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We’re Getting Closer to Having a Statue of Rod Serling in His Hometown — and...
What does Rod Serling mean to you? Perhaps you’re a writer who finds his work inspiring. In fact, you may have even started writing in the first place because of Rod Serling. A lot of people who...
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Twilight Zone’s “The Hunt”: A Remake of Earl Hamner’s “The Hound of Heaven”
You don’t have to own a dog to be a fan of Twilight Zone‘s “The Hunt,” but it sure helps. Every time I tweet about this Season 3 episode, I hear from followers who are just as crazy about Fido as they...
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Gremlins: A Look Into the Lore Behind Twilight Zone’s “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”
What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word “gremlins”? Perhaps it’s the subcompact vehicles that became famous during the 1970s, dubbed “one of history’s dorkiest cars” by...
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Serling’s Apology to Carol Burnett for Twilight Zone’s “Cavender is Coming”
Some Twilight Zone fans might give Season 3’s “Cavender is Coming” a passing grade, but good luck finding anyone who ranks it among their top favorites. Its critics included Rod Serling himself, who...
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You Can “Zone” Out this Fourth of July with a Marathon on the “Heroes &...
Until a couple years ago, tuning in to a Twilight Zone marathon was easy: Every Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve, just flip to the Syfy Channel. The only questions were what time it started and how...
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The Loner: A TV Western with the Serling Touch
Rod Serling wielded a potent weapon in his fight for civil rights: his writing. And he didn’t just tackle the evils of racial prejudice on The Twilight Zone, but on his first post-TZ series: The...
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The “Unofficial” Twilight Zone Pilot Debuted a Year Before The Series Began
If you’re ever asked to name the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone, there are two answers. The official one is “Where is Everybody?” It launched the series on October 2, 1959. But there’s an...
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In Night Gallery’s “Dr. Stringfellow’s Rejuvenator,” Serling Gives Us a...
Ah, the pitchman. Rod Serling clearly loved using these roving merchants as a story device, and it’s easy to see why. They can be good or evil, or just flawed and damaged. And from a dramatic point of...
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Five Reasons Why It Still Makes Sense to Watch Syfy’s Twilight Zone Marathon
Ringing in the New Year with a Twilight Zone marathon is such a tradition for many fans that it probably sounds like heresy to ask a basic question: Why? Some people, even ones who love the show, have...
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Syfy’s 2023-2024 New Year’s Twilight Zone Marathon Schedule
Every year, as the holiday season gets underway, I can count on getting one question from my fellow Serling fans on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Will there be a Twilight Zone marathon this year?”...
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