List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes
The original incarnation of The Twilight Zone anthology series began on October 2, 1959, and ended on June 19, 1964, with five seasons and 156 episodes.Rod Serling wrote a teleplay intending for it to be the pilot episode of a new series called The Twilight Zone.Serling's promotional announcements were stripped from syndicated versions of season one, but restored (often only in audio form) on the Image Entertainment DVD releases.For season four, the series was lengthened to one hour and moved to Thursdays at 9:30 pm (Eastern Time), replacing Fair Exchange on the schedule.In the fifth and final season, the series went back to a half-hour format, returned to a fall start, and aired Fridays at 9:30 pm (Eastern Time) on CBS.