The Twilight Zone (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959) - CBS

CBS

Series

1959

TVPG

Anthology

Science fiction

Fantasy

Thriller

Host Rod Serling introduces stories of fantasy and suspense; reboot in 1985 and 2019.

Where to Stream

1959–1964 Series 5 Seasons168 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, March 15

A World of Difference

Season 1 • Episode 23

A businessman inexplicably finds his office has become a set for a movie in which he is a character.

Sunday, March 15

The Shelter

Season 3 • Episode 3

Families fearing invasion beg a neighbor to let them share his bomb shelter.

Monday, March 16

Probe 7: Over & Out

Season 5 • Episode 9

An astronaut (Richard Basehart) learns war has killed his people.

Tuesday, March 17

The 7th Is Made up of Phantoms

Season 5 • Episode 10

National Guardsmen maneuvering at Little Big Horn find ominous signs of an impending Indian attack.

Wednesday, March 18

Ninety Years Without Slumbering

Season 5 • Episode 12

An old man (Ed Wynn) fears death if his grandfather clock stops.

Wednesday, March 18

The Hunt

Season 3 • Episode 19

An old man goes raccoon hunting with his beloved dog, a hunt from which neither return.

Wednesday, March 18

Kick the Can

Season 3 • Episode 21

An old man thinks children's games can restore youth.

Wednesday, March 18

The Bard

Season 4 • Episode 18

A would-be writer summons William Shakespeare to help him write a teleplay.

Wednesday, March 18

Passage on the Lady Anne

Season 4 • Episode 17

A woman hopes a trans-Atlantic cruise and holiday in London will help save her marriage.

Wednesday, March 18

Death Ship

Season 4 • Episode 6

A man's refusal to admit to his death keeps him and his two companions alive.

Wednesday, March 18

Once Upon a Time

Season 3 • Episode 13

A janitor mischievously puts on a helmet which really is a time machine.

Thursday, March 19

Ring-a-Ding Girl

Season 5 • Episode 13

A movie star receives a ring which enables her to see images of her friends and family.

Thursday, March 19

Little Girl Lost

Season 3 • Episode 26

Chris and Ruth Miller are awakened in the middle of the night by the cries of their child.

Thursday, March 19

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

Season 4 • Episode 2

A man hears sounds from a submarine he feels responsible for sinking 20 years earlier.

Thursday, March 19

The Fever

Season 1 • Episode 17

A man becomes hooked on gambling after seeing someone hit the jackpot on a one-armed bandit.

Thursday, March 19

The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

Season 3 • Episode 23

A young man's funeral is rudely interrupted when he climbs out of the coffin.

Thursday, March 19

The Parallel

Season 4 • Episode 11

An orbiting astronaut passes into a world remarkably like his own, except for a few small details.

Friday, March 20

You Drive

Season 5 • Episode 14

Oliver Pope kills a bicyclist in a hit-and-run, but a business rival is identified as the driver.

Saturday, March 21

The Long Morrow

Season 5 • Episode 15

An astronaut returns from a 30-year mission to find that his girlfriend hasn't aged at all.

Saturday, March 21

The Grave

Season 3 • Episode 7

A gunman (Lee Marvin) visits the grave of a man who vowed revenge.

Saturday, March 21

The Jungle

Season 3 • Episode 12

An African conjurer curses an American businessman for violating African soil.

Tuesday, March 24

Number Twelve Looks Just Like You

Season 5 • Episode 17

An ugly duckling can be stunning in a world of beautiful people.

Wednesday, March 25

Black Leather Jackets

Season 5 • Episode 18

Tough aliens from outer space try to poison the population of earth.

Wednesday, March 25

The Trade-Ins

Season 3 • Episode 31

After 50 years of bliss, John and Martha decide that it would be nice to start it all over again.

Wednesday, March 25

Valley of the Shadow

Season 4 • Episode 3

A man discovers a peaceful village which guards the secret of a way to create and destroy matter.

Wednesday, March 25

Nightmare as a Child

Season 1 • Episode 29

A teacher returns to her apartment to find a child waiting for her.

