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Rod Serling’s previously unpublished short story “First Squad, First Platoon” appears in the latest issue of mystery magazine The Strand. Found by Board member Amy Boyle Johnston, the 11,000 word story is “faction,” fiction closely based on Serling’s real-life experiences fighting the Japanese in the WWII Pacific Theater.
The Twilight Zone. (1959 TV series) The Twilight Zone (marketed as Twilight Zone for its final two seasons) is an American fantasy science fiction horror anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964. [1] Each episode presents a standalone story in ...
The Twilight Zone Created and hosted by Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone is an anthology series airing over CBS on Friday evenings, beginning Oct. 2, 1959, and running until June 19, 1964. The half-hour episodes ~ with hour-long episodes during the series’ fourth season (1963) ~ dealt with science-fiction and supernatural stories, often with a ...
Feb 29, 2024 · Rod Serling was born December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York but grew up an hour south in Binghamton in a Jewish family. He was athletic in his youth, briefly took up boxing, and had considered a career in athletics before he decided to pursue writing. He was tough, having survived the brutal Philippines campaign during World War II. But a ...
Jul 6, 2005 · In late 1963, Rod Serling was hired by King Brothers Productions to write a screenplay based on Pierre Boulle’s novel Planet of the Apes. By Gordon C. Webb. For more than two years, Serling, who had earned a solid reputation as a television writer, struggled with the task of adapting this complex story for the big screen.
Feb 14, 2022 · In 1970, Rod Serling returned to television as host of NBC's Night Gallery. Initially enthusiastic about the horror anthology, his excitement waned as the show's format lapsed into formula. Without the creative control he had with The Twilight Zone, Serling found himself increasingly frustrated.
Jun 29, 1975 · Television writer-producer Rod Serling died Saturday, two days after undergoing open-heart surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital, the hospital said. He was 50. Serling was well known as creator and ...
