The Twilight Zone
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Fan of the Twilight Zone? Join me, Rod Serling Memorial Foundation board member Paul Gallagher, for daily quotes and facts from TZ, Night Gallery, and Serling's other works.
On X as @TheNightGallery and at thenightgallery.org.
On X as @TheNightGallery and at thenightgallery.org.
On February 9, 1972, one of Night Gallery's best segments airs: Serling's chilling "Deliveries in the Rear," about a Victorian-era doctor who trafficks in grave-robbing, with two other stories, "Stop Killing Me" and "Dead Weight."
On DVD or Blu-ray: amzn.to/3uEw2HZ
On DVD or Blu-ray: amzn.to/3uEw2HZ
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
On February 9, 1972, one of Night Gallery's best segments airs: Serling's chilling "Deliveries in the Rear," about a Victorian-era doctor who trafficks in grave-robbing, with two other stories, "Stop Killing Me" and "Dead Weight."
On DVD or Blu-ray: amzn.to/3uEw2HZ
On DVD or Blu-ray: amzn.to/3uEw2HZ
February 9, 1962: Twilight Zone's "Kick the Can" airs. A man in a nursing home discovers the secret of youth is an attitude — and that a simple children's game can provide the escape he yearns for.
Written by George Clayton Johnson. Stars Ernest Truex (of TZ's "What You Need").
Written by George Clayton Johnson. Stars Ernest Truex (of TZ's "What You Need").
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
February 9, 1962: Twilight Zone's "Kick the Can" airs. A man in a nursing home discovers the secret of youth is an attitude — and that a simple children's game can provide the escape he yearns for.
Written by George Clayton Johnson. Stars Ernest Truex (of TZ's "What You Need").
Written by George Clayton Johnson. Stars Ernest Truex (of TZ's "What You Need").
"They had to do a life mask with the cast in advance. After we were done filming, Ida Lupino told us we could keep the masks because they would not be needed. I used to have my mask for many years, but I don't recall what happened to it."
— Brooke Hayward, Paula in "The Masks"
— Brooke Hayward, Paula in "The Masks"
February 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
"They had to do a life mask with the cast in advance. After we were done filming, Ida Lupino told us we could keep the masks because they would not be needed. I used to have my mask for many years, but I don't recall what happened to it."
— Brooke Hayward, Paula in "The Masks"
— Brooke Hayward, Paula in "The Masks"
"I jumped at doing anything that Rod [Serling] wrote. When my agent told me they wanted me for a Twilight Zone, I didn't have to look at the script. I said yes."
— Jack Klugman, star of TZ's "A Game of Pool," "A Passage for Trumpet," "Death Ship," and "In Praise of Pip"
— Jack Klugman, star of TZ's "A Game of Pool," "A Passage for Trumpet," "Death Ship," and "In Praise of Pip"
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"I jumped at doing anything that Rod [Serling] wrote. When my agent told me they wanted me for a Twilight Zone, I didn't have to look at the script. I said yes."
— Jack Klugman, star of TZ's "A Game of Pool," "A Passage for Trumpet," "Death Ship," and "In Praise of Pip"
— Jack Klugman, star of TZ's "A Game of Pool," "A Passage for Trumpet," "Death Ship," and "In Praise of Pip"
#HolocaustMemorialDay
"All the Dachaus must remain standing -- the Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes, all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard. (1/2)
"All the Dachaus must remain standing -- the Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes, all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard. (1/2)
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
#HolocaustMemorialDay
"All the Dachaus must remain standing -- the Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes, all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard. (1/2)
"All the Dachaus must remain standing -- the Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes, all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard. (1/2)
"I had such a terrible dream. It was so hot. Isn't it wonderful to have darkness and coolness?"
"Yes, my dear. It's wonderful."
Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
"Yes, my dear. It's wonderful."
Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"I had such a terrible dream. It was so hot. Isn't it wonderful to have darkness and coolness?"
"Yes, my dear. It's wonderful."
Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
"Yes, my dear. It's wonderful."
Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde.
"My job is to see to it that you get what you want — whatever it may be."
#S1E28
Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit" stars Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.
#S1E28
Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit" stars Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.
