On the evening of October 2, 1959, TV history was made as the world entered the fifth dimension via the premiere of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (classic episodes air regularly on SYFY). The ...

There's a reason Rod Serling is considered one of scripted television's most daring and incisive storytellers and much of it comes from his experiences in WWII. The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning ...

It feels fitting that Rod Serling, a man who understood the importance of moving forward, entered into this world as a year came to a close. The date was 100 years ago, Dec. 25, 1924, the locale ...

While Rod Serling specifically created The Twilight Zone to push boundaries and explore weighty topics through the lens of ...

While Rod Serling is best known for being the face and voice of the original incarnation of The Twilight Zone, it wasn't the only television project the filmmaker undertook during the mid-1960s.

When The Twilight Zone entered its fourth season in 1963, it underwent its most significant structural change. CBS moved the show to a later timeslot and stretched the episodes to a full hour. That ...

Rod Serling enlisted in the U.S. Army after graduating high school. He trained to be a paratrooper and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division's 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Courtesy of Anne ...

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