Specials (1958)
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Episodes 179
The Time Element (Pilot) from Desilu Playhouse
A man (William Bendix) visits a psychoanalyst, complaining about a recurring dream in which he imagines waking up in Honolulu just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Rod Serling wrote a teleplay intending for it to be the pilot episode of a new series called The Twilight Zone. Although it ended up airing on a different show, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse S01E06, it is still considered the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone.
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Imagine if you will, a young boy with a monstrous imagination. A lad whose fascination with sci-fi magazines and high school drama kindled a spark that would ignite into one of the brightest creative minds of this century. A young boy by the name of Rod Serling. Embark on a fascinating tour of the life of Rod Serling in this "American Masters" special. Learn the fascinating story of how television's most esteemed and popular writer outwitted stifling sponsor censorship by creating a series devoted entirely to fantasy stories--"The Twilight Zone." While censors looked elsewhere, Serling skillfully wrote "fanciful" tales that dealt with controversial issues of the day. Extensive interviews with key figures such as John Frankenheimer, Jack Klugman, Kim Hunter and Buck Houghton provide a detailed portrait of the man whose innovative work changed the course of television history.
Read MoreRod Serling's Lost Classics
This tv movie features two stories by Rod Serling, who also wrote the stories of the original The Twilight Zone (1959) series: "The Theater" and "Where the Dead Are".
Read MoreRod Serling: Beyond The Twilight Zone
An E! True Hollywood Story.
Read MoreThe Mike Wallace Interview
A special Rod Serling interview with Mike Wallace.
Read MorePatterns (Kraft Theatre)
Kraft Television Theater broadcast movie.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Where Is Everybody?
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Where Is Everybody?" starring John Schneider.
Read MoreRadio Drama: One for the Angels
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "One for the Angels" starring Ed Begley Jr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Walking Distance
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Walking Distance" starring Chelcie Ross.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Escape Clause
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Escape Clause" starring Mike Starr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Lonely
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Lonely" starring Mike Starr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Time Enough at Last
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Time Enough at Last" starring Tim Kazurinsky.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Perchance to Dream
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Perchance to Dream" starring Fred Willard.
Read MoreRadio Drama: I Shot an Arrow into the Air
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" starring Chelcie Ross.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Hitchhiker
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Hitchhiker" starring Kate Jackson.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Fever
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Fever" starring Stacy Keach and Kathy Garver.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Last Flight
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Last Flight" starring Charles Shaughnessy.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Mirror Image
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Mirror Image" starring Morgan Brittany and Frank John Hughes.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" starring Frank John Hughes.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Long Live Walter Jameson
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Long Live Walter Jameson" starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
Read MoreRadio Drama: People Are Alike All Over
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "People Are Alike All Over" starring Blair Underwood.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Big Tall Wish
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Big Tall Wish" starring Blair Underwood.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The After Hours
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The After Hours" starring Kim Fields.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Mighty Casey
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Mighty Casey" starring Paul Dooley.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Man in the Bottle
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Man in the Bottle" starring Ed Begley Jr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" starring Adam Baldwin.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Howling Man
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Howling Man" starring Fred Willard.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Nick of Time
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Nick of Time" starring Marshall Allman and Jamie Anne Allman.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Lateness of the Hour
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Lateness of the Hour" starring Jane Seymour and James Keach.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Trouble with Templeton
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Trouble with Templeton" starring Michael York.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Night of the Meek
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Night of the Meek" starring Chris McDonald.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Back There
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Back There" starring Jim Caviezel.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Whole Truth
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Whole Truth" starring Henry Rollins.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Odyssey of Flight 33
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" starring Daniel J. Travanti.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Static
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Static" starring Stan Freberg.
Read MoreRadio Drama: A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" starring Jim Caviezel.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Silence
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Silence" starring Chris McDonald.
Read MoreWhere Is Everybody: Original Pilot Version
Includes Rod Sterling's original pitch.
Read MoreWhere Is Everybody: Alternate Opening
Alternate opening to the original The Twilight Zone pilot "Where is Everybody?"
Read MoreWhere Is Everybody: Alternate Ending
Alternate ending to the original The Twilight Zone pilot "Where is Everybody?"
Read MoreRod Serling Lecture at Sherwood College (1975) Part 1
Extra for "Walking Distance" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Dana Dillaway
Extra for "One for the Angels" episode.
Read MoreRod Serling Lecture at Sherwood College (1975) Part 2
Extra for "And When the Sky Was Opened" episode.
Read MoreRod Serling Lecture at Sherwood College (1975) Part 3
Extra for "The Mighty Casey" episode.
Read MoreTales Of Tomorrow Episode - What You Need
Extra for "What You Need" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Beverly Garland
Extra for "The Four of Us are Dying" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Suzanne Lloyd
Extra for "Perchance to Dream" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Ron Masak
Extra for "The Purple Testament" episode.
Read MoreEmmy Awards
Edited footage of the Emmy Awards victories and speeches for The Twilight Zone.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clemens (1978) Part 1
Audio Only Extra for Season 1.
Read MoreInterview with Joseph Ruskin
Extra for "The Man in the Bottle" episode.
