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TMC · 07-06-2025, 05:08 PM

https://screenrant.com/night-gallery...followup-show/

Rod Serling will forever be celebrated as the man behind The Twilight Zone, but the iconic sci-fi wasn't his only success with chilling anthologies.

TMC · 07-25-2025, 08:26 PM

After The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling had a disastrous experience working on his next project, Night Gallery

How Serling's new project became "Mannix in a cemetery."

Rod Serling once argued that he had hit a wall in his writing career

"I don't mind saying that I haven't turned out a stellar writing performance in the last seven years," said Serling.

BestTVever · 05-30-2026, 03:34 PM

This is sad to read. I am such a fan of Night Gallery and think the first 2 seasons are better than the Twilight Zone. I just got my DVDs and some of the episodes I have not seen before. Rod was a genius and he wrote most of the first season or two. By season 3 they chopped the series to 30 minutes and moved less about horror. I could be wrong but I believe the entire syndicated series was chopped up to be 30 minutes. But the full first 2 seasons were an hour. The pilot which aired a few months before the show started was 90s minutes. Such a talent Rod was.

07-06-2025, 05:08 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,184	Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Follow-up Was An Underrated Horror Masterpiece https://screenrant.com/night-gallery...followup-show/ Rod Serling will forever be celebrated as the man behind The Twilight Zone, but the iconic sci-fi wasn't his only success with chilling anthologies.

07-25-2025, 08:26 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,184	After The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling had a disastrous experience working on his next project, Night Gallery How Serling's new project became "Mannix in a cemetery." Rod Serling once argued that he had hit a wall in his writing career "I don't mind saying that I haven't turned out a stellar writing performance in the last seven years," said Serling.

05-30-2026, 03:34 PM	#3
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,942	This is sad to read. I am such a fan of Night Gallery and think the first 2 seasons are better than the Twilight Zone. I just got my DVDs and some of the episodes I have not seen before. Rod was a genius and he wrote most of the first season or two. By season 3 they chopped the series to 30 minutes and moved less about horror. I could be wrong but I believe the entire syndicated series was chopped up to be 30 minutes. But the full first 2 seasons were an hour. The pilot which aired a few months before the show started was 90s minutes. Such a talent Rod was.