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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Night_Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2.6 Night Gallery </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Night_Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.2.7 Other television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3 Other radio </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Zero_Hour" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Zero_Hour"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3.1 The Zero Hour </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Zero_Hour-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fantasy_Park" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fantasy_Park"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.3.2 Fantasy Park </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fantasy_Park-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Teaching" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Teaching"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.4 Teaching </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Teaching-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Themes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Themes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Themes </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Themes-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Themes subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Themes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Antiwar_activism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Antiwar_activism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.1 Antiwar activism </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Antiwar_activism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Racial_equality" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Racial_equality"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.2 Racial equality </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Racial_equality-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 Death </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Legacy </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Legacy subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Television_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1 Television </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Writing_for_multiple_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Writing_for_multiple_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1.1 Writing for multiple media </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Writing_for_multiple_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Beginning_of_the_rerun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Beginning_of_the_rerun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7.1.2 Beginning of the rerun </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Beginning_of_the_rerun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Effects_on_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Effects_on_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Effects on popular culture </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Effects_on_popular_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Effects on popular culture subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Effects_on_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-During_his_lifetime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#During_his_lifetime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1 During his lifetime </div> </a> <ul id="toc-During_his_lifetime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.2 Legacy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legacy_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Filmography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Filmography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Filmography </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Filmography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Filmography subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Filmography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-As_creator" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_creator"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.1 As creator </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_creator-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-As_narrator" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_narrator"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.2 As narrator </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_narrator-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-As_writer_(film)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_writer_(film)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.3 As writer (film) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_writer_(film)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-As_writer_(television)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_writer_(television)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9.4 As writer (television) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_writer_(television)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Books" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Books"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Books </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Books-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Accolades" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Accolades"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 Accolades </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Accolades-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Accolades subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Accolades-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Posthumous_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Posthumous_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11.1 Posthumous honors </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Posthumous_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 13 Further reading </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 14 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" > Toggle the table of contents </label> <div 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Available in 31 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-31" aria-hidden="true" > 31 languages </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC" title="رود سيرلينج – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رود سيرلينج" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serlinq" title="Rod Serlinq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rod Serlinq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82" title="راد سرلینق – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="راد سرلینق" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="راد سرلینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="راد سرلینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3" title="Ռոդ Սերլինգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռոդ Սերլինգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kernowek</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Род Серлинг – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Род Серлинг" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC" title="رود سيرلينج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رود سيرلينج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" title="ロッド・サーリング – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロッド・サーリング" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling" title="Rod Serling – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Rod Serling" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3,_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="Серлинг, Род – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Серлинг, Род" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Rodman Edward Serling (1924-12-25)December 25, 1924 <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">June 28, 1975(1975-06-28) (aged 50) <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Lake View Cemetery</li><li><a href="/wiki/Interlaken,_New_York" title="Interlaken, New York">Interlaken, New York</a>, U.S.</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Playwright</li><li>screenwriter</li><li>television producer</li><li>narrator</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Antioch_College" title="Antioch College">Antioch College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Drama</li><li><a href="/wiki/Speculative_fiction" title="Speculative fiction">speculative fiction</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror fiction</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1946–1975</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patterns_(Kraft_Television_Theatre)" title="Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)">Patterns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone" title="The Twilight Zone">The Twilight Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May" title="Seven Days in May">Seven Days in May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)" title="Planet of the Apes (1968 film)">Planet of the Apes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Award" title="Hugo Award">Hugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Allan Poe Award">Edgar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Carolyn Louise Kramer</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1948)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Children</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Serling" title="Robert J. Serling">Robert J. Serling</a> (brother)</td></tr></tbody></table> Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology television series</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a>. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues, including <a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">censorship</a>, racism, and war. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, New York</a>, to a <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> family.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a> He was the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper, 1893–1958), a homemaker, and Samuel Lawrence Serling (1892–1945).<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> Serling's father had worked as a secretary and amateur inventor before his children were born but took on his father-in-law's profession as a grocer to earn a steady income.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 15  Sam Serling later became a butcher after the Great Depression forced the store to close. Rod had an older brother, novelist and aviation writer <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Serling" title="Robert J. Serling">Robert J. Serling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 23 <a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> Serling spent most of his youth 70 mi (110 km) south of Syracuse in <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton, New York</a>, after his family moved there in 1926.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> His parents encouraged his talents as a performer. Sam Serling built a small stage in the basement, where Rod often put on plays (with or without neighborhood children).