Serling was a script-writer and producer of television best-known for his work on the TV shows The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery as well as for writing the film script Planet of the Apes. He also wrote for such popular television series as Fireside Theatre and Hallmark Hall of Fame before breaking out and getting his own show. Serling is considered one of the greatest science fiction and horror writers the small screen has ever produced. At the time, he was especially well-known for being "the angry young man" of television as Serling had an interest in tackling such personally controversial subjects on television as racism, fascism, bigotry, war, crime and the problems with society and human nature in general.
Serling was known for his ironic O. Henry-like twist endings whereby the protagonist of the story was the cause of his or her own downfall. Most of Serling's stories also had a moral to them—some type of a critique of the human condition tending towards a cynicism of man's ability to coexist with himself/his environment/his society. Many of his stories also had a pivotal moment in which the protagonist might see the error of his or her ways and wind up with a happy ending, but most of the time the protagonist would choose the dishonorable path and be punished for it.
| Series |
Episode |
Airdate |
Credit
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| Armstrong Circle Theatre |
2x33 - The Sergeant |
April 29, 1952 |
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| The Doctor |
1x04 - No Gods to Serve |
October 5, 1952 |
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| The Doctor |
1x08 - Those Who Wait |
October 19, 1952 |
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| Kraft Television Theatre |
6x44 - Old MacDonald Had a Curve |
August 5, 1953 |
|
| Medallion Theatre |
1x07 - The Quiet Village |
August 22, 1953 |
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| Medallion Theatre |
2x15 - Twenty-Four Men in a Plane |
December 19, 1953 |
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| Medallion Theatre |
2x16 - They Call Them the Meek |
December 26, 1953 |
|
| Danger |
5x03 - One for the Angels |
September 14, 1954 |
|
| The Ford Television Theatre |
3x07 - The Summer Memory |
November 18, 1954 |
|
| Danger |
5x15 - Knife in the Dark |
December 7, 1954 |
|
| Armstrong Circle Theatre |
5x18 - Save Me from Treason |
January 4, 1955 |
|
| Kraft Television Theatre |
8x16 - Patterns |
January 12, 1955 |
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| The Ford Television Theatre |
3x25 - Garrity's Sons |
March 24, 1955 |
|
| Climax! |
1x20 - The Champion |
March 31, 1955 |
|
| The United States Steel Hour |
2x16 - The Rack |
April 12, 1955 |
|
| Climax! |
1x29 - To Wake at Midnight |
June 23, 1955 |
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| Fireside Theatre |
8x03 - The Director |
September 13, 1955 |
|
| The United States Steel Hour |
3x11 - Incident in an Alley |
November 23, 1955 |
|
| Climax! |
2x11 - Portrait in Celluloid |
November 24, 1955 |
|
| Matinee Theatre |
1x30 - O'Toole from Moscow |
December 12, 1955 |
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| The Catholic Hour |
Beloved Outcasts |
April 15, 1956 |
|
| The United States Steel Hour |
3x22 - Noon on Doomsday |
April 25, 1956 |
|
| General Electric Theater |
4x39 - A Man with a Vengeance |
July 1, 1956 |
|
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour |
1x06 - Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb |
September 25, 1956 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
1x01 - Forbidden Area |
October 4, 1956 |
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| Playhouse 90 |
1x02 - Requiem for a Heavyweight |
October 11, 1956 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
1x20 - The Comedian |
February 14, 1957 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
2x02 - The Dark Side of the Earth |
September 19, 1957 |
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| Playhouse 90 |
2x12 - Panic Button |
November 28, 1957 |
|
| Matinee Theatre |
3x? - The Cause |
May 12, 1958 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
2x34 - Nightmare at Ground Zero |
May 15, 1958 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
2x35 - Bomber's Moon |
May 22, 1958 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
2x39 - A Town Has Turned to Dust |
June 19, 1958 |
|
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse |
1x06 - The Time Element |
November 10, 1958 |
|
| Pursuit |
1x09 - The Last Night in August |
December 17, 1958 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
3x16 - The Velvet Alley |
January 22, 1959 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
3x34 - The Rank and File |
May 28, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x01 - Where Is Everybody? |
October 2, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x02 - One for the Angels |
October 9, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x03 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday |
October 16, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x04 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine |
October 23, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x05 - Walking Distance |
October 30, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x06 - Escape Clause |
November 6, 1959. |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x07 - The Lonely |
November 13, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x08 - Time Enough at Last |
November 20, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x10 - Judgment Night |
December 4, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x11 - And When the Sky Was Opened |
December 11, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x12 - What You Need |
December 25, 1959 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x13 - The Four of Us Are Dying |
January 1, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x14 - Third from the Sun |
January 8, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x15 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air |
January 15, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x16 - The Hitch-Hiker |
January 22, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x17 - The Fever |
January 29, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x19 - The Purple Testament |
February 12, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x21 - Mirror Image |
February 26, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x22 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street |
March 4, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x25 - People Are Alike All Over |
March 25, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x26 - Execution |
April 1, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x27 - The Big Tall Wish |
April 8, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x29 - Nightmare as a Child |
April 29, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x30 - A Stop at Willoughby |
May 6, 1960 |
|
| Playhouse 90 |
4x17 - In the Presence of Mine Enemies |
May 18, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x32 - A Passage for Trumpet |
