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Television writer Rod Serling, right, huddles with producer-director Fielder Cook, backstage at a New York rehearsal for a precedent-making telecast of Serling's "Patterns," on Television Theater.

Prior to the inception of "The Twilight Zone," show creator Rod Serling cut his teeth writing numerous TV movies and play adaptations for film and TV alike. His first writing credit came in 1950 for a ...

Kate Cusson is a writer from Rhode Island with an MA in English and Creating Writing. She specializes in covering the entertainment and tech industries, along with crafting short fiction horror ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rod Serling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" nailed it. Serling not only had a boundless imagination as a writer, but he was also ...

When The Twilight Zone debuted almost 64 years ago, creator Rod Serling, his prodigious imagination notwithstanding, couldn't have fathomed the impact the show would have on the medium of television ...

“The real monsters aren’t in outer space. They’re within us — our fears, our hatreds, our need to blame.” Rod Serling, TV Guide Interview, Oct. 1959. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come ...