<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 17–18  His older brother, writer Robert, recalled that, at the age of six or seven, Rod entertained himself for hours by acting out dialogue from <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp magazines</a> or movies he had seen. Rod would often ask questions without waiting for their answers. On an hour trip from Binghamton to Syracuse, the rest of the family remained silent to see if Rod would notice their lack of participation. He did not, and he talked nonstop through the entire car ride.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> In elementary school, Serling was seen as the class clown and dismissed by many of his teachers as a lost cause.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 19–20  His seventh-grade English teacher, Helen Foley, encouraged him to enter the school's public speaking extracurriculars.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 19  He joined the debate team and was a speaker at his high school graduation. He began writing for the school newspaper, in which, according to the journalist Gordon Sander, he "established a reputation as a social activist".<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 19  <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod-Serling-HS-yearbook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Rod-Serling-HS-yearbook.jpg" decoding="async" width="123" height="171" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="123" data-file-height="171" /></a><figcaption>Serling as a senior in high school, 1943</figcaption></figure> Serling was interested in sports, and excelled at tennis and table tennis. When he attempted to join the varsity <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> team, he was told he was too small at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) tall.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 18–22  Serling was interested in radio and writing at an early age. He was an avid radio listener, especially interested in thrillers, fantasy, and horror shows. <a href="/wiki/Arch_Oboler" title="Arch Oboler">Arch Oboler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Corwin" title="Norman Corwin">Norman Corwin</a> were two of his favorite writers.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> He also "did some staff work at a Binghamton radio station ... tried to write ... but never had anything published."<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> He was accepted into college during his senior year of high school. However, the United States was involved in World War II at the time, and Serling decided to enlist rather than start college immediately after he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_High_School" title="Binghamton High School">Binghamton Central High School</a> in 1943.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> As editor of his <a href="/wiki/High_school_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="High school newspaper">high school newspaper</a>, Serling encouraged his fellow students to support the war effort. He wanted to leave school before graduation to join the fight, but his civics teacher talked him into waiting for graduation. "War is a temporary thing," Gus Youngstrom told him. "It ends. Education doesn't. Without your degree, where will you be after the war?"<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 36  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="American_military_service">American military service</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: American military service">edit</a>]</div> Serling enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> the morning after high school graduation, following his brother Robert.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 34, 37  Serling began his military career in 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Toccoa" title="Camp Toccoa">Camp Toccoa</a>, Georgia, under General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_May_Swing" title="Joseph May Swing">Joseph May Swing</a> and Colonel <a href="/wiki/Orin_D._Haugen" title="Orin D. Haugen">Orin D. Haugen</a><a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 36–37  and served in the <a href="/wiki/511th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)">511th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/11th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Airborne Division (United States)">11th Airborne Division</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> He eventually reached the rank of <a href="/wiki/Technician_Fourth_Grade" class="mw-redirect" title="Technician Fourth Grade">Technician Fourth Grade</a> (T/4).<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Over the next year of paratrooper training, Serling and others began boxing to vent aggression. He competed as a <a href="/wiki/Flyweight" title="Flyweight">flyweight</a> and had 17 bouts, rising to the second round of the division finals before being knocked out.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 40  He was remembered for his <a href="/wiki/Berserker" title="Berserker">Berserker</a> style, and for "getting his nose broken in his first bout and again in the last bout."<a href="#cite_note-Hudson-8">[8]</a> He tried his hand at the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Gloves" title="Golden Gloves">Golden Gloves</a>, with little success.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> On April 25, 1944, Serling received his orders and saw that he was being sent west to California. He knew that he would be fighting against the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> rather than <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>. This disappointed him because he had hoped to help fight against <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 40–41  In May, he was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific Theater</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine islands">Philippine islands</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:511th_PIR_at_Manarawat,_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg/220px-511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg/330px-511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg/440px-511th_PIR_at_Manarawat%2C_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="529" /></a><figcaption>Troops of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment evacuate a wounded soldier to an aid station at Manarawat on the island of <a href="/wiki/Leyte,_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Leyte, Philippines">Leyte, Philippines</a> dated on December 1944.</figcaption></figure> In November 1944, his division first saw combat, landing in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. The 11th Airborne Division was not used as paratroopers, however, but as light infantry during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Battle of Leyte</a>. The division helped secure the area after the five divisions that had gone ashore earlier.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 43  For a variety of reasons, Serling was transferred to the 511th's demolition platoon, nicknamed "The Death Squad" for its high casualty rate. According to Sergeant Frank Lewis, leader of the demolitions squad, "He screwed up somewhere along the line. Apparently he got on someone's nerves."<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 45  Lewis also judged that Serling was not suited to be a field soldier: "he didn't have the wits or aggressiveness required for combat."<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 45  At one point, Lewis, Serling, and others were in a firefight, trapped in a foxhole. As they waited for darkness, Lewis noticed that Serling had not reloaded any of his extra magazines. Serling sometimes went exploring on his own, against orders, and got lost.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 45  Serling's time in Leyte shaped his writing and political views for the rest of his life. He saw death every day while in the Philippines, at the hands of his enemies and his allies, and through freak accidents such as that which killed another Jewish private, Melvin Levy. Levy was delivering a comic monologue for the platoon as they rested under a palm tree when a food crate was dropped from a plane above, decapitating him. Serling led the funeral services for Levy and placed a <a href="/wiki/Star_of_David" title="Star of David">Star of David</a> over his grave.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 45  Serling later set several of his scripts in the Philippines and used the unpredictability of death as a theme in much of his writing.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 46  In the 1960 Twilight Zone episode "The Purple Testament", a prologue written by Serling stated, "Infantry platoon, U.S. Army, Philippine Islands, 1945. These are the faces of the young men who fight, as if some omniscient painter had mixed a tube of oils that were at one time earth brown, dust gray, blood red, beard black, and fear—yellow white, and these men were the models. For this is the province of combat, and these are the faces of war." Serling returned from the successful mission in Leyte with two wounds, including one to his kneecap,<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 47  but neither kept him from combat when General <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> deployed the paratroopers for their usual purpose on February 3, 1945. Colonel Haugen led the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment as it landed on <a href="/wiki/Tagaytay" title="Tagaytay">Tagaytay Ridge</a>, met the <a href="/wiki/188th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="188th Infantry Regiment (United States)">188th Glider Infantry Regiment</a> and marched into <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>. It met minimal resistance until it reached the city, where Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Sanji_Iwabuchi" title="Sanji Iwabuchi">Sanji Iwabuchi</a> had arranged his 17,000 troops behind a maze of traps and guns and ordered them to fight to the death.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 47–49  During the next month, Serling's unit battled block by block for control of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1945)" title="Battle of Manila (1945)">Manila</a>. When portions of the city were taken from Japanese control, local civilians sometimes showed their gratitude by throwing parties and hosting banquets. During one of these parties, Serling and his comrades were fired upon, resulting in many soldier and civilian deaths. Serling, still a private after three years, caught the attention of Sergeant Lewis when he ran into the line of fire to rescue a performer who had been on stage when the artillery started firing.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 49  As it moved in on Iwabuchi's stronghold, Serling's regiment had a 50% casualty rate, with over 400 men killed or wounded. Serling was wounded and three comrades were killed by shrapnel from rounds fired at his roving demolition team by an antiaircraft gun.