May 20, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x33 - Mr. Bevis |
June 3, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x34 - The After Hours |
June 10, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x35 - The Mighty Casey |
June 17, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x01 - King Nine Will Not Return |
September 30, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x02 - The Man in the Bottle |
October 7, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x03 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room |
October 14, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x04 - A Thing About Machines |
October 28, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x06 - Eye of the Beholder |
November 11, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x08 - The Lateness of the Hour |
December 2, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x10 - A Most Unusual Camera |
December 16, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x11 - The Night of the Meek |
December 23, 1960 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x12 - Dust |
January 6, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x13 - Back There |
January 13, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x14 - The Whole Truth |
January 20, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x17 - Twenty Two |
February 10, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33 |
February 24, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong |
March 3, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x23 - A Hundred Yards over the Rim |
April 7, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper |
April 21, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x25 - The Silence |
April 28, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x27 - The Mind and the Matter |
May 12, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x28 - Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up |
May 26, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x29 - The Obsolete Man |
June 2, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x02 - The Arrival |
September 22, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x03 - The Shelter |
September 29, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x04 - The Passersby |
October 6, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x06 - The Mirror |
October 20, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x08 - It's a Good Life |
November 3, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x09 - Deaths-Head Revisited |
November 10, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x10 - The Midnight Sun |
November 17, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x11 - Still Valley |
November 24, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit |
December 22, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x15 - A Quality of Mercy |
December 29, 1961 |
|
| Armchair Theatre |
4x49 - The Rank and File |
December 31, 1961 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x17 - One More Pallbearer |
January 12, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew |
February 2, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x24 - To Serve Man |
March 2, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x28 - The Little People |
March 30, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x29 - Four O'Clock |
April 6, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x30 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby |
April 13, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x31 - The Trade-Ins |
April 20, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x32 - The Gift |
April 27, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x33 - The Dummy |
May 4, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x36 - Cavender Is Coming |
May 25, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
3x37 - The Changing of the Guard |
June 1, 1962 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x02 - The Thirty Fathom Grave |
January 10, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x04 - He's Alive |
January 24, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x10 - No Time Like the Past |
March 7, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x11 - The Parallel |
March 14, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x14 - Of Late I Think of Cliffordville |
April 11, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x16 - On Thursday We Leave for Home |
May 2, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
4x18 - The Bard |
May 23, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x01 - In Praise of Pip |
September 27, 1963 |
|
| Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre |
1x01 - A Killing at Sundial |
October 4, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x04 - A Kind of a Stopwatch |
October 18, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x05 - The Last Night of a Jockey |
October 25, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x07 - The Old Man in the Cave |
November 8, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x08 - Uncle Simon |
November 15, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x09 - Probe 7, Over and Out |
November 29, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x10 - The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms |
December 6, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x11 - A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain |
December 13, 1963 |
|
| Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre |
1x10 - It's Mental Work |
December 20, 1963 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x15 - The Long Morrow |
January 10, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x25 - The Masks |
March 20, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x26 - I Am the Night - Color Me Black |
March 27, 1964 |
|
| Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre |
1x22 - A Slow Fade to Black |
March 27, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x27 - Sounds and Silences |
April 3, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x29 - The Jeopardy Room |
April 17, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x32 - Mr. Garrity and the Graves |
May 8, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x33 - The Brain Center at Whipple's |
May 15, 1964 |
|
| Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre |
1x27 - The Command |
May 22, 1964 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
5x35 - The Fear |
May 29, 1964 |
|
| Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre |
2x13 - Exit from a Plane Flight |
January 22, 1965 |
|
| The New People |
1x01 - Pilot |
September 22, 1969 |
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x13A - Night of the Meek |
December 20, 1985 |
based on the story and teleplay
|
| The Twilight Zone |
2x04A - The After Hours |
October 18, 1986 |
based on the story and teleplay
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x16B - The Monsters Are on Maple Street |
February 19, 2003 |
story
|
| The Twilight Zone |
1x20A - Eye of the Beholder |
April 30, 2003 |
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