An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Rod Serling
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36 episodes • 1959Avg: 7.3Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where Is Everybody? | Oct 2, 1959 | 7.6 |
| 2 | One for the Angels | Oct 9, 1959 | 7.4 |
| 3 | Mr. Denton on Doomsday | Oct 16, 1959 | 7.0 |
| 4 | The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine | Oct 23, 1959 | 6.8 |
| 5 | Walking Distance | Oct 30, 1959 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Escape Clause | Nov 6, 1959 | 7.2 |
| 7 | The Lonely | Nov 13, 1959 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Time Enough at Last | Nov 20, 1959 | 8.2 |
| 9 | Perchance to Dream | Nov 27, 1959 | 7.1 |
| 10 | Judgment Night | Dec 4, 1959 | 7.0 |
| 11 | And When the Sky Was Opened | Dec 11, 1959 | 7.8 |
| 12 | What You Need | Dec 25, 1959 | 7.7 |
| 13 | The Four of Us are Dying | Jan 1, 1960 | 6.9 |
| 14 | Third from the Sun | Jan 8, 1960 | 7.5 |
| 15 | I Shot an Arrow into the Air | Jan 15, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 16 | The Hitch-Hiker | Jan 22, 1960 | 7.6 |
| 17 | The Fever | Jan 29, 1960 | 6.4 |
| 18 | The Last Flight | Feb 5, 1960 | 7.5 |
| 19 | The Purple Testament | Feb 12, 1960 | 6.9 |
| 20 | Elegy | Feb 19, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 21 | Mirror Image | Feb 26, 1960 | 7.5 |
| 22 | The Monsters are Due on Maple Street | Mar 4, 1960 | 7.9 |
| 23 | A World of Difference | Mar 11, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 24 | Long Live Walter Jameson | Mar 18, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 25 | People are Alike All Over | Mar 25, 1960 | 7.7 |
| 26 | Execution | Apr 1, 1960 | 6.6 |
| 27 | The Big Tall Wish | Apr 8, 1960 | 6.3 |
| 28 | A Nice Place to Visit | Apr 15, 1960 | 7.3 |
| 29 | Nightmare as a Child | Apr 29, 1960 | 7.2 |
| 30 | A Stop at Willoughby | May 6, 1960 | 7.9 |
| 31 | The Chaser | May 13, 1960 | 6.7 |
| 32 | A Passage for Trumpet | May 20, 1960 | 6.8 |
| 33 | Mr. Bevis | Jun 3, 1960 | 6.5 |
| 34 | The After Hours | Jun 10, 1960 | 7.5 |
| 35 | The Mighty Casey | Jun 17, 1960 | 5.8 |
| 36 | A World of His Own | Jul 1, 1960 | 7.6 |
29 episodes • 1960Avg: 7.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Nine Will Not Return | Sep 30, 1960 | 5.8 |
| 2 | The Man in the Bottle | Oct 7, 1960 | 6.9 |
| 3 | Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room | Oct 14, 1960 | 6.5 |
| 4 | A Thing About Machines | Oct 28, 1960 | 5.9 |
| 5 | The Howling Man | Nov 4, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 6 | Eye of the Beholder | Nov 11, 1960 | 8.5 |
| 7 | Nick of Time | Nov 18, 1960 | 7.7 |
| 8 | The Lateness of the Hour | Dec 2, 1960 | 6.6 |
| 9 | The Trouble with Templeton | Dec 9, 1960 | 6.7 |
| 10 | A Most Unusual Camera | Dec 16, 1960 | 7.4 |
| 11 | The Night of the Meek | Dec 23, 1960 | 7.3 |
| 12 | Dust | Jan 6, 1961 | 6.6 |
| 13 | Back There | Jan 13, 1961 | 7.1 |
| 14 | The Whole Truth | Jan 20, 1961 | 5.9 |
| 15 | The Invaders | Jan 27, 1961 | 7.6 |
| 16 | A Penny for Your Thoughts | Feb 3, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 17 | Twenty Two | Feb 10, 1961 | 7.4 |
| 18 | The Odyssey of Flight 33 | Feb 24, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 19 | Mr. Dingle, the Strong | Mar 3, 1961 | 6.5 |
| 20 | Static | Mar 10, 1961 | 6.7 |
| 21 | The Prime Mover | Mar 24, 1961 | 6.5 |
| 22 | Long Distance Call | Mar 31, 1961 | 6.8 |
| 23 | A Hundred Yards Over the Rim | Apr 7, 1961 | 7.1 |
| 24 | The Rip Van Winkle Caper | Apr 21, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 25 | The Silence | Apr 28, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Shadow Play | May 5, 1961 | 7.5 |
| 27 | The Mind and the Matter | May 12, 1961 | 6.1 |
| 28 | Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? | May 26, 1961 | 8.0 |
| 29 | The Obsolete Man | Jun 2, 1961 | 7.6 |
37 episodes • 1961Avg: 7.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | Sep 15, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 2 | The Arrival | Sep 22, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 3 | The Shelter | Sep 29, 1961 | 8.4 |
| 4 | The Passersby | Oct 6, 1961 | 6.7 |
| 5 | A Game of Pool | Oct 13, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 6 | The Mirror | Oct 20, 1961 | 6.3 |
| 7 | The Grave | Oct 27, 1961 | 6.8 |
| 8 | It's a Good Life | Nov 3, 1961 | 8.2 |
| 9 | Deaths-Head Revisited | Nov 10, 1961 | 7.0 |
| 10 | The Midnight Sun | Nov 17, 1961 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Still Valley | Nov 24, 1961 | 6.1 |
| 12 | The Jungle | Dec 1, 1961 | 6.6 |
| 13 | Once Upon a Time | Dec 15, 1961 | 7.2 |