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 50  He was sent to <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> to recover but soon returned to Manila to finish "cleaning up". Serling's final assignment was as part of the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">occupation force in Japan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 51  During his military service, Private Serling was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal" title="Bronze Star Medal">Bronze Star</a>,<a href="#cite_note-AAYA-10">[10]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal" title="Philippine Liberation Medal">Philippine Liberation Medal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Serling's combat experience affected him deeply and influenced much of his writing. It left him with nightmares and <a href="/wiki/Flashback_(psychology)" title="Flashback (psychology)">flashbacks</a> for the rest of his life.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> He said, "I was bitter about everything and at loose ends when I got out of the service. I think I turned to writing to get it off my chest."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards">edit</a>]</div> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="12"><a href="/wiki/File:Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg/200px-Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg/300px-Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg/400px-Combat_Infantry_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="84" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="12"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-Bronze_Star_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> <a href="/wiki/File:Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/106px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/159px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg/212px-Purple_Heart_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-Army_Good_Conduct_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-American_Campaign_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a> </td> <td><div style="position:relative; 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His knee troubled him for years. Later, his wife, Carol, became accustomed to the sound of him falling on the stairs when his knee would buckle.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> When he was fit enough, he used the federal <a href="/wiki/G.I._Bill" title="G.I. Bill">G.I. bill's educational benefits</a><a href="#cite_note-Hudson-8">[8]</a> and disability payments<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> to enroll in the physical education program at <a href="/wiki/Antioch_College" title="Antioch College">Antioch College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Springs,_Ohio" title="Yellow Springs, Ohio">Yellow Springs, Ohio</a>. He had been accepted to Antioch (his brother's alma mater) while in high school.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 53  His interests led him to the theater department and then to broadcasting.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> He changed his major to Literature and earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in 1950.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> "I was kind of mixed up and restless, and I kind of liked their work-for-a-term, go-to-school-for-a-term set-up," he recounted.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 53  <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:398px;max-width:398px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_and_Carol_Serling_at_home_1959.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Rod_and_Carol_Serling_at_home_1959.jpg/200px-Rod_and_Carol_Serling_at_home_1959.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Rod_and_Carol_Serling_at_home_1959.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="242" data-file-height="298" /></a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:192px;max-width:192px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_with_daughters_1959.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Rod_Serling_with_daughters_1959.jpg/190px-Rod_Serling_with_daughters_1959.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Rod_Serling_with_daughters_1959.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="300" /></a></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Serling with his wife, Carol, and with their daughters, 1959</div></div></div></div> As part of his studies, Serling became active in the campus radio station, an experience that proved useful in his future career. He wrote, directed, and acted in many radio programs on campus, then around the state, as part of his work study.<a href="#cite_note-DuBrow-12">[12]</a> Here he met Carolyn Louise "Carol" Kramer,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> a fellow student, who later became his wife. At first, she refused to date him because of his promiscuous campus reputation, but she eventually changed her mind.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> He joined the <a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">Unitarian</a> church in college,<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> which allowed him to marry Kramer on July 31, 1948.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> They had two daughters, Jodi (born 1952) and Anne (born 1955).<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Carol Serling's maternal grandmother, Louise Taft Orton Caldwell,<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 60  had a summer home on <a href="/wiki/Cayuga_Lake" title="Cayuga Lake">Cayuga Lake</a> in Interlaken, New York, which was the honeymoon destination for the newlyweds. The Serling family continued to use this house annually throughout Rod's life, missing only two summers in the years when his daughters were born.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> For extra money in his college years, Serling worked part-time testing parachutes for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>. According to his radio station coworkers, he received $50 for each successful jump and had once been paid $500 (half before and half if he survived) for a hazardous test.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 58  His last test jump was a few weeks before his wedding. In one instance, he earned $1,000 for testing a jet ejection seat that had killed the previous three testers.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 61  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio">edit</a>]</div> Serling volunteered at <a href="/wiki/WNYC" title="WNYC">WNYC</a> in New York as an actor and writer in the summer of 1946.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> The next year, he worked at that station as a paid intern in his Antioch work-study program.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 57  He then took odd jobs in other radio stations in New York and Ohio.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> "I learned 'time', writing for a medium that is measured in seconds," Serling later said of his early experiences.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> While attending college, Serling worked at the Antioch Broadcasting System's radio workshop and was managing the station within a couple of years. He then took charge of full-scale radio productions at Antioch which were broadcast on WJEM, in Springfield. He wrote and directed the programs and acted in them when needed. He created the entire output for the 1948–1949 school year. With one exception (an adaptation), all the writing that year was his original work.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> While in college, Serling won his first accolade as a writer. The radio program, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Christian" title="Dr. Christian">Dr. Christian</a>, had started an annual scriptwriting contest eight years earlier. Thousands of scripts were sent in annually, but very few could be produced.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Serling won a trip to New York City and $500 for his radio script "To Live a Dream".<a href="#cite_note-Warrick-18">[18]</a> He and his new wife, Carol, attended the awards broadcast on May 18, 1949, where he and the other winners were interviewed by the star of Dr. Christian, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Hersholt" title="Jean Hersholt">Jean Hersholt</a>. One of the other winners that day was <a href="/wiki/Earl_Hamner,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Earl Hamner, Jr.">Earl Hamner, Jr.</a>, who had also earned prizes in previous years. Serling's first job out of college was with WLW radio as copy writer. The position had just been vacated by Hamner who left to concentrate on his writing. Hamner later wrote scripts for Serling's The Twilight Zone.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> In addition to earning $45 to $50 a week at the college radio station, Serling attempted to make a living selling freelance scripts of radio programs, but the industry at that time was involved in many lawsuits, which affected willingness to take on new writers (some whose scripts were rejected would often hear a similar plot produced, claim their work had been stolen, and sue for recompense).<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Serling was rejected for reasons such as "heavy competition", "this script lacks professional quality", and "not what our audience prefers to listen to".<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> In the autumn of 1949, Martin Horrell of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_Station_(radio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Central Station (radio)">Grand Central Station</a> (a radio program known for romances and light dramas) rejected one of Serling's scripts about boxing, because his mostly female listeners "have told us in no uncertain terms that prize fight stories aren't what they like most". Horrell advised that "the script would be far better for sight than for sound only, because in any radio presentation, the fights are not seen. Perhaps this is a baby you should try on some of the producers of television shows."<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Realizing the boxing story was not right for Grand Central Station, Serling submitted a lighter piece called Hop Off the Express and Grab a Local, which became his first nationally broadcast piece on September 10, 1949.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> His Dr. Christian script aired on November 30 of that year. Serling began his professional writing career in 1950, when he earned $75 a week as a network <a href="/wiki/Continuity_(broadcasting)" title="Continuity (broadcasting)">continuity writer</a> for <a href="/wiki/WLW" title="WLW">WLW</a> radio in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> While at WLW, he continued to freelance. He sold several radio and television scripts to WLW's parent company, <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Crosley Broadcasting Corporation">Crosley Broadcasting Corporation</a>. After selling the scripts, Serling had no further involvement with them. They were sold by <a href="/wiki/Powel_Crosley" class="mw-redirect" title="Powel Crosley">Crosley</a> to local stations across the United States.