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 Seasons 168 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

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

Tuesday, April 14

The Fear

Season 5 • Episode 35

Two people in a remote cabin find signs of an alien.

Tuesday, April 14

One for the Angels

Season 1 • Episode 2

A sidewalk pitchman's deal with Death may cost a young girl her life.

Tuesday, April 14

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.

Tuesday, April 14

The Purple Testament

Season 1 • Episode 19

During World War II, a man acquires the ability to see death in the faces of men about to die.

Tuesday, April 14

Two

Season 3 • Episode 1

The sole survivors of a devastating war meet in the shambles of a city destroyed six years prior.

Tuesday, April 14

Spur of the Moment

Season 5 • Episode 21

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

Tuesday, April 14

No Time Like the Past

Season 4 • Episode 10

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

Tuesday, April 14

Nick of Time

Season 2 • Episode 7

A fortune-telling device fascinates a couple. With William Shatner.

Tuesday, April 14

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.

Tuesday, April 14

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

Season 1 • Episode 4

A forgotten star of the '30s uses her old movies to re-create the spirit of her heyday.

Tuesday, April 14

A Stop at Willoughby

Season 1 • Episode 30

A harassed executive escapes into the peaceful town of Willoughby in July 1880.

Tuesday, April 14

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

Season 5 • Episode 3

An airline passenger (William Shatner) sees a creature on the wing.

Wednesday, April 15

The Bewitchin' Pool

Season 5 • Episode 36

Two children follow a make-believe friend into a happier world.

Wednesday, April 15

Showdown With Rance McGrew

Season 3 • Episode 20

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

Wednesday, April 15

The Lonely

Season 1 • Episode 7

A man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a 50-year prison sentence.

Wednesday, April 15

What's in the Box?

Season 5 • Episode 24

A man (William Demarest) sees himself on television, killing his wife (Joan Blondell).

Wednesday, April 15

A Piano in the House

Season 3 • Episode 22

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

Wednesday, April 15

The Bard

Season 4 • Episode 18

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

Wednesday, April 15

Jess-Belle

Season 4 • Episode 7

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

Thursday, April 16

Where Is Everybody?

Season 1 • Episode 1

An amnesiac (Earl Holliman) in an empty town feels he is being watched.

Thursday, April 16

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.

Thursday, April 16

Death Ship

Season 4 • Episode 6

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

Thursday, April 16

Queen of the Nile

Season 5 • Episode 23

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

Thursday, April 16

The Masks

Season 5 • Episode 25

A dying man forces his heirs to wear masks at a Mardi Gras party to receive their inheritance.

Thursday, April 16

The Hunt

Season 3 • Episode 19

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

Thursday, April 16

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, April 16

The Thirty-Fathom Grave

Season 4 • Episode 2

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

Thursday, April 16

Once Upon a Time

Season 3 • Episode 13

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

Thursday, April 16

Kick the Can

Season 3 • Episode 21

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

Friday, April 17

One for the Angels

Season 1 • Episode 2

A sidewalk pitchman's deal with Death may cost a young girl her life.

Saturday, April 18

Mr. Denton on Doomsday

Season 1 • Episode 3

A has-been gunslinger regains his skill and agrees to a shoot-out.

Saturday, April 18

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.

Saturday, April 18

A Passage for Trumpet

Season 1 • Episode 32

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

Sunday, April 19

The Miniature

Season 4 • Episode 8

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

Sunday, April 19

Printer's Devil

Season 4 • Episode 9

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

Sunday, April 19

Nightmare as a Child

Season 1 • Episode 29

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

Sunday, April 19

Elegy

Season 1 • Episode 20

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

Sunday, April 19

People Are Alike All Over

Season 1 • Episode 25

An astronaut (Roddy McDowall) experiences martian hospitality.

Sunday, April 19

The Mighty Casey

Season 1 • Episode 35

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

Tuesday, April 21

The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

Season 1 • Episode 4

A forgotten star of the '30s uses her old movies to re-create the spirit of her heyday.

Tuesday, April 21

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.

Tuesday, April 21

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.

Tuesday, April 21

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, April 21

Twenty-Two

Season 2 • Episode 17

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

Tuesday, April 21

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, April 21

Mr. Bevis

Season 1 • Episode 33

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

Tuesday, April 21

The Lateness of the Hour

Season 2 • Episode 8

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

Tuesday, April 21

A World of His Own

Season 1 • Episode 36

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

Wednesday, April 22

Walking Distance

Season 1 • Episode 5

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

Wednesday, April 22

Mr. Dingle, the Strong

Season 2 • Episode 19

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

Wednesday, April 22

Nothing in the Dark

Season 3 • Episode 16

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

Wednesday, April 22

The Prime Mover

Season 2 • Episode 21

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

Wednesday, April 22

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.

Wednesday, April 22

Judgment Night

Season 1 • Episode 10

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

Wednesday, April 22

Nervous Man in a Four-Dollar Room

Season 2 • Episode 3

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

Wednesday, April 22

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Season 2 • Episode 16

A timid bank clerk acquires the ability to read other people's minds.

Thursday, April 23

Escape Clause

Season 1 • Episode 6

A man afraid of death makes a pact with the devil for immortality.

Thursday, April 23

The Chaser

Season 1 • Episode 31

A frustrated lover buys a love potion from a professor, then gives it to his girlfriend.

Thursday, April 23

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.

Thursday, April 23

The New Exhibit

Season 4 • Episode 13

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

Thursday, April 23

The Trouble With Templeton

Season 2 • Episode 9

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

Thursday, April 23

Dust

Season 2 • Episode 12

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

Thursday, April 23

Mute

Season 4 • Episode 5

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

Thursday, April 23

The Man in the Bottle

Season 2 • Episode 2

An impoverished pawnbroker buys a bottle inhabited by a genie, who offers him four wishes.

Thursday, April 23

A Thing About Machines

Season 2 • Episode 4

A bad-tempered writer is convinced the machines in his home are conspiring to destroy him.

Thursday, April 23

Young Man's Fancy

Season 3 • Episode 34

Newlywed Alex Walker returns to his home and yearns for the days of his childhood.

Friday, April 24

The Lonely

Season 1 • Episode 7

A man is sent to a deserted asteroid in space to serve a 50-year prison sentence.

Saturday, April 25

Time Enough at Last

Season 1 • Episode 8

A meek bank teller (Burgess Meredith) longs for time to read.

Tuesday, April 28

Perchance to Dream

Season 1 • Episode 9

Edward Hall hasn't slept in four days for fear that he will be killed by his dreams.

Wednesday, April 29

Judgment Night

Season 1 • Episode 10

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

Thursday, April 30

And When the Sky Was Opened

Season 1 • Episode 11

Three astronauts return from man's first flight into outer space and can't remember the trip.

Friday, May 1

What You Need

Season 1 • Episode 12

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

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