| 14 | Five Characters in Search of an Exit | Dec 22, 1961 | 7.9 |
| 15 | A Quality of Mercy | Dec 29, 1961 | 7.1 |
| 16 | Nothing in the Dark | Jan 5, 1962 | 7.8 |
| 17 | One More Pallbearer | Jan 12, 1962 | 6.6 |
| 18 | Dead Man's Shoes | Jan 19, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 19 | The Hunt | Jan 26, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 20 | Showdown with Rance McGrew | Feb 2, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 21 | Kick the Can | Feb 9, 1962 | 7.3 |
| 22 | A Piano in the House | Feb 16, 1962 | 7.1 |
| 23 | The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank | Feb 23, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 24 | To Serve Man | Mar 2, 1962 | 8.5 |
| 25 | The Fugitive | Mar 9, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 26 | Little Girl Lost | Mar 16, 1962 | 7.1 |
| 27 | Person or Persons Unknown | Mar 23, 1962 | 7.5 |
| 28 | The Little People | Mar 30, 1962 | 7.3 |
| 29 | Four O'Clock | Apr 6, 1962 | 5.9 |
| 30 | Hocus-Pocus and Frisby | Apr 13, 1962 | 6.8 |
| 31 | The Trade-Ins | Apr 20, 1962 | 6.9 |
| 32 | The Gift | Apr 27, 1962 | 6.2 |
| 33 | The Dummy | May 4, 1962 | 6.8 |
| 34 | Young Man's Fancy | May 11, 1962 | 5.9 |
| 35 | I Sing the Body Electric | May 18, 1962 | 6.7 |
| 36 | Cavender is Coming | May 25, 1962 | 6.3 |
| 37 | The Changing of the Guard | Jun 1, 1962 | 6.9 |
18 episodes • 1963Avg: 6.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In His Image | Jan 3, 1963 | 7.4 |
| 2 | The Thirty-Fathom Grave | Jan 10, 1963 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Valley of the Shadow | Jan 17, 1963 | 7.8 |
| 4 | He's Alive | Jan 24, 1963 | 7.8 |
| 5 | Mute | Jan 31, 1963 | 6.2 |
| 6 | Death Ship | Feb 7, 1963 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Jess-Belle | Feb 14, 1963 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Miniature | Feb 21, 1963 | 6.4 |
| 9 | Printer's Devil | Feb 28, 1963 | 7.1 |
| 10 | No Time Like the Past | Mar 7, 1963 | 6.5 |
| 11 | The Parallel | Mar 14, 1963 | 6.9 |
| 12 | I Dream of Genie | Mar 21, 1963 | 5.3 |
| 13 | The New Exhibit | Apr 4, 1963 | 6.8 |
| 14 | Of Late I Think of Cliffordville | Apr 11, 1963 | 6.9 |
| 15 | The Incredible World of Horace Ford | Apr 18, 1963 | 5.2 |
| 16 | On Thursday We Leave for Home | May 2, 1963 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Passage on the Lady Anne | May 9, 1963 | 6.9 |
| 18 | The Bard | May 23, 1963 | 5.7 |
36 episodes • 1963Avg: 6.9
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Praise of Pip | Sep 27, 1963 | 6.2 |
| 2 | Steel | Oct 4, 1963 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | Oct 11, 1963 | 8.3 |
| 4 | A Kind of a Stopwatch | Oct 18, 1963 | 7.2 |
| 5 | The Last Night of a Jockey | Oct 25, 1963 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Living Doll | Nov 1, 1963 | 7.6 |
| 7 | The Old Man in the Cave | Nov 8, 1963 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Uncle Simon | Nov 15, 1963 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Probe 7, Over and Out | Nov 29, 1963 | 7.1 |
| 10 | The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms | Dec 6, 1963 | 6.1 |
| 11 | A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain | Dec 13, 1963 | 6.3 |
| 12 | Ninety Years Without Slumbering | Dec 20, 1963 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Ring-a-Ding Girl | Dec 27, 1963 | 6.8 |
| 14 | You Drive | Jan 3, 1964 | 7.9 |
| 15 | The Long Morrow | Jan 10, 1964 | 7.5 |
| 16 | The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross | Jan 17, 1964 | 7.5 |
| 17 | Number 12 Looks Just Like You | Jan 24, 1964 | 7.7 |
| 18 | Black Leather Jackets | Jan 31, 1964 | 5.9 |
| 19 | Night Call | Feb 7, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 20 | From Agnes – With Love | Feb 14, 1964 | 6.4 |
| 21 | Spur of the Moment | Feb 21, 1964 | 6.4 |
| 22 | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Feb 28, 1964 | 7.9 |
| 23 | Queen of the Nile | Mar 6, 1964 | 6.3 |
| 24 | What's in the Box | Mar 13, 1964 | 7.0 |
| 25 | The Masks | Mar 20, 1964 | 8.4 |
| 26 | I Am the Night - Color Me Black | Mar 27, 1964 | 7.1 |
| 27 | Sounds and Silences | Apr 3, 1964 | 5.5 |
| 28 | Caesar and Me | Apr 10, 1964 | 6.0 |
| 29 | The Jeopardy Room | Apr 17, 1964 | 7.2 |
| 30 | Stopover in a Quiet Town | Apr 24, 1964 | 7.3 |
| 31 | The Encounter | May 1, 1964 | 6.8 |
| 32 | Mr. Garrity and the Graves | May 8, 1964 | 7.4 |
| 33 | The Brain Center at Whipple's | May 15, 1964 | 6.3 |
| 34 | Come Wander with Me | May 22, 1964 | 6.1 |
| 35 | The Fear | May 29, 1964 | 6.9 |
| 36 | The Bewitchin' Pool | Jun 19, 1964 | 6.1 |