Read MoreInterview with H.W. Wynant
Extra for "The Howling Man" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Will The Real Martian Stand Up
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Will The Real Martian Stand Up" starring Richard Kind.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Obsolete Man
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Obsolete Man" starring Jason Alexander.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clemens (1978) Part 2
Audio Only Extra for Season 2.
Read MoreZicree Interview: William Tuttle (1978)
Audio Only Extra for Season 2.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buzz Kulik and Buck Houghton (1978)
Extra for "A Game of Pool" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Two
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Two" starring Don Johnson.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Arrival
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Arrival" starring Blair Underwood.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Shelter
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Shelter" starring Ernie Hudson.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Passerby
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Passerby" starring Morgan Brittany.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Mirror
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Mirror" starring Tony Plana.
Read MoreA Game of Pool: 1989 Remake Clip
A short excerpt from the episode "A Game of Pool" which was remade in 1989.
Read MoreA Game of Pool: Alternate Ending
An alternate ending to "A Game of Pool" read by Jonathan Winters.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Grave
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Grave" starring Michael Rooker.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Deaths-head Revisited
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Deaths-head Revisited" starring H.M. Wynant.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Still Valley
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Still Valley" starring Adam West.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Jungle
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Jungle" starring Ed Begly Jr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" starring Jason Alexander.
Read MoreRadio Drama: One More Pallbearer
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "One More Pallbearer" starring Chelcie Ross.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Dead Man's Shoes
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Dead Man's Shoes" starring Bill Smitrovich.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Kick the Can
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Kick the Can" starring Shelley Berman and Stan Freberg.
Read MoreRadio Drama: A Piano in the House
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "A Piano in the House" starring Michael York.
Read MoreDead Woman's Shoes: 1985 Remake Clip
A short excerpt from the episode "Dead Woman's Shoes" which was remade in 1985.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Lamont Johnson and George Clayton Johnson (1978)
Extra for "Nothing in the Dark" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: To Serve Man
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "To Serve Man" starring Blair Underwood.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Four O'Clock
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Four O'Clock" starring Stan Freeburg.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Trade-Ins
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Trade-Ins" starring H.W. Wynani and Peggy Webber.
Read MoreInterview with Edson Stroll
Extra for "The Trade-Ins" episode.
Read MoreThe Garry Moore Show Clip
A short excerpt from The Garry Moore Show entitled "The Mosquito" introduced by Rod Serling and starring Carol Burnette.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Changing of the Guard
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Changing of the Guard" starring Orson Bean.
Read MoreLiars Club
An episode of the game show Liars Club hosted by Rod Serling and starring Rolfe Peterson, Betty White, Dick Gautier, and Pia Lindstrom.
Read MoreTell It to Groucho
A segment from the variety show Tell It to Groucho in which Groucho Marx interviews Rod Serling who in turn introduces Groucho to a unique waiter.
Read MoreThe Famous Writers School Promo #1
Rod Serling provides information on the purpose and enrollment into the Famous Writers School.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clemens (1973) Part 3
Audio Only Extra for Season 3.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Dummy
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Dummy" starring Bruno Kirby.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Thirty Fathom Grave
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Thirty Fathom Grave" starring Blair Underwood.
Read MoreInterview with Morgan Brittany
Extra for "Valley of the Shadow" episode.
Read MoreRod Serling Blooper
Extra for "He's Alive" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Anne Francis and Douglas Heyes (1978)
Extra for "The After Hours" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buck Houghton and Earl Hamner (1978)
Extra for "A Piano in the House" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: No Time Like the Past
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "No Time Like the Past" starring Jason Alexander.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Parallel
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Parallel" starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
Read MoreInterview with Paul Comi
Extra for "The Parallel" episode.
Read MoreInterview with John Furia Jr.
Extra for "I Dream of Genie" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" starring H. M. Wynant.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Incredible World of Horace Ford
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" starring Mike Starr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: On Thursday We Leave for Home
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home" starring Barry Bostwick.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Bard
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Bard" starring John Ratzenberger.
Read MoreGenesee Beer Commercial
Commercial Extra with Rod Serling for Season 4.
Read MoreThe Famous Writers School Promo #2
Rod Serling provides information on the purpose and enrollment into the Famous Writers School.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clemens (1973) Part 4
Audio Only Extra for Season 4.
Read MoreInterview with Bill Mumy
Extra for "In Praise of Pip" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Richard Matheson Part 1
Extra for "Steel" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Steel
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Steel" starring Lou Gossett Jr.
Read MoreInterview with Richard Matheson Part 2
Extra for "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: A Kind of a Stopwatch
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "A Kind of a Stopwatch" starring Lou Diamond Phillips.
Read MoreInterview with June Foray
Extra for "Living Doll" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Living Doll
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Living Doll" starring Tim Kazurinsky.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Old Man in the Cave
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Old Man in the Cave" starring Adam Baldwin.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Uncle Simon
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Uncle Simon" starring Peter Mark Richman and Beverly Garland.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Probe 7, Over and Out
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Probe 7, Over and Out" starring Louis Gossett Jr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The 7th is Made of Phantoms
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The 7th is Made of Phantoms" starring Richard Grieco.
