The Twilight Zone is a paranormal anthology television series, a revival of the 1959-64 Rod Serling series of the same name. It ran on CBS for two seasons before getting a third season produced for syndication. Most CBS episodes consisted of multiple separate stories during the hour-long runtime. Episodes in the third season were reduced to thirty minutes, with one story per episode.
As it was an anthology series, there were no regular cast members and no single plot or premise. Jenny Lewis appeared in the fifth episode of the first season, in a story called "If She Dies", written by David Bennett Carren and directed by John Hancock. It was followed up by the story "Ye Gods" in the same episode.
The show was filmed in Los Angeles, California on 35 mm film, then edited on videotape.
Season 1 episodes[]
| Air No. | Prod. No. | Air Date | Title | Writer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ? | September 27, 1985 | Shatterday | Based on the short story by: Harlan Ellison teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Wes Craven |
| A Little Peace and Quiet | James Crocker | ||||
| 2 | ? | October 4, 1985 | Wordplay | Rockne S. O'Bannon | Wes Craven |
| Dreams for Sale | Joe Gannon | Tommy Lee Wallace | |||
| Chameleon | James Crocker | Wes Craven | |||
| 3 | ? | October 11, 1985 | Healer | Alan Brennert | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Children's Zoo | Chris Hubbell & Gerrit Graham | Robert Downey | |||
| Kentucky Rye | Richard Krzemien & Chip Duncan | John Hancock | |||
| 4 | ? | October 18, 1985 | Little Boy Lost | Lynn Barker | Tommy Lee Wallace |
| Wish Bank | Michael Cassutt | Rick Friedberg | |||
| Night Crawlers | Based on the short story by: Robert R. McCammon Teleplay by: Philip DeGuere |
William Friedkin | |||
| 5 | ? | October 25, 1985 | If She Dies | David Bennett Carren | John Hancock |
| Ye Gods | Anne Collins | Peter Medak | |||
| 6 | ? | November 1, 1985 | Examination Day | Based on the short story by: Henry Slesar Teleplay by: Philip DeGuere |
Paul Lynch |
| A Message from Charity | Based on the short story by: William M. Lee Teleplay by: Alan Brennert | ||||
| 7 | ? | November 8, 1985 | Teacher's Aide | Steven Barnes | B. W. L. Norton |
| Paladin of the Lost Hour | Based on the short story "Paladin" by: Harlan Ellison Teleplay by: Harlan Ellison |
Gilbert Cates (as Alan Smithee) | |||
| 8 | ? | November 15, 1985 | Act Break | Haskell Barkin | Theodore J. Flicker |
| The Burning Man | Based on the short story by: Ray Bradbury Teleplay by: J. D. Feigelson |
J. D. Feigelson | |||
| Dealer's Choice | Donald Todd | Wes Craven | |||
| 9 | ? | November 22, 1985 | Dead Woman's Shoes | Based on the story and teleplay by: Charles Beaumont Teleplay by: Lynn Barker |
Peter Medak |
| Wong's Lost and Found Emporium | Based on the story by: William F. Wu Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Paul Lynch | |||
| 10 | ? | November 29, 1985 | The Shadow Man | Rockne S. O'Bannon | Joe Dante |
| The Uncle Devil Show | Donald Todd | David Steinberg | |||
| Opening Day | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell | John Milius | |||
| 11 | ? | December 6, 1985 | The Beacon | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | Gerd Oswald |
| One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty | From a short story by: Harlan Ellison Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Don Carlos Dunaway | |||
| 12 | ? | December 13, 1985 | Her Pilgrim Soul | Alan Brennert | Wes Craven |
| I of Newton | Based on the short story by: Joe Haldeman Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Kenneth Gilbert | |||
| 13 | ? | December 20, 1985 | Night of the Meek | Based on the story and teleplay by: Rod Serling Teleplay by: Rockne S. O'Bannon |
Martha Coolidge |
| But Can She Type? | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | Shelley Levinson | |||
| The Star | Based on the short story by: Arthur C. Clarke Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Gerd Oswald | |||