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Serling submitted an idea for a weekly radio show in which the ghosts of a young boy and girl killed in World War II would look through train windows and comment on day-to-day human life as it moved around the country. This idea was changed significantly but was produced from October 1950 to February 1951 as Adventure Express, a drama about a girl and boy who travel by train with their uncle. Each week they found adventure in a new town and got involved with the local residents.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Other radio programs for which Serling wrote scripts include Leave It to Kathy, Our America, and Builders of Destiny. During the production of these, he became acquainted with a voice actor, Jay Overholts, who later became a regular on The Twilight Zone.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> Serling said of his time as a staff writer for radio: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">From a writing point of view, radio ate up ideas that might have put food on the table for weeks at a future freelancing date. The minute you tie yourself down to a radio or TV station, you write around the clock. You rip out ideas, many of them irreplaceable. They go on and consequently can never go on again. And you've sold them for $50 a week. You can't afford to give away ideas—they're too damn hard to come by. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't staff-write at all. I'd find some other way to support myself while getting a start as a writer.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a></blockquote> Serling believed radio was not living up to its potential, later saying, "Radio, in terms of ... drama, dug its own grave. It had aimed downward, had become cheap and unbelievable, and had willingly settled for second best."<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 69  He opined that there were very few radio writers who would be remembered for their literary contributions.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 69  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:38em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> I think Rod would have been one of the first to say he hit the new industry, television, at exactly the right time. The first job he got out of school was as a continuity writer at (radio station) WLW in Cincinnati. He worked there for over a year before he could free-lance. At that point, he was really working on television scripts. [I]n 1951 and 1952, the new industry was grabbing up a lot of material and needed it. It was a very propitious time to be graduating from school and getting ready to find a profession. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Carol Serling, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, 1990 interview<a href="#cite_note-DuBrow-12">[12]</a></cite> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_1959.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rod_Serling_1959.JPG/200px-Rod_Serling_1959.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rod_Serling_1959.JPG/300px-Rod_Serling_1959.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Rod_Serling_1959.JPG/400px-Rod_Serling_1959.JPG 2x" data-file-width="771" data-file-height="969" /></a><figcaption>Rod Serling, 1959</figcaption></figure> Serling moved from radio to television, as a writer for <a href="/wiki/WKRC-TV" title="WKRC-TV">WKRC-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>. His duties included writing <a href="/wiki/Testimonial" title="Testimonial">testimonial</a> advertisements for dubious medical remedies and scripts for a comedy duo.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> He continued at WKRC after graduation and, amidst the mostly dreary day-to-day work, also created a series of scripts for a live television program, The Storm, as well as for other anthology dramas (a format which was in demand by networks based in New York).<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> Following a full day of classes (or, in later years, work), he spent evenings on his own, writing. He sent manuscripts to publishers and received forty rejection slips during these early years.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> In 1950, Serling hired Blanche Gaines as an agent. His radio scripts received more rejections, so he began rewriting them for television. Whenever a script was rejected by one program, he would resubmit it to another, eventually finding a home for many in either radio or television.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> As Serling's college years ended, his scripts began to sell. He continued to write for television<a href="#cite_note-Hudson-8">[8]</a> and eventually left WKRC to become a full-time freelance writer. He recalled, "Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't embrace it. I succumbed to it."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> According to his wife, Serling "just up and quit one day, during the winter of 1952, about six months before our first daughter Jody was born—though he was also doing some freelancing and working on a weekly dramatic show for another Cincinnati station."<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> He and his family moved to <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> in early 1953. Here he made a living by writing for the live dramatic anthology shows that were prevalent at the time, including <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Television_Theatre" title="Kraft Television Theatre">Kraft Television Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Adventure" title="Appointment with Adventure">Appointment with Adventure</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hallmark Hall of Fame">Hallmark Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> By the end of 1954, his agent convinced him he needed to move to New York, "where the action is."<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> The writer <a href="/wiki/Marc_Scott_Zicree" title="Marc Scott Zicree">Marc Scott Zicree</a>, who spent years researching his book <a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone_literature#Guides" title="Twilight Zone literature">The Twilight Zone Companion</a>, noted, "Sometimes the situations were clichéd, the characters two-dimensional, but always there was at least some search for an emotional truth, some attempt to make a statement on the human condition."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gaining_fame">Gaining fame</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gaining fame">edit</a>]</div> In 1955, the nationwide <a href="/wiki/Kraft_Television_Theatre" title="Kraft Television Theatre">Kraft Television Theatre</a> televised a program based on Serling's 72nd script. To Serling, it was just another script, and he missed the first live broadcast. He and his wife hired a babysitter for the night and told her, "no one would call because we had just moved to town. And the phone just started ringing and didn't stop for years!"<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> The title of this episode was "<a href="/wiki/Patterns_(Kraft_Television_Theatre)" title="Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)">Patterns</a>", and it soon changed his life. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patterns01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Patterns01.jpg/220px-Patterns01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Patterns01.jpg/330px-Patterns01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Patterns01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="277" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ed_Begley" title="Ed Begley">Ed Begley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Everett_Sloane" title="Everett Sloane">Everett Sloane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> in Patterns (1955)</figcaption></figure> "Patterns" dramatized the power struggle between a veteran corporate boss running out of ideas and energy and the bright, young executive being groomed to take his place. Instead of firing the loyal employee and risk tarnishing his own reputation, the boss enlists him into a campaign to push aside his competition.<a href="#cite_note-Gould1955a-19">[19]</a> Serling modeled the character of the boss on his former commander, Colonel Orin Haugen.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 37  <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> critic <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gould" title="Jack Gould">Jack Gould</a> called the show "one of the high points in the TV medium's evolution" and said, "[f]or sheer power of narrative, forcefulness of characterization and brilliant climax, Mr. Serling's work is a creative triumph."<a href="#cite_note-Gould1955a-19">[19]</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lewis_Shayon" title="Robert Lewis Shayon">Robert Lewis Shayon</a> stated in Saturday Review, "in the years I have been watching television I do not recall being so engaged by a drama, nor so stimulated to challenge the haunting conclusions of an hour's entertainment."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> The episode was a hit with the audience as well, and a second live show was staged by popular demand one month later.<a href="#cite_note-Notes-20">[20]</a> During the time between the two shows, Kraft executives negotiated with people from Hollywood over the rights to "Patterns". Kraft said they were considering rebroadcasting "Patterns", unless the play or motion picture rights were sold first.<a href="#cite_note-Gould1955b-21">[21]</a> Immediately following the original broadcast of "Patterns", Serling was inundated with offers of permanent jobs, congratulations, and requests for novels, plays, and television or radio scripts.<a href="#cite_note-Notes-20">[20]</a> He quickly sold many of his earlier, lower-quality works and watched in dismay as they were published. Critics expressed concern that he was not living up to his promise and began to doubt he was able to recreate the quality of writing that "Patterns" had shown.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> Serling then wrote "<a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a>" for the television series <a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a> in 1956, again gaining praise from critics.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> In the autumn of 1957, the Serling family moved to California. When television was new, shows aired live from New York, but as studios began to tape their shows, the business moved from the East Coast to the West Coast.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> The Serlings would live in California for much of his life, but they kept property in Binghamton and Cayuga Lake as retreats for when he needed time alone.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Corporate_censorship">Corporate censorship</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Corporate censorship">edit</a>]</div> The early years of television often saw <a href="/wiki/Sponsor_(commercial)" title="Sponsor (commercial)">sponsors</a> working as editors and censors. Serling was often forced to change his scripts after corporate sponsors read them and found something they felt was too controversial. They were wary of anything they thought might make them look bad to consumers, so references to many contemporary social issues were omitted, as were references to anything that might compete commercially with a sponsor. For instance, the line "Got a match?" was deleted because one of the sponsors of "Requiem for a Heavyweight" was <a href="/wiki/Ronson_(company)" title="Ronson (company)">Ronson</a> <a href="/wiki/Lighter" title="Lighter">lighters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_relaxing_at_home_1959.