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The Twilight Zone
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #13
- IMDb #12
- Metacritic #364
- RatingGraph #362
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #109
- Metacritic Audience #4
Every rating
Split
Lowest is RatingGraph on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Details
- Created by
- Rod Serling
- Studio
- Cayuga Productions, CBS
- Released
- 2 October 1959
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 50 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 156 across 5 seasons
- Awards
- 3 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (204) →
Sailor in Ski Cap (uncredited) / Diner Patron (uncredited) / Delivery Van Driver (uncredited) / Club Member (uncredited) / Sheriff / Man Hearing About Garfield (uncredited) / Man Walking in Lobby / Burke / Cop (uncredited) / Passerby (uncredited) / Man Watching Audition (uncredited) +15 more
Intern / Man #2 (uncredited) / Doctor / Taxi Driver / Passenger / Reporter #2 / PA Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited) / Bar Patron / Executive / Croupier (uncredited) / Crowd Member (uncredited)
Awards & nominations
See all 5 →3 wins from 5 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Best TV Producer/Director 1963 | Best TV Producer/Director | Rod Serling | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama 1962 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Nominee |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama 1961 | Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama | The Twilight Zone | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama 1961 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama 1960 | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Winner |
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Trailer — The Twilight Zone
×Full cast — The Twilight Zone
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Sailor in Ski Cap (uncredited) / Diner Patron (uncredited) / Delivery Van Driver (uncredited) / Club Member (uncredited) / Sheriff / Man Hearing About Garfield (uncredited) / Man Walking in Lobby / Burke / Cop (uncredited) / Passerby (uncredited) / Man Watching Audition (uncredited) +15 more
Intern / Man #2 (uncredited) / Doctor / Taxi Driver / Passenger / Reporter #2 / PA Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Café Patron (uncredited) / Bar Patron / Executive / Croupier (uncredited) / Crowd Member (uncredited)
Victim (uncredited) / Pedestrian / Townsman (uncredited) / Fire Spectator Restraining Driscoll (uncredited)
5 awards — The Twilight Zone
×| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama | Rod Serling | Nominee |
| Best TV Producer/Director | Rod Serling | Winner |
| Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama | The Twilight Zone | Nominee |