| 14 | ? | January 3, 1986 | Still Life | Gerrit Graham & Chris Hubbell | Peter Medak |
| The Little People of Killany Woods | J. D. Feigelson | J. D. Feigelson | |||
| The Misfortune Cookie | Based on the short story by: Charles E. Fritch Teleplay by: Rockne S. O'Bannon |
Allan Arkush | |||
| 15 | ? | January 24, 1986 | Monsters! | Robert Crais | B. W. L. Norton |
| A Small Talent for War | Carter Scholz & Alan Brennert | Claudia Weill | |||
| A Matter of Minutes | Suggested by the short story "Yesterday Was Monday" by: Theodore Sturgeon Teleplay by: Rockne S. O'Bannon |
Sheldon Larry | |||
| 16 | ? | January 31, 1986 | The Elevator | Ray Bradbury | R. L. Thomas |
| To See the Invisible Man | Based on the short story by: Robert Silverberg Teleplay by: Steven Barnes |
Noel Black | |||
| Tooth and Consequences | Haskell Barkin | Robert Downey | |||
| 17 | ? | February 7, 1986 | Welcome to Winfield | Les Enloe | Bruce Bilson |
| Quarantine | Story by: Philip DeGuere and Steven Bochco Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Martha Coolidge | |||
| 18 | ? | February 14, 1986 | Gramma | Based on the short story by: Stephen King Teleplay by: Harlan Ellison |
Bradford May |
| Personal Demons | Rockne S. O'Bannon | Peter Medak | |||
| Cold Reading | Martin Pasko & Rebecca Parr | Gus Trikonis | |||
| 19 | ? | February 21, 1986 | The Leprechaun-Artist | Story by: James Crocker Teleplay by: Tommy Lee Wallace |
Tommy Lee Wallace |
| Dead Run | Based on the short story by: Greg Bear Teleplay by: Alan Brennert |
Paul Tucker | |||
| 20 | ? | March 7, 1986 | Profile in Silver | J. Neil Schulman | John Hancock |
| Button, Button | Based on the short story by: Richard Matheson Teleplay by: Richard Matheson |
Peter Medak | |||
| 21 | ? | March 21, 1986 | Need to Know | Based on the short story by: Sidney Sheldon Teleplay by: Mary Sheldon |
Paul Lynch |
| Red Snow | Michael Cassutt | Jeannot Szwarc | |||
| 22 | ? | March 28, 1986 | Take My Life... Please! | Gordon Mitchell | Gus Trikonis |
| Devil's Alphabet | Based on the short story by: Arthur Gray Teleplay by: Robert Hunter |
Ben Bolt | |||
| The Library | Anne Collins | John Hancock | |||
| 23 | ? | April 4, 1986 | Shadow Play | Based on the story and teleplay by: Charles Beaumont Teleplay by: James Crocker |
Paul Lynch |
| Grace Note | Patrice Messina | Peter Medak | |||
| 24 | ? | April 11, 1986 | A Day in Beaumont | David Gerrold | Philip DeGuere |
| The Last Defender of Camelot | Based on a story by: Roger Zelazny Teleplay by: George R. R. Martin |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Other Information[]
- Other actors who made guest appearances on The Twilight Zone include Andre Gower, Sandy Martin, Joe Santos, Peter Scolari and Dee Wallace Stone.
- Shelley Fabares appeared in an episode of the original 1960s Twilight Zone, and Scott Nemes appeared in Twilight Zone: The Movie from 1983.
| Television | |
|---|---|
| ABC | Baby Makes Five (1 2 3 4) • Webster (1) • Convicted • Life With Lucy (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13) • The Charmings (1) • Baby M • Mr. Belvedere (1) • Growing Pains (1) • Just the Ten of Us (1) • Have Faith (1) • Roseanne (1) • Free Spirit (1) • Talk to Me • Once and Again (1) |
| CBS | It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown • The Twilight Zone (1) • Who Gets the Friends? • My Father, My Son • Brooklyn Bridge (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18) • Runaway Father • Murder, She Wrote (1) • Sweet Temptation |
| NBC | Suburban Beat • Hell Town (1) • The Golden Girls (1) • A Place at the Table • Shannon's Deal (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15) • Baywatch (1) • Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter • Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story • Daddy |
| Showtime | Uncle Tom's Cabin • Runaway Daughters |
| Syndication | Card Sharks • Superstar Kids Challenge |
| The Disney Channel | A Friendship in Vienna |
| Fox | Get Real (1) |