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Rod_Serling_relaxing_at_home_1959.JPG/170px-Rod_Serling_relaxing_at_home_1959.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Rod_Serling_relaxing_at_home_1959.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption>Serling at home in 1959, with three of his Emmys on the cabinet behind him</figcaption></figure> The initial story-line of his teleplay Noon on Doomsday (aired April 25, 1956) was set in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> about the lynching of a Jewish pawnbroker. However, when Serling mentioned in a radio interview that it was inspired by the events and racism that led to the murder of <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Till" title="Emmett Till">Emmett Till</a>, censorship by advertisers and the TV network resulted in significant changes. The program as shown was set in New England and concerned the killing of an unknown foreigner.<a href="#cite_note-SmithsonianMag_April2019-23">[23]</a> He subsequently returned to the Till events when writing <a href="/wiki/A_Town_Has_Turned_to_Dust_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)">A Town Has Turned to Dust</a> for 'Playhouse 90' but had to set it a century in the past and remove any inter-racial dynamics before it would be produced by CBS TV.<a href="#cite_note-SmithsonianMag_April2019-23">[23]</a> Gould, The New York Times reviewer, added this <a href="/wiki/Editorial" title="Editorial">editorial</a> note at the end of a glowing review for A Town Has Turned to Dust, a show about racism and bigotry in a small <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_United_States" title="Southwestern United States">Southwestern</a> town: "'Playhouse 90' and Mr. Serling had to fight executive interference ... before getting their play on the air last night. The theater people of Hollywood have reason to be proud of their stand in the viewers' behalf."<a href="#cite_note-Gould1958-24">[24]</a> Frustrated by seeing his scripts divested of political statements and ethnic identities (and having a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Building" title="Chrysler Building">Chrysler Building</a> removed from a script sponsored by Ford), Serling decided the only way to avoid such artistic interference was to create his own show. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Wallace" title="Mike Wallace">Mike Wallace</a>, he said, "I don't want to fight anymore. I don't want to have to battle sponsors and agencies. I don't want to have to push for something that I want and have to settle for second best. I don't want to have to compromise all the time, which in essence is what a television writer does if he wants to put on controversial themes."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> Serling submitted "The Time Element" to CBS, intending it to be a pilot for his new weekly show, The Twilight Zone. Instead, CBS used the science fiction script for a new show produced by <a href="/wiki/Desi_Arnaz" title="Desi Arnaz">Desi Arnaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Desilu_Playhouse" title="Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse">Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse</a>, in 1958. The story concerns a man who has vivid nightmares of the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a>. The man goes to a psychiatrist and, after the session, the <a href="/wiki/Plot_twist" title="Plot twist">twist ending</a> (a device which Serling became known for) reveals the "patient" had died at Pearl Harbor, and the psychiatrist was the one actually having the vivid dreams.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> The episode received so much positive fan response that CBS agreed to let Serling go ahead with his pilot for The Twilight Zone.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Storm">The Storm</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Storm">edit</a>]</div> Before The Twilight Zone, Serling created a local television show in Cincinnati on WKRC-TV, The Storm, in the early 1950s. Several of these scripts were rewritten for later use on national network TV.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> A copy of an episode is located in the Cincinnati Museum Center Historical Cincinnati Library on videotape.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Twilight_Zone">The Twilight Zone</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The Twilight Zone">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone" title="The Twilight Zone">The Twilight Zone</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_dictating_script_1959.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Rod_Serling_dictating_script_1959.jpg/170px-Rod_Serling_dictating_script_1959.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Rod_Serling_dictating_script_1959.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="309" /></a><figcaption>Serling working on a script with a dictating machine, 1959</figcaption></figure> On October 2, 1959, the Twilight Zone series, created by Serling, premiered on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> For this series, Serling fought hard to get and maintain creative control. He hired scriptwriters he respected, such as <a href="/wiki/Richard_Matheson" title="Richard Matheson">Richard Matheson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Beaumont" title="Charles Beaumont">Charles Beaumont</a>. In an interview, Serling said the show's science fiction format would not be controversial<a href="#cite_note-AmericanMasters-27">[27]</a> with sponsors, network executives, or the general public and would escape censorship, unlike the earlier script for Playhouse 90. Serling drew on his own experience for many episodes, frequently about boxing, military life, and airplane pilots. The Twilight Zone incorporated his social views on racial relations, somewhat veiled in the science fiction and fantasy elements of the shows. Occasionally, the point was quite blunt, such as in the episode "<a href="/wiki/I_Am_the_Night%E2%80%94Color_Me_Black" title="I Am the Night—Color Me Black">I Am the Night—Color Me Black</a>", in which hatred caused a dark cloud to form in a small town in the American Midwest and spread across the world. Many Twilight Zone stories reflected his views on gender roles, featuring quick-thinking, resilient women as well as shrewish, nagging wives. The Twilight Zone aired for five seasons (the first three presented half-hour episodes, the fourth had hour-long episodes, and the fifth returned to the half-hour format). It won many television and drama awards and drew critical acclaim for Serling and his co-workers. Although it had loyal fans, The Twilight Zone had only moderate ratings and was twice canceled and revived. After five years and <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)_episodes" title="List of The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) episodes">156 episodes</a> (92 written by Serling), he grew weary of the series. In 1964, he decided not to oppose its third and final cancellation. Serling sold the rights to The Twilight Zone to CBS. His wife later claimed he did this partly because he believed that his own production company, Cayuga Productions, would never recoup the production costs of the programs, which frequently went over budget. The Twilight Zone eventually resurfaced in the form of a 1983 film by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros">Warner Bros</a>. Former Twilight Zone actor <a href="/wiki/Burgess_Meredith" title="Burgess Meredith">Burgess Meredith</a> was cast as the film's narrator, but does not appear on screen. There have been three attempts to revive the television series with mostly new scripts. In 1985, CBS used <a href="/wiki/Charles_Aidman" title="Charles Aidman">Charles Aidman</a> (and later <a href="/wiki/Robin_Ward_(television_personality)" title="Robin Ward (television personality)">Robin Ward</a>) as the narrator. In 2002, <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> featured <a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> in the role of narrator.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In 2019, CBS made a <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(2019_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)">third attempt</a> at a successful revival, with <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a> taking on producing duties as well as being host and narrator.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="A_Carol_for_Another_Christmas">A Carol for Another Christmas</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: A Carol for Another Christmas">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/A_Carol_for_Another_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="A Carol for Another Christmas">A Carol for Another Christmas</a> was a 1964 American television movie, scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>' <a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" title="A Christmas Carol">A Christmas Carol</a> and a plea for global cooperation between nations. It was telecast only once, on December 28, 1964.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> The only television movie directed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a>, this was the film in which <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sellers" title="Peter Sellers">Peter Sellers</a> gave his first performance after a series of near-fatal heart attacks in the wake of his marriage to <a href="/wiki/Britt_Ekland" title="Britt Ekland">Britt Ekland</a>. Sellers portrayed a demagogue in an apocalyptic Christmas. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Night_Gallery">Night Gallery</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Night Gallery">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a></div> In 1969, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> aired a <a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery_(film)" title="Night Gallery (film)">television film pilot</a> for a new series, Night Gallery, written by Serling. Set in a dimly lit museum after hours, the pilot film featured Serling (as on-camera host) playing the curator, who introduced three tales of the <a href="/wiki/Macabre" title="Macabre">macabre</a>, unveiling canvases that would appear in the subsequent story segments. Its brief first season (consisting of only six episodes) was rotated with three other shows airing in the same time slot; this <a href="/wiki/Wheel_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheel show">wheel show</a> was entitled <a href="/wiki/Four_in_One_(TV_series)" title="Four in One (TV series)">Four in One</a>. The series generally focused more on <a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">horror</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">suspense</a> than The Twilight Zone did. On the insistence of the producer <a href="/wiki/Jack_Laird" title="Jack Laird">Jack Laird</a>, Night Gallery also began including brief comedic <a href="/wiki/Blackout_sketch" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackout sketch">"blackout" sketches</a> during its <a href="/wiki/List_of_Night_Gallery_episodes#Season_2_.281971.E2.80.9372.29" title="List of Night Gallery episodes">second season</a>, which Serling greatly disdained.