Wednesday, March 25

A Passage for Trumpet

Season 1 • Episode 32

A musician (Jack Klugman) must decide between life and death.

Wednesday, March 25

The Miniature

Season 4 • Episode 8

A lonely man falls in love with a museum doll he comes to believe is alive.

Wednesday, March 25

Elegy

Season 1 • Episode 20

Three astronauts land on a strange planet and meet its caretaker.

Wednesday, March 25

The Odyssey of Flight 33

Season 2 • Episode 18

On the way from England to America, a jetliner and its crew travel backward in time.

Wednesday, March 25

One More Pallbearer

Season 3 • Episode 17

Wealthy Paul Radin arranges an intricate revenge for those he thinks have wronged him in his life.

Thursday, March 26

Night Call

Season 5 • Episode 19

A woman confined to her bed and wheelchair is haunted by mysterious phone calls on a dead line.

Thursday, March 26

Printer's Devil

Season 4 • Episode 9

A newspaper editor who is facing bankruptcy hires the Devil as his chief reporter.

Thursday, March 26

The Mighty Casey

Season 1 • Episode 35

The manager of a baseball team on a losing streak hires a robot pitcher called Casey.

Thursday, March 26

A World of His Own

Season 1 • Episode 36

A playwright describes characters into his tape recorder and they materialize before his eyes.

Thursday, March 26

People Are Alike All Over

Season 1 • Episode 25

An astronaut (Roddy McDowall) experiences martian hospitality.

Thursday, March 26

Mr. Dingle, the Strong

Season 2 • Episode 19

A timid man (Burgess Meredith) acquires superhuman strength; with Don Rickles.

Thursday, March 26

The Prime Mover

Season 2 • Episode 21

A gambler exploits a friend's (Buddy Ebsen) telekinetic powers.

Thursday, March 26

Twenty-Two

Season 2 • Episode 17

Liz Powell has a recurring dream in which she follows a nurse to the hospital morgue.

Friday, March 27

From Agnes, With Love

Season 5 • Episode 20

A computer whiz works on the world's most advanced computer, which has the soul of a jealous woman.

Saturday, March 28

Spur of the Moment

Season 5 • Episode 21

While horseback riding, a wealthy girl is nearly run down by another woman, who chases her.

Saturday, March 28

The Lateness of the Hour

Season 2 • Episode 8

Jana rebels from the monotonous life she and her parents are living.

Saturday, March 28

Mr. Bevis

Season 1 • Episode 33

A happy-go-lucky man loses his job, gets evicted and wrecks his car, all in one day.

Saturday, March 28

Nothing in the Dark

Season 3 • Episode 16

An aged recluse hides in her home fearing the arrival of death. With Robert Redford.

Saturday, March 28

Dead Man's Shoes

Season 3 • Episode 18

Nate Bledsoe steals a pair of fancy shoes from a dead man's body that he found in an alley.

Saturday, March 28

Person or Persons Unknown

Season 3 • Episode 27

A man awakens one morning to find that no one recognizes him, not even his mother.

Sunday, March 29

Dust

Season 2 • Episode 12

An unscrupulous traveling merchant claims he has a magical dust which will save a condemned man.

Sunday, March 29

Judgment Night

Season 1 • Episode 10

Crossing the wartime Atlantic in an English freighter, a man senses impending doom.

Tuesday, March 31

Queen of the Nile

Season 5 • Episode 23

The everlasting youth of a movie star arouses the curiosity of a magazine writer.

Tuesday, March 31

King Nine Will Not Return

Season 2 • Episode 1

The captain of a crashed B-25 bomber can't figure out where he is or what year it is.

Tuesday, March 31

The Trouble With Templeton

Season 2 • Episode 9

A distinguished but aging actor is thrust into the days of his youth.

Tuesday, March 31

Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room

Season 2 • Episode 3

A small-time thief sees a new reflection of himself in a mirror.

Tuesday, March 31

The New Exhibit

Season 4 • Episode 13

A wax-museum employee moves the figures of several notorious murderers into his home.

Tuesday, March 31

Mute

Season 4 • Episode 5

A couple raises their daughter using the powers of mental telepathy.

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