2 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Specials | 0 | ||
Unassigned Episodes | 197 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | October 1959 | June 1964 | 156 |
Unassigned Episodes | 41 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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Rod Serling | 96 | 11/24/1958 - 05/19/1994 | |
Charles Beaumont | 21 | 11/27/1959 - 03/06/1964 | |
Richard Matheson | 17 | 12/11/1959 - 05/19/1994 | |
Earl Hamner Jr. | 8 | 01/26/1962 - 06/19/1964 | |
George Clayton Johnson | 7 | 01/01/1960 - 12/20/1963 | |
Jerry Sohl | 3 | 04/04/1963 - 03/06/1964 | |
Oceo Ritch | 2 | 03/10/1961 - 01/19/1962 | |
Martin M. Goldsmith | 2 | 03/13/1964 - 05/01/1964 | |
Bill Idelson | 2 | 03/31/1961 | |
Frederick Louis Fox | 2 | 02/02/1962 - 04/13/1962 | |
Henry Slesar | 2 | 11/08/1963 - 01/17/1964 | |
Ray Bradbury | 1 | 05/18/1962 | |
Paul W. Fairman | 1 | 03/25/1960 | |
Manly Wade Wellman | 1 | 11/24/1961 | |
Jerry McNeely | 1 | 01/17/1964 | |
Richard De Roy | 1 | 12/20/1963 | |
E. Jack Neuman | 1 | 12/09/1960 | |
Price Day | 1 | 04/06/1962 | |
Lou Holtz | 1 | 12/13/1963 | |
C.L. Moore | 1 | 12/25/1959 | |
Madelon Champion | 1 | 01/15/1960 | |
Michael D. Rosenthal | 1 | 10/18/1963 | |
Anthony Wilson | 1 | 05/22/1964 | |
Bernard C. Schoenfeld | 1 | 02/14/1964 | |
Damon Knight | 1 | 03/02/1962 | |
John Collier | 1 | 05/13/1960 | |
Sam Rolfe | 1 | 12/29/1961 | |
Mike Korologos | 1 | 05/08/1964 | |
Ambrose Bierce | 1 | 02/28/1964 | |
Lynn Venable | 1 | 11/20/1959 | |
Reginald Rose | 1 | 04/18/1963 | |
Malcolm Jameson | 1 | 04/11/1963 | |
Lucille Fletcher | 1 | 01/22/1960 | |
Robert Presnell Jr. | 1 | 05/13/1960 | |
Jerome Bixby | 1 | 11/03/1961 | |
John Furia Jr. | 1 | 03/21/1963 | |
Marvin Petal | 1 | 12/22/1961 | |
A.T. Strassfield | 1 | 04/10/1964 | |
John Tomerlin | 1 | 01/24/1964 | |
Henry Kuttner | 1 | 12/25/1959 | |
Lee Polk | 1 | 05/04/1962 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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John Brahm | 12 | 11/20/1959 - 03/06/1964 | |
Douglas Heyes | 10 | 12/11/1959 - 01/27/1961 | |
Buzz Kulik | 9 | 09/30/1960 - 05/02/1963 | |
Lamont Johnson | 8 | 09/29/1961 - 05/09/1963 | |
Montgomery Pittman | 8 | 05/26/1961 - 02/23/1962 | |
Richard L. Bare | 7 | 01/08/1960 - 03/13/1964 | |
James Sheldon | 6 | 01/20/1961 - 05/18/1962 | |
Richard Donner | 6 | 10/11/1963 - 05/22/1964 | |
Don Medford | 5 | 05/20/1960 - 02/07/1963 | |
William F. Claxton | 4 | 02/05/1960 - 05/18/1962 | |
Abner Biberman | 4 | 05/04/1962 - 03/27/1964 | |
Joseph M. Newman | 4 | 09/27/1963 - 06/19/1964 | |
Alan Crosland Jr. | 4 | 03/14/1963 - 12/27/1963 | |
Alvin Ganzer | 4 | 12/25/1959 - 06/17/1960 | |
Ted Post | 4 | 03/11/1960 - 05/29/1964 | |
Jack Smight | 4 | 11/13/1959 - 02/10/1961 | |
Elliot Silverstein | 4 | 06/02/1961 - 02/21/1964 | |
Ron Winston | 3 | 03/04/1960 - 04/24/1964 | |
Stuart Rosenberg | 3 | 01/15/1960 - 01/31/1963 | |
Perry Lafferty | 3 | 01/03/1963 - 01/17/1963 | |
Robert Parrish | 3 | 10/09/1959 - 06/17/1960 | |
Justus Addiss | 3 | 02/24/1961 - 03/07/1963 | |
Mitchell Leisen | 3 | 10/23/1959 - 03/25/1960 | |
Robert Florey | 3 | 11/27/1959 - 01/10/1964 | |
David Orrick McDearmon | 3 | 04/01/1960 - 01/13/1961 | |
Boris Sagal | 2 | 04/28/1961 - 09/22/1961 | |
Anton Leader | 2 | 03/18/1960 - 11/17/1961 | |
Ida Lupino | 2 | 03/20/1964 | |
Christian Nyby | 2 | 02/02/1962 - 05/25/1962 | |
Robert Stevens | 2 | 10/02/1959 - 10/30/1959 | |
Robert Butler | 2 | 04/10/1964 - 05/01/1964 | |
Don Siegel | 2 | 11/15/1963 - 01/17/1964 | |
Allen Reisner | 2 | 11/24/1958 - 10/16/1959 | |
John Rich | 2 | 12/16/1960 - 10/18/1963 | |
Robert Enrico | 2 | 02/28/1964 | |
Ralph Nelson | 1 | 07/01/1960 | |
Robert Markowitz | 1 | 05/19/1994 | |
Don Weis | 1 | 10/04/1963 | |
David Butler | 1 | 05/23/1963 | |
Joe Dante | 1 | 06/24/1983 | |
Walter Grauman | 1 | 02/21/1963 | |
Bernard Girard | 1 | 12/13/1963 | |
Richard C. Sarafian | 1 | 11/01/1963 | |
Jacques Tourneur | 1 | 02/07/1964 | |
Norman Z. McLeod | 1 | 12/15/1961 | |
Ralph Senensky | 1 | 02/28/1963 | |
Harold D. Schuster | 1 | 01/26/1962 | |
Paul Stewart | 1 | 03/16/1962 | |
Allen H. Miner | 1 | 04/27/1962 | |
Robert Ellis Miller | 1 | 06/01/1962 | |
David Greene | 1 | 02/16/1962 | |
William Asher | 1 | 06/03/1960 | |
David Lowell Rich | 1 | 04/11/1963 | |
Roger Kay | 1 | 12/20/1963 | |
Robert Gist | 1 | 03/21/1963 |
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