<a href="#cite_note-tour-31">[31]</a> He stated "I thought they [the blackout sketches] distorted the thread of what we were trying to do on Night Gallery. I don't think one can show <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a> and then come back with <a href="/wiki/Flip_Wilson" title="Flip Wilson">Flip Wilson</a> for 34 seconds. I just don't think they fit."<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> No longer wanting the burden of an executive position, Serling sidestepped an offer to retain creative control of content, a decision he would come to regret.<a href="#cite_note-tour-31">[31]</a> Although discontented with some of the scripts and creative choices of Jack Laird, Serling continued to submit his work and ultimately wrote over a third of the series' scripts. By season three, however, many of his contributions were being rejected or heavily altered.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Night Gallery was cancelled in 1973. NBC later combined episodes of the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a> series <a href="/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense_(American_TV_series)" title="The Sixth Sense (American TV series)">The Sixth Sense</a> with Night Gallery, in order to increase the number of episodes available in syndication. Serling was reportedly paid $100,000 to film introductions for these repackaged episodes.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_television">Other television</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Other television">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg/220px-Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg/330px-Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg/440px-Rod_Serling_Jodie_Foster_Ironside_1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="1506" /></a><figcaption>Serling and <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a>, "Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Murder," <a href="/wiki/Ironside_(1967_TV_series)" title="Ironside (1967 TV series)">Ironside</a>, (1972)</figcaption></figure> After The Twilight Zone was canceled, Serling wrote an unsuccessful western television series called <a href="/wiki/The_Loner_(TV_series)" title="The Loner (TV series)">The Loner</a>, which ran from the fall of 1965 to April 1966. CBS asked Serling to have more action and less character interaction. He refused to comply, even though the show had received poor reviews and low ratings.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> In a stylistic departure from his earlier work, Serling briefly hosted the first version of the game show <a href="/wiki/Liar%27s_Club" title="Liar's Club">Liar's Club</a> in 1969.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> In the 1970s, Serling appeared in television commercials for <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radio_Shack" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Shack">Radio Shack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ziebart" title="Ziebart">Ziebart</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> and the Japanese automaker <a href="/wiki/Mazda" title="Mazda">Mazda</a>. He also made occasional acting appearances, all in material he didn't write. Serling appears as a version of himself (but named "Mr. Zone") in a comedic bit on <a href="/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program" title="The Jack Benny Program">The Jack Benny Program</a>; he appears in a 1962 episode of the short-lived sitcom <a href="/wiki/Ichabod_and_Me" title="Ichabod and Me">Ichabod and Me</a> in the role of reclusive counterculture novelist Eugene Hollinfield; and in a 1972 episode of the crime drama <a href="/wiki/Ironside_(1967_TV_series)" title="Ironside (1967 TV series)">Ironside</a> entitled "Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Murder" (which also featured a young <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a>), in which he plays a small role as the proprietor of an occult magic shop. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_radio">Other radio</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Other radio">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Zero_Hour">The Zero Hour</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The Zero Hour">edit</a>]</div> Serling returned to radio late in his career with <a href="/wiki/The_Zero_Hour_(U.S._radio_series)" title="The Zero Hour (U.S. radio series)">The Zero Hour</a> (also known as Hollywood Radio Theater) in 1973. The drama anthology series featured tales of mystery, adventure, and suspense, airing in stereo for two seasons. Serling hosted the program but did not write any of the scripts. The series ended on July 26, 1974. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fantasy_Park">Fantasy Park</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Fantasy Park">edit</a>]</div> Serling's final radio performance was even more unusual: Fantasy Park was a 48-hour-long rock concert aired by nearly 200 stations in 1974 and 1975. The program, written and produced by McLendon National Productions Director Steve Blackson, featured performances by dozens of rock stars of the day, and even reunited <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>. It was also completely imaginary—as KNUS Program Director <a href="/wiki/Beau_Weaver" title="Beau Weaver">Beau Weaver</a> put it, a "theatre-of-the-mind for the '70s". The concert used record albums, many recorded live in concert, plus crowd noise, interviews, schedule updates by host Fred Kennedy, and other sound effects. (Stations that aired the special were reportedly inundated by callers demanding to know how to get to the nonexistent concert.) KNUS general manager Bart McLendon recruited Serling to record the host segments, bumpers, custom promos, and television spots. Serling wrote the disclaimers, which aired each hour: "Hello, this is Rod Serling and welcome back to Fantasy Park—the crowds here today are unreal." "This is Fantasy Park—the greatest live concert—never held." <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Teaching">Teaching</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Teaching">edit</a>]</div> Serling kept his schedule full. When he was not writing, promoting, or producing his work, he often spoke on college campuses around the country.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> He taught week-long seminars in which students would watch and critique films. In the political climate of the 1960s, he often felt a stronger connection to the older students in his evening classes.<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> Serling's critique of high school student writing was a pivotal experience for writer <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a>.<a href="#cite_note-jms1995-37">[37]</a> By the fourth season of Twilight Zone, Serling was exhausted and turned much of the writing over to a trusted stable of screenwriters, authoring only seven episodes. Desiring to take a break and clear his mind, he took a one-year teaching job as writer in residence at Antioch College, Ohio. He taught classes in the 1962–63 school year on writing and drama and a survey course covering the "social and historical implications of the media."<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> He used this time to teach as well as work on a new screenplay, <a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May" title="Seven Days in May">Seven Days in May</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> Later he taught at <a href="/wiki/Ithaca_College" title="Ithaca College">Ithaca College</a>, from the late 1960s until his death in 1975.<a href="#cite_note-CAO-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-Memorial-38">[38]</a> He was one of the first guest teachers at the Sherwood Oaks Experimental College in Hollywood, California. Audio recordings of his lectures there are included as bonus features on some Twilight Zone home video editions. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Themes">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> No one could know Serling, or view or read his work, without recognizing his deep affection for humanity ... and his determination to enlarge our horizons by giving us a better understanding of ourselves. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">— <a href="/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry" title="Gene Roddenberry">Gene Roddenberry</a></cite> </div> According to his wife, Carol, Serling often said that "the ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic."<a href="#cite_note-Rosenbaum-6">[6]</a> This philosophy can be seen in his writing. Some themes appear again and again in his writing, many of which are concerned with war and politics. Another common theme is equality among all people. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiwar_activism">Antiwar activism</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Antiwar activism">edit</a>]</div> Serling's experiences as a soldier left him with strong opinions about the use of military force. He was an outspoken antiwar activist, especially during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> He supported antiwar politicians, notably U.S. senator <a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy" title="Eugene McCarthy">Eugene McCarthy</a> in his <a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election" title="1968 United States presidential election">presidential campaign in 1968</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Scribner-4">[4]</a> "The Rack" is an example of Serling's use of television to speak his mind on political issues. This script for <a href="/wiki/The_United_States_Steel_Hour" title="The United States Steel Hour">The United States Steel Hour</a> tells the story of an army captain charged with collaborating with the North Koreans. The New York Times reviewer J. P. Shanley called it "controversial and compelling".<a href="#cite_note-shanley-39">[39]</a> Serling tackled a question that was much in the media at the time: should veterans be charged with a crime if they cooperated with the enemy while under duress? In this courtroom drama, the accused is put on trial for helping the enemy by urging fellow <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoners of war</a> to cooperate with their captors. Serling offers many valid arguments on behalf of both the defense and the prosecution. Each has a strong case, but in the end, the captain is found guilty. There is no Serling narration to conclude the drama, as he had become famous for in The Twilight Zone—instead, the audience is left to make their own conclusions after the verdict has been rendered.<a href="#cite_note-shanley-39">[39]</a> "No Christmas This Year" was a script written early in Serling's career, around 1950, but was never produced. It told of a place that no longer celebrated Christmas, although none of the residents know why it has been canceled. Meanwhile, at the North Pole, the audience sees Santa Claus dealing with striking elves. Rather than creating toys and candy, the North Pole manufactures a diversity of bombs and offensive gases. Santa has been shot at on his route, and an elf was hit by shrapnel.