The Twilight Zone (1959)

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19595 Seasons25m episodes8.5

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

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Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

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You are about to enter another dimension.

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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Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 2, 1959
Network: CBS
Studio: Cayuga Productions, CBS

Time to finish

65 hrs

156 episodes. About 10 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Rod Serling

Self - Host

SERIES

19595 Seasons25m episodes8.5

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

TMDB8.5

Votes1.1k

Your rating

Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

About

You are about to enter another dimension.

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Paramount Plus Premium

Paramount Plus Essential

Paramount Plus Apple TV channel

Paramount+ Amazon Channel

Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel

Free

Paramount Plus Essential

With ads

Fandango at Home Free

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Oct 2, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.6
Where Is Everybody?
Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...
E2 · Airs Oct 9, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.5
One for the Angels
A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
E3 · Airs Oct 16, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.0
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
E4 · Airs Oct 23, 1959 · 26m · ★ 6.8
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.
E5 · Airs Oct 30, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.8
Walking Distance
A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.
E6 · Airs Nov 6, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.2
Escape Clause
A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
E7 · Airs Nov 13, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.7
The Lonely
In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.
E8 · Airs Nov 20, 1959 · 26m · ★ 8.2
Time Enough at Last
A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
E9 · Airs Nov 27, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.1
Perchance to Dream
A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.
E10 · Airs Dec 4, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.0
Judgment Night
In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.
E11 · Airs Dec 11, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.8
And When the Sky Was Opened
Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.
E12 · Airs Dec 25, 1959 · 26m · ★ 7.7
What You Need
A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.
E13 · Airs Jan 1, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.9
The Four of Us are Dying
In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.
E14 · Airs Jan 8, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5
Third from the Sun
With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.
E15 · Airs Jan 15, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4
I Shot an Arrow into the Air
Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.
E16 · Airs Jan 22, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.6
The Hitch-Hiker
Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.
E17 · Airs Jan 29, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.4
The Fever
Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.
E18 · Airs Feb 5, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5
The Last Flight
A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!
E19 · Airs Feb 12, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.9
The Purple Testament
Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.
E20 · Airs Feb 19, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5
Elegy
Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.
E21 · Airs Feb 26, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4
Mirror Image
In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
E22 · Airs Mar 4, 1960 · 26m · ★ 8.0
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.
E23 · Airs Mar 11, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4
A World of Difference
Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.
E24 · Airs Mar 18, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.4
Long Live Walter Jameson
Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.
E25 · Airs Mar 25, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.7
People are Alike All Over
After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.
E26 · Airs Apr 1, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.6
Execution
Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
E27 · Airs Apr 8, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.3
The Big Tall Wish
Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.
E28 · Airs Apr 15, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.3
A Nice Place to Visit
After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.
E29 · Airs Apr 29, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.2
Nightmare as a Child
Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.
E30 · Airs May 6, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.9
A Stop at Willoughby
Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.
E31 · Airs May 13, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.7
The Chaser
A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.
E32 · Airs May 20, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.8
A Passage for Trumpet
A down-and-out trumpet player who's convinced he'll never amount to anything attempts suicide and finds himself in a world where no one can hear or see him.
E33 · Airs Jun 3, 1960 · 26m · ★ 6.5
Mr. Bevis
After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.
E34 · Airs Jun 10, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.5
The After Hours
Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.
E35 · Airs Jun 17, 1960 · 26m · ★ 5.8
The Mighty Casey
A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
E36 · Airs Jul 1, 1960 · 26m · ★ 7.6
A World of His Own
Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.