January 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"My job is to see to it that you get what you want — whatever it may be."
#S1E28
Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit" stars Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.
#S1E28
Twilight Zone's "A Nice Place to Visit" stars Larry Blyden and Sebastian Cabot.
January 15, 1960: Twilight Zone's "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" debuts. Astronauts with dwindling supplies crash-land on what seems to be an unknown planet. One of them is determined to survive—at any cost.
Stars Dewey Martin and Edward Binns. Parts were filmed in Death Valley.
Stars Dewey Martin and Edward Binns. Parts were filmed in Death Valley.
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
January 15, 1960: Twilight Zone's "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" debuts. Astronauts with dwindling supplies crash-land on what seems to be an unknown planet. One of them is determined to survive—at any cost.
Stars Dewey Martin and Edward Binns. Parts were filmed in Death Valley.
Stars Dewey Martin and Edward Binns. Parts were filmed in Death Valley.
January 12, 1962: Twilight Zone's "One More Pallbearer" airs. A rich man tries to get three people from his past to apologize for old slights by staging a phony World War III scenario from his secure bunker.
Written by Rod Serling. Stars Joseph Wiseman (James Bond's "Dr. No").
Written by Rod Serling. Stars Joseph Wiseman (James Bond's "Dr. No").
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
January 12, 1962: Twilight Zone's "One More Pallbearer" airs. A rich man tries to get three people from his past to apologize for old slights by staging a phony World War III scenario from his secure bunker.
Written by Rod Serling. Stars Joseph Wiseman (James Bond's "Dr. No").
Written by Rod Serling. Stars Joseph Wiseman (James Bond's "Dr. No").
Rod Serling didn't become famous because of The Twilight Zone. That happened on January 12, 1955, when "Patterns," a live teleplay about the cut-throat world of big business, debuted.
It earned Serling his first Emmy, was restaged a month later, and made into a movie in 1956.
It earned Serling his first Emmy, was restaged a month later, and made into a movie in 1956.
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Rod Serling didn't become famous because of The Twilight Zone. That happened on January 12, 1955, when "Patterns," a live teleplay about the cut-throat world of big business, debuted.
It earned Serling his first Emmy, was restaged a month later, and made into a movie in 1956.
It earned Serling his first Emmy, was restaged a month later, and made into a movie in 1956.
January 10, 1963: The second of Twilight Zone's hour-long episodes, "The Thirty-Fathom Grave," airs. In this Serling original, the crew of a modern Navy ship detects mysterious signs of life in a sunken WWII sub.
Stars Simon Oakland, Mike Kellin, and Bill Bixby.
Stars Simon Oakland, Mike Kellin, and Bill Bixby.
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
January 10, 1963: The second of Twilight Zone's hour-long episodes, "The Thirty-Fathom Grave," airs. In this Serling original, the crew of a modern Navy ship detects mysterious signs of life in a sunken WWII sub.
Stars Simon Oakland, Mike Kellin, and Bill Bixby.
Stars Simon Oakland, Mike Kellin, and Bill Bixby.
January 10, 1964: Twilight Zone's "The Long Morrow" airs. An astronaut meets a woman and falls in love. Unfortunately, he's about to take a 40-year trip into space.
Serling's sad, sweet tale, with shades of "The Gift of the Magi," stars Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley.
Serling's sad, sweet tale, with shades of "The Gift of the Magi," stars Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley.
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
January 10, 1964: Twilight Zone's "The Long Morrow" airs. An astronaut meets a woman and falls in love. Unfortunately, he's about to take a 40-year trip into space.
Serling's sad, sweet tale, with shades of "The Gift of the Magi," stars Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley.
Serling's sad, sweet tale, with shades of "The Gift of the Magi," stars Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley.
"We may get a laugh out of all this in the morning. In the meantime ... everyone stay right where they are."
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
#S2E28
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
#S2E28
January 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"We may get a laugh out of all this in the morning. In the meantime ... everyone stay right where they are."
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
#S2E28
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
#S2E28
January 8, 1960: Twilight Zone's "Third From The Sun" airs. With nuclear war coming, a small group uses an experimental spacecraft to flee their planet for a safer world (!).
Fritz Weaver, who had acted only on stage until then, recalls the experience: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/f...
Fritz Weaver, who had acted only on stage until then, recalls the experience: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/f...
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
January 8, 1960: Twilight Zone's "Third From The Sun" airs. With nuclear war coming, a small group uses an experimental spacecraft to flee their planet for a safer world (!).
Fritz Weaver, who had acted only on stage until then, recalls the experience: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/f...
Fritz Weaver, who had acted only on stage until then, recalls the experience: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/f...
The voice of the dummy in Twilight Zone's "Caesar and Me" was supplied by actor Stafford Repp, who played the pawnbroker in the opening scene.
Repp — the bartender in TZ's "The Grave" — later starred as Chief O'Hara in the classic "Batman" TV series.
#S5E28
Repp — the bartender in TZ's "The Grave" — later starred as Chief O'Hara in the classic "Batman" TV series.
#S5E28
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The voice of the dummy in Twilight Zone's "Caesar and Me" was supplied by actor Stafford Repp, who played the pawnbroker in the opening scene.
Repp — the bartender in TZ's "The Grave" — later starred as Chief O'Hara in the classic "Batman" TV series.
#S5E28
Repp — the bartender in TZ's "The Grave" — later starred as Chief O'Hara in the classic "Batman" TV series.
#S5E28
The January 6, 1971 episode of Night Gallery features "Make Me Laugh" (directed by Steven Spielberg) and "Clean Kills and Other Trophies” (with Raymond Massey).
Both were written by Rod Serling. On disc: amzn.to/3bj8PBg
Both were written by Rod Serling. On disc: amzn.to/3bj8PBg
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The January 6, 1971 episode of Night Gallery features "Make Me Laugh" (directed by Steven Spielberg) and "Clean Kills and Other Trophies” (with Raymond Massey).
Both were written by Rod Serling. On disc: amzn.to/3bj8PBg
Both were written by Rod Serling. On disc: amzn.to/3bj8PBg
January 6, 1961: Twilight Zone's "Dust" airs. An unscrupulous peddler convinces the father of a condemned man that "magic dust" will save his son.
Writer: Rod Serling. Cast: Thomas Gomez (Cadwallader in "Escape Clause") and John Larch (Mr. Fremont in "It's a Good Life").
Writer: Rod Serling. Cast: Thomas Gomez (Cadwallader in "Escape Clause") and John Larch (Mr. Fremont in "It's a Good Life").
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
January 6, 1961: Twilight Zone's "Dust" airs. An unscrupulous peddler convinces the father of a condemned man that "magic dust" will save his son.
Writer: Rod Serling. Cast: Thomas Gomez (Cadwallader in "Escape Clause") and John Larch (Mr. Fremont in "It's a Good Life").
Writer: Rod Serling. Cast: Thomas Gomez (Cadwallader in "Escape Clause") and John Larch (Mr. Fremont in "It's a Good Life").
January 5, 1972: Night Gallery features three stories: "Green Fingers," with Elsa Lanchester (the Bride of Frankenstein) as a gardener who can grow anything, natural or UNnatural; Richard Matheson's "The Funeral" and "The Tune in Dan's Café."
On disc: buff.ly/4fJoszx
On disc: buff.ly/4fJoszx
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
January 5, 1972: Night Gallery features three stories: "Green Fingers," with Elsa Lanchester (the Bride of Frankenstein) as a gardener who can grow anything, natural or UNnatural; Richard Matheson's "The Funeral" and "The Tune in Dan's Café."
On disc: buff.ly/4fJoszx
On disc: buff.ly/4fJoszx
January 5, 1962: "Nothing in the Dark"—a sweet Twilight Zone classic—airs, about an old woman consumed with fear that Mr. Death will sneak in and claim her.
Stars Gladys Cooper (in the first of three TZs) and a young Robert Redford—who we lost on Sept. 16 at age 89. #Reunited
Stars Gladys Cooper (in the first of three TZs) and a young Robert Redford—who we lost on Sept. 16 at age 89. #Reunited
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
January 5, 1962: "Nothing in the Dark"—a sweet Twilight Zone classic—airs, about an old woman consumed with fear that Mr. Death will sneak in and claim her.
Stars Gladys Cooper (in the first of three TZs) and a young Robert Redford—who we lost on Sept. 16 at age 89. #Reunited
Stars Gladys Cooper (in the first of three TZs) and a young Robert Redford—who we lost on Sept. 16 at age 89. #Reunited
Richard Matheson first published the story for "Night Call" in the November 1953 issue of "Beyond Fantasy Fiction." Its title: "Sorry, Right Number."
In a later anthology it became "Long Distance Call," but had to be changed for TZ because of the Season 2 episode with that name.
In a later anthology it became "Long Distance Call," but had to be changed for TZ because of the Season 2 episode with that name.
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Richard Matheson first published the story for "Night Call" in the November 1953 issue of "Beyond Fantasy Fiction." Its title: "Sorry, Right Number."
In a later anthology it became "Long Distance Call," but had to be changed for TZ because of the Season 2 episode with that name.
In a later anthology it became "Long Distance Call," but had to be changed for TZ because of the Season 2 episode with that name.
January 3, 1964: Twilight Zone's "You Drive" airs. A man guilty of a fatal hit-and-run accident finds that his car is determined to reveal his crime.
Scripted by Earl "The Waltons" Hamner. Stars Edward Andrews.
He's being chased by a 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan!
Scripted by Earl "The Waltons" Hamner. Stars Edward Andrews.
He's being chased by a 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan!
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
January 3, 1964: Twilight Zone's "You Drive" airs. A man guilty of a fatal hit-and-run accident finds that his car is determined to reveal his crime.
Scripted by Earl "The Waltons" Hamner. Stars Edward Andrews.
He's being chased by a 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan!
Scripted by Earl "The Waltons" Hamner. Stars Edward Andrews.
He's being chased by a 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan!
When Twilight Zone returned for Season 4 in January 1963, its name had changed, technically speaking. The "the" from Seasons 1-3 had been dropped.
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
When Twilight Zone returned for Season 4 in January 1963, its name had changed, technically speaking. The "the" from Seasons 1-3 had been dropped.
January 3, 1963: Twilight Zone’s fourth season debuts as a mid-season replacement (now at an hour-long) with Charles Beaumont's "In His Image," about an inventor who quite literally reinvents himself.
Stars George Grizzard (from Season 1's "The Chaser").
#S4E1
Stars George Grizzard (from Season 1's "The Chaser").
#S4E1
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
January 3, 1963: Twilight Zone’s fourth season debuts as a mid-season replacement (now at an hour-long) with Charles Beaumont's "In His Image," about an inventor who quite literally reinvents himself.
Stars George Grizzard (from Season 1's "The Chaser").
#S4E1
Stars George Grizzard (from Season 1's "The Chaser").
#S4E1
Well, the books are almost closed on the 2025-2026 Twilight Zone marathon. Whether you watched on Syfy, H&I, or if you made your own marathon with streaming or discs, I hope you've had a nice time!
It'll wrap up on Syfy with "Nothing in the Dark" at 6am EST. #RIPRobertRedford
It'll wrap up on Syfy with "Nothing in the Dark" at 6am EST. #RIPRobertRedford
January 2, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Well, the books are almost closed on the 2025-2026 Twilight Zone marathon. Whether you watched on Syfy, H&I, or if you made your own marathon with streaming or discs, I hope you've had a nice time!
It'll wrap up on Syfy with "Nothing in the Dark" at 6am EST. #RIPRobertRedford
It'll wrap up on Syfy with "Nothing in the Dark" at 6am EST. #RIPRobertRedford
"This is designed for the reasonably impressionable among you who find nothing to laugh about when somebody mentions the words 'black magic.' John Dehner stars in another small excursion into the darker regions of the imagination."
— Serling next-week promo for TZ's "The Jungle"
— Serling next-week promo for TZ's "The Jungle"
January 2, 2026 at 9:40 AM
"This is designed for the reasonably impressionable among you who find nothing to laugh about when somebody mentions the words 'black magic.' John Dehner stars in another small excursion into the darker regions of the imagination."
— Serling next-week promo for TZ's "The Jungle"
— Serling next-week promo for TZ's "The Jungle"