The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (marketed as The Twilight Zone for the final two seasons) is an American science fiction horror anthology television series produced and hosted by Rod Serling that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1964 for five seasons. Each episode is a stand-alone drama in which individuals are confronted with frequently unsettling or bizarre circumstances, an experience is known as "entering the Twilight Zone". Despite being mostly science fiction, the show's paranormal and Kafkaesque incidents pushed it into fantasy and horror areas. The series created the term "twilight zone," which is now used to characterize bizarre encounters.

The Twilight Zone is largely recognized as one of the all-time great television shows. The series was voted No. 26 on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002. It premiered at No. 8 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever in 2004, then rose to No. 9 three years later. The Writers Guild of America named it the third best-written TV series of all time in 2013, and TV Guide named it the fourth greatest drama and the second greatest comedy.

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Genre: Anthology, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Supernatural

Created by: Rod Serling
No. of seasons: 5
No. of episodes: 156