Read MoreRadio Drama: A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain" starring Adam West.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Ninety Years Without Slumbering
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" starring Bill Erwin.
Read MoreInterview with Carolyn Kearney and George Clayton Johnson
Extra for "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clayton Johnson (1978)
Extra for "A Penny for Your Thoughts" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Earl Hamner (1978)
Extra for "The Hunt" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Earl Hamner, Buzz Kulik, and Anne Francis (1978)
Extra for "Jess-Belle" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Long Morrow
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Long Morrow" starring Kathy Garver.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" starring Luke Perry.
Read MoreInterview with Michael Forest and Earl Hamner
Extra for "Black Leather Jackets" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Richard Matheson Part 4
Extra for "Spur of the Moment" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Night Call
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Night Call" starring Mariette Hartley.
Read MoreRadio Drama: From Agnes - with Love
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "From Agnes - with Love" starring Ed Begly Jr.
Read MoreInterview with Richard Matheson Part 3
Extra for "Night Call" episode.
Read MoreConversations with Rod Serling Part 1
Extra for "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Queen of the Nile
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Queen of the Nile" starring Kate Jackson.
Read MoreRadio Drama: What's in the Box?
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "What's in the Box?" starring Mike Starr.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Masks
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Masks" starring Stan Freberg.
Read MoreInterview with Terry Becker
Extra for "I am the Night - Color Me Black" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Sounds and Silences
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Sounds and Silences" starring Richard Kind.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Caesar and Me
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Caesar and Me" starring Jason Alexander.
Read MoreInterview with Nancy Malone and Earl Hamner
Extra for "Stopover in a Quiet Town" episode.
Read MoreRadio Drama: Mr. Garrity and the Graves
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" starring Chris McDonald.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Brain Center at Whipple's
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Brain Center at Whipple's" starring Stan Freberg.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Fear
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Fear" starring Jane Seymour and James Keach.
Read MoreRadio Drama: The Bewitchin' Pool
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "The Bewitchin' Pool" starring Karen Black.
Read MoreInterview with Earl Hamner Part 3
Extra for "The Bewitchin' Pool" episode.
Read MoreConversations with Rod Serling Part 2
Extra for Season 5.
Read MoreConversations with Rod Serling Part 3
Extra for Season 5.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 1
Extra for "And When the Sky Was Opened" episode.
Read MoreNetherlands Sales Pitch
Rod Serling explains the concept of The Twilight Zone.
Read MoreRod Serling Lecture at Sherwood College (1975) Part 4
Extra for "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode.
Read MoreAlfred Hitchcock's CBS Promo
Extra for Season 5.
Read MoreGeorge Clayton Johnson's Home Movies
Extra for Season 5.
Read MoreZicree Interview: George Clemens (1978) Part 5
Audio Only Extra for Season 5.
Read MoreSaturday Night Live Clip
Saturday Night Live Skit "Twilite Zone" Extra for Season 4.
Read MoreRadio Drama: A Game of Pool
A Twilight Zone Radio drama based on the episode "A Game of Pool" starring Wade Williams.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Burgess Meredith (1978) Part 1
Extra for "Time Enough at Last" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Richard L. Bare (1978) Part 1
Extra for "Third from the Sun" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buck Houghton (1978) Part 1
Extra for "A Stop at Willoughby" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 2
Extra for "The Chaser" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Richard Matheson (1978)
Extra for "A World of His Own" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buzz Kulik (1978) Part 1
Extra for "King Nine Will Not Return" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 3
Extra for "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 4
Extra for "The Howling Man" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Maxine Stewart and Douglas Heyes (1978)
Extra for "Eye of the Beholder" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buzz Kulik (1978) Part 2
Extra for "The Trouble with Templeton" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 5
Extra for "Dust" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Douglas Heyes (1978) Part 6
Extra for "The Invaders" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Robert Serling (1978)
Extra for "The Odyssey of Flight 33" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buzz Kulik (1978) Part 3
Extra for "Static" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buzz Kulik (1978) Part 4
Extra for "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buck Houghton (1978) Part 2
Extra for "Deaths-head Revisited" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Lamont Johnson (1978)
Extra for "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Richard L. Bare (1978) Part 2
Extra for "To Serve Man" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buck Houghton (1978) Part 3
Extra for "The Little People" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Buck Houghton (1978) Part 4
Extra for "I Sing the Body Electric" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Herbert Hirschman (1978)
Extra for "In His Image" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Ross Martin (1978)
Extra for "Death Ship" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Anne Francis
Extra for "Jess-Belle" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Burgess Meredith (1978) Part 2
Extra for "Printer's Devil" episode.
Read MoreZicree Interview: Pat Hingle (1978)
Extra for "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" episode.
Read MoreInterview with George Clayton Johnson
Extra for "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Earl Hamner Part 1
Extra for "Ring-a-Ding Girl" episode.
Read MoreInterview with Earl Hamner Part 2
Extra for "You Drive" episode.
Read MoreExcerpt from Rod Serling's Sherwood Oaks Experimental College Lecture
Extra for Season 5.
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