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.

Friday, January 30

The Grave

Season 3 • Episode 7

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

Friday, January 30

Printer's Devil

Season 4 • Episode 9

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

Friday, January 30

No Time Like the Past

Season 4 • Episode 10

Through the use of a time machine, a man attempts to alter history.

Friday, January 30

The Parallel

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Friday, January 30

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.

Saturday, January 31

It's a Good Life

Season 3 • Episode 8

A 6-year-old controls his town with his ability to create or destroy anything with his mind.

Monday, February 2

Death's Head Revisited

Season 3 • Episode 9

At the Dachau concentration camp, a former Nazi is tried by a phantom jury of his tortured victims.

Tuesday, February 3

The Midnight Sun

Season 3 • Episode 10

The Earth falls out of its orbit and starts moving toward the sun.

Tuesday, February 3

I Dream of Genie

Season 4 • Episode 12

A man considers several possibilities when he is offered one wish by a genie in a magic lamp.

Tuesday, February 3

The New Exhibit

Season 4 • Episode 13

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

Tuesday, February 3

Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

Season 4 • Episode 14

A wealthy businessman strikes a deal with Satan and relives his past.

Tuesday, February 3

The Incredible World of Horace Ford

Season 4 • Episode 15

A grown man recalls his youth with such intense longing that he becomes a boy again.

Tuesday, February 3

On Thursday We Leave for Home

Season 4 • Episode 16

Expedition leader to a remote asteroid cannot face his return to Earth.

Wednesday, February 4

Still Valley

Season 3 • Episode 11

A confederate scout is given a magical book that could guarantee their victory.

Wednesday, February 4

In His Image

Season 4 • Episode 1

A scientific genius creates an almost-perfect mechanical man.

Wednesday, February 4

Jess-Belle

Season 4 • Episode 7

A girl strikes a deadly bargain with a witch to assure herself of a young man's attentions.

Wednesday, February 4

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

Season 4 • Episode 2

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

Wednesday, February 4

Mute

Season 4 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, February 4

The Bard

Season 4 • Episode 18

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

Thursday, February 5

The Jungle

Season 3 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, February 5

Death Ship

Season 4 • Episode 6

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

Thursday, February 5

The Miniature

Season 4 • Episode 8

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

Thursday, February 5

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.

Thursday, February 5

He's Alive

Season 4 • Episode 4

A power-hungry American Nazi receives advice from a mysterious benefactor.

Thursday, February 5

Printer's Devil

Season 4 • Episode 9

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

Friday, February 6

Once Upon a Time

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Friday, February 6

The Parallel

Season 4 • Episode 11

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

Friday, February 6

No Time Like the Past

Season 4 • Episode 10

Through the use of a time machine, a man attempts to alter history.

Friday, February 6

The Grave

Season 3 • Episode 7

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

Friday, February 6

The Jungle

Season 3 • Episode 12

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

Friday, February 6

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.

Saturday, February 7

A Quality of Mercy

Season 3 • Episode 15

A newly commissioned officer arrives in the Philippines in the waning years of World War II.

Saturday, February 7

The Silence

Season 2 • Episode 25

Archie Taylor wagers Jamie Tennyson that he can't keep his mouth shut for one year.

Saturday, February 7

The Mind and the Matter

Season 2 • Episode 27

Archibald Beechcroft discovers that he can will anything he wants.

Saturday, February 7

The Obsolete Man

Season 2 • Episode 29

Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence.

Saturday, February 7

The Shelter

Season 3 • Episode 3

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

Saturday, February 7

Nothing in the Dark

Season 3 • Episode 16

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

Saturday, February 7

The Hunt

Season 3 • Episode 19

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

Saturday, February 7

Kick the Can

Season 3 • Episode 21

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

Saturday, February 7

Still Valley

Season 3 • Episode 11

A confederate scout is given a magical book that could guarantee their victory.

Sunday, February 8

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.

Monday, February 9

Nothing in the Dark

Season 3 • Episode 16

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

Tuesday, February 10

One More Pallbearer

Season 3 • Episode 17

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

Tuesday, February 10

Once Upon a Time

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Tuesday, February 10

A Quality of Mercy

Season 3 • Episode 15

A newly commissioned officer arrives in the Philippines in the waning years of World War II.

Tuesday, February 10

One More Pallbearer

Season 3 • Episode 17

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

Tuesday, February 10

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.

Tuesday, February 10

Person or Persons Unknown

Season 3 • Episode 27

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

Tuesday, February 10

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.

Tuesday, February 10

The Changing of the Guard

Season 3 • Episode 37

A well-liked professor at a boys school is asked by the trustees to end his teaching career.

Wednesday, February 11

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.

Thursday, February 12

The Hunt

Season 3 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, February 12

Showdown With Rance McGrew

Season 3 • Episode 20

An insufferable cowboy star comes face to face with the real Jesse James.

Thursday, February 12

A Piano in the House

Season 3 • Episode 22

A strange piano allows the listener's hidden character to be suddenly revealed.

Thursday, February 12

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, February 12

Walking Distance

Season 1 • Episode 5

A man's need to escape the pressure of his work takes him back to his childhood.

Thursday, February 12

Judgment Night

Season 1 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, February 12

What You Need

Season 1 • Episode 12

A down-and-outer tries to turn another man's ability to tell the future into profit.

Thursday, February 12

The Fever

Season 1 • Episode 17

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

Friday, February 13

Showdown With Rance McGrew

Season 3 • Episode 20

An insufferable cowboy star comes face to face with the real Jesse James.

Saturday, February 14

Kick the Can

Season 3 • Episode 21

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

Saturday, February 14

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, February 15

I Shot an Arrow Into the Air

Season 1 • Episode 15

Three astronauts, with little water left, land on what appears to be a deserted asteroid.

Monday, February 16

A Piano in the House

Season 3 • Episode 22

A strange piano allows the listener's hidden character to be suddenly revealed.

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