<a href="#cite_note-Grams-5">[5]</a> "24 Men to a Plane" recounts Serling's first combat jump into the area around Manila in 1945. The combat jump became a fiasco after the jumpmaster in the first plane dropped his men too early, causing every subsequent plane to drop in synchronization with the mistake.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 48  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racial_equality">Racial equality</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Racial equality">edit</a>]</div> A Town Has Turned to Dust received a positive review from the critic <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gould" title="Jack Gould">Jack Gould</a>, who was known for being straightforward to the point of being harsh in his reviews. He called A Town Has Turned to Dust "a raw, tough and at the same time deeply moving outcry against prejudice."<a href="#cite_note-Gould1958-24">[24]</a> Set in a Southwestern town in a deep <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">drought</a>, it sees poverty and despair turn racial tensions deadly when the ineffectual sheriff is unable to stand against the town. A young Mexican boy is lynched, and the town as a whole is to blame. A second lynching is in the works after a series of events leads again to the town turning against the Mexicans. This time, the sheriff stands strong, and the first boy's brother is saved, even as the town is not. "Mr. Serling incorporated his protest against prejudice in vivid dialogue and sound situations. He made his point that hate for a fellow being leads only to the ultimate destruction of the bigoted."<a href="#cite_note-Gould1958-24">[24]</a> Serling took his 1972 screenplay for the film <a href="/wiki/The_Man_(1972_film)" title="The Man (1972 film)">The Man</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Irving_Wallace" title="Irving Wallace">Irving Wallace</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Man_(Wallace_novel)" title="The Man (Wallace novel)">novel of the same title</a>. The black senator from <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> and president pro tempore of the Senate, played by <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, assumes the U.S. presidency by succession. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Death">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png/220px-Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png/330px-Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png/440px-Rod_Serling_Memorial-2.png 2x" data-file-width="1923" data-file-height="1695" /></a><figcaption>A memorial in honor of Serling in his home town of Binghamton, New York</figcaption></figure> Serling was said to smoke three to four packs of cigarettes a day.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> On May 3, 1975, he had a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> and was hospitalized. He spent two weeks at <a href="/wiki/Cayuga_Medical_Center" title="Cayuga Medical Center">Tompkins County Community Hospital</a> before being released.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 217  A second heart attack two weeks later forced doctors to agree that <a href="/wiki/Open-heart_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Open-heart surgery">open-heart surgery</a>, though considered risky at the time, was required.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 218 <a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> The ten-hour-long procedure was performed on June 26, but Serling had a third heart attack on the operating table and died two days later at <a href="/wiki/Strong_Memorial_Hospital" title="Strong Memorial Hospital">Strong Memorial Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, New York.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> He was 50 years old.<a href="#cite_note-Memorial-38">[38]</a> His funeral and burial took place on July 2 at Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, (Seneca County), New York. A memorial was held at <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sage_Chapel" title="Sage Chapel">Sage Chapel</a> on July 7, 1975.<a href="#cite_note-Memorial-38">[38]</a> Speakers at the Memorial included his daughter Anne and the Reverend John F. Hayward.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 218  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_2">Television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg/220px-1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg/330px-1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg/440px-1976_Sad_Lonely_Sundays_Oath_Jack_Albertson_Sam_Jaffe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4159" data-file-height="2958" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jaffe" title="Sam Jaffe">Sam Jaffe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Albertson" title="Jack Albertson">Jack Albertson</a> in Serling's 1976 posthumous television special "The Sad and Lonely Sundays", an episode of the abandoned series The Oath</figcaption></figure> Serling began his career when television was a new medium. The first public viewing of an all-electronic television was presented by inventor <a href="/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth" title="Philo Farnsworth">Philo Farnsworth</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Institute" title="Franklin Institute">Franklin Institute</a> in Philadelphia on August 25, 1934, when Serling was nine years old. Commercial television officially started on July 1, 1941. At the time, there were fewer than seven thousand television sets in the United States, and very few of those were in private homes.<a href="#cite_note-McMahon2007-43">[43]</a>: 21  Only five months later, the U.S. entered World War II, and the television business was put on hold until the war's end,<a href="#cite_note-McMahon2007-43">[43]</a>: 22  as many of the unsold sets were obtained by the government and repurposed to train air-raid wardens.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 57  After World War II ended, money began flowing toward the new medium of television, coinciding with the beginning of Serling's writing career. Early programming consisted of newsreels, sporting events and what would be called <a href="/wiki/Public-access_television" title="Public-access television">public-access television</a> today. It was not until 1948 that filmed dramas were first shown, beginning with a show called <a href="/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_(TV_series)" title="Public Prosecutor (TV series)">Public Prosecutor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-McMahon2007-43">[43]</a>: 25  Serling began having serious dramas produced in 1950 and is given credit as one of the first to write scripts specifically for television. As such, he is said to have helped legitimize television drama.<a href="#cite_note-Sander1992-2">[2]</a>: 28  Serling worried that television was on the verge of suffering the same decline as radio. He encouraged sponsors to see television as a platform for the kind of dramatic entertainment that could address important social matters through subtle meanings, instead of being "an animated billboard".<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The format of writing for television was changing rapidly in the early years, but eventually, it settled into a pattern of commercial breaks on each quarter-hour. Writers were forced to work these breaks into their scripts. Serling's response to this convention was, "How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art form should be dictated and controlled by men whose training and instincts are cut of an entirely different cloth. The fact remains that these gentlemen sell consumer goods, not an art form."<a href="#cite_note-AmericanMasters-27">[27]</a> Throughout his career, Serling helped to mold the future of television. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Writing_for_multiple_media">Writing for multiple media</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Writing for multiple media">edit</a>]</div> As early as 1955, Jack Gould, of the New York Times, commented on the close ties that were then being created between television and movies. Serling was among the first to use both forms, turning his early television successes, "Patterns" and "The Rack", into full-length movies.<a href="#cite_note-gould-45">[45]</a> Up to that time, many established writers were unwilling to write for television because the programs were viewed only once and then stored in a vault, never to be seen again.<a href="#cite_note-Twice-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Beginning_of_the_rerun">Beginning of the rerun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Beginning of the rerun">edit</a>]</div> After the first showing of "Patterns", the studio received such positive feedback that it produced a repeat performance, the first time a television program had been replayed at the request of the audience. Although successful shows had sometimes been recreated after two years or more, this was the first time a show was recreated exactly—with the same cast and crew—as it had been originally broadcast.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> The second live performance, only a month later, was equally successful and inspired New York Times critic Jack Gould to write an essay on the use of replays on television. He stated that "Patterns" was a prime example of a drama that should be seen more than once, whereas a single broadcast was the norm for television shows of the day. Sponsors believed that creating new shows every week would assure them the largest possible audience, so they purchased a new script for each night. Gould suggested that as new networks were opened and the viewers were given more choices, the percentage of viewers would spread among the offerings. "Patterns" was proof that a second showing could gain more viewers because those who missed the first showing could see the second, thus increasing the audience for sponsors.<a href="#cite_note-Twice-46">[46]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effects_on_popular_culture">Effects on popular culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Effects on popular culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_his_lifetime">During his lifetime</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: During his lifetime">edit</a>]</div> In December 1966, the made-for-television movie <a href="/wiki/The_Doomsday_Flight" title="The Doomsday Flight">The Doomsday Flight</a> aired. The fictional plot concerned an airplane with a bomb aboard. If the plane landed without the ransom money being paid, the aircraft would explode. The bomb was set with an altitude trigger that would detonate it if the plane dropped below four thousand feet. The show was one of the highest-rated of the television season, but both Serling and his brother Robert, a technical advisor on the project (a specialist in aviation), regretted making the film. After the film was aired, a rash of copycats telephoned in ransom demands to most of the largest airlines. Serling was truly devastated by what his script had encouraged. He told reporters who flocked to interview him, "I wish to Christ that I had written a stagecoach drama starring John Wayne instead."<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy_2">Legacy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:27em; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind ... a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination—your next stop, the Twilight Zone. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Rod Serling, <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone" title="The Twilight Zone">The Twilight Zone</a>, introduction</cite> </div> Serling is indelibly woven into modern popular culture because of the enduring popularity of The Twilight Zone.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Serling's widow, Carol, maintained that the cult status that surrounded both her husband and his shows continues to be a surprise, "as I'm sure it would have been to him."<a href="#cite_note-DuBrow-12">[12]</a> "It won't go away. It keeps bobbing up. ... Each year, I think, well, that's it—and then something else turns up."<a href="#cite_note-DuBrow-12">[12]</a> She survived him to the age of 90, dying on January 9, 2020,<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> and participated in the continuing interest in Rod's work, sometimes preparing them for a new format and editing a publication about Rod that she founded, The Twilight Zone Magazine, as well as many activities to promote his legacy. The Twilight Zone has been rerun, re-created and re-imagined since going off the air in 1964. It has been released in comic book form,<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> as a magazine, a <a href="/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie" title="Twilight Zone: The Movie">film</a>, and three additional television series from <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1985_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)">1985 to 1989</a>, from <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(2002_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)">2002 to 2003</a>, and from <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(2019_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)">2019 to 2020</a>. In 1988, <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a> scripted Serling's outline "<a href="/wiki/Our_Selena_Is_Dying" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Selena Is Dying">Our Selena Is Dying</a>" for the 1980s Twilight Zone series. Some of Serling's works are now available in <a href="/wiki/Graphic_novel" title="Graphic novel">graphic novels</a>. Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone is a series of adaptations by Mark Kneece and Rich Ellis based on original scripts written by Serling.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Several episodes were adapted into novel form for pulp fiction books by Serling himself. The Twilight Zone is not the only Serling work to reappear. In 1994, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Serling%27s_Lost_Classics" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Serling's Lost Classics">Rod Serling's Lost Classics</a> released two never-before-seen works that Carol Serling found in her garage. The first was an outline called, "The Theatre", which Richard Matheson expanded. The second was a complete script written by Serling, "Where the Dead Are". Serling and his work on The Twilight Zone inspired the <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Parks_and_Resorts" class="mw-redirect" title="Walt Disney Parks and Resorts">Disney theme park</a> attraction <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_Tower_of_Terror" title="The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror">The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror</a>, which debuted at <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Hollywood_Studios" title="Disney's Hollywood Studios">Disney's Hollywood Studios</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World Resort</a> in Florida in 1994. Serling appears in the attraction through the use of repurposed archival footage, and voice actor Mark Silverman provides the dubbing of Serling's dialogue for the attraction at both Hollywood Studios and the defunct version at <a href="/wiki/Disney_California_Adventure" title="Disney California Adventure">Disney California Adventure</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Anaheim">Anaheim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> The ride takes place in the once-elegant Hollywood Tower Hotel that was struck by lightning, which caused the mysterious disappearance of five guests. Riders enter an abandoned elevator shaft as they become part of a "lost episode" of The Twilight Zone, with the attraction taking guests up 13 stories and dropping them multiple times. More than 30 years after his death, Serling was digitally resurrected for an episode of the television series <a href="/wiki/Medium_(TV_series)" title="Medium (TV series)">Medium</a> that aired on November 21, 2005. Filmed partially in <a href="/wiki/3D_film" title="3D film">3-D</a>, it opened with Serling's introducing the episode and instructing viewers when to put on their 3-D glasses. This was accomplished using footage from The Twilight Zone episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Midnight_Sun_(The_Twilight_Zone)" title="The Midnight Sun (The Twilight Zone)">The Midnight Sun</a>" and digitally manipulating Serling's mouth to match new dialogue spoken by voice actor Mark Silverman. The plot involved paintings coming to life, a nod to both The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. On August 11, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> released its Early TV Memories commemorative stamp collection honoring notable television programs. One of the 20 stamps honored The Twilight Zone and featured a portrait of Serling.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Through a mix of computer animation, a simulated version of Serling appeared at the end of the "Blurryman" episode of the 2019 revival of <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(2019_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a>. This was done with a facial performance by Ryan Hesp, motion-capture by Jefferson Black, and a voice reprisal by Mark Silverman. There are several memorials to Serling in his hometown of <a href="/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York" title="Binghamton, New York">Binghamton, New York</a>. Annually since 1995, <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_High_School" title="Binghamton High School">Binghamton High School</a>, Serling's alma mater, primarily in partnership with <a href="/wiki/WSKG-TV" title="WSKG-TV">WSKG-TV</a>,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> hosts the Rod Serling Video Festival for students in kindergarten through grade 12. The festival encourages young people to engage in filmmaking.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Likewise, the Rod Serling Memorial Foundation hosts Serlingfest - a celebration of The Twilight Zone and Serling’s work - in Binghamton annually. A <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Historic_Markers" title="New York State Historic Markers">New York State Historic Marker</a> for Serling stands outside Binghamton High School.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> On September 15, 2024, a statue of Serling was unveiled in <a href="/wiki/Recreation_Park_(Binghamton)" title="Recreation Park (Binghamton)">Recreation Park</a> following state grants<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> and online crowdfunding for the memorial,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> the base of which contains a quote from Serling: “Everybody has a hometown/Binghamton’s mine.” <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_creator">As creator</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: As creator">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1959–64: <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a></li> <li>1965–66: <a href="/wiki/The_Loner_(TV_series)" title="The Loner (TV series)">The Loner</a></li> <li>1970–73: <a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_narrator">As narrator</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: As narrator">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1968–75: <a href="/wiki/The_Undersea_World_of_Jacques_Cousteau" title="The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau">The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau</a></li> <li>1969–70: <a href="/wiki/Liar%27s_Club" title="Liar's Club">Liar's Club</a> (host)</li> <li>1973–75: <a href="/wiki/In_Search_of..._(TV_series)" title="In Search of... (TV series)">In Search of...</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Encounter_with_the_Unknown" title="Encounter with the Unknown">Encounter with the Unknown</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Monsters" title="The Mysterious Monsters">Monsters! Mysteries or Myths?</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/UFOs:_Past,_Present,_and_Future" title="UFOs: Past, Present, and Future">UFOs: Past, Present, and Future</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_writer_(film)">As writer (film)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: As writer (film)">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Patterns_(film)" title="Patterns (film)">Patterns</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/The_Rack_(1956_film)" title="The Rack (1956 film)">The Rack</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Saddle_the_Wind" title="Saddle the Wind">Saddle the Wind</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Incident_in_an_Alley" title="Incident in an Alley">Incident in an Alley</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight_(film)" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight (film)">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/The_Yellow_Canary" title="The Yellow Canary">The Yellow Canary</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May" title="Seven Days in May">Seven Days in May</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/A_Carol_for_Another_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="A Carol for Another Christmas">A Carol for Another Christmas</a> (TV film)</li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Assault_on_a_Queen" title="Assault on a Queen">Assault on a Queen</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/The_Doomsday_Flight" title="The Doomsday Flight">The Doomsday Flight</a> (TV film)</li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)" title="Planet of the Apes (1968 film)">Planet of the Apes</a> (co-written with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a>)</li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery_(film)" title="Night Gallery (film)">Night Gallery</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/The_Man_(1972_film)" title="The Man (1972 film)">The Man</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Time_Travelers_(1976_film)" title="Time Travelers (1976 film)">Time Travelers</a> (TV film)</li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/The_Salamander_(1981_film)" title="The Salamander (1981 film)">The Salamander</a> (1976 screenplay)</li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Rod_Serling%27s_Lost_Classics" class="mw-redirect" title="Rod Serling's Lost Classics">Rod Serling's Lost Classics</a> (TV film, 1968 screenplay)</li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/In_the_Presence_of_Mine_Enemies_(film)" title="In the Presence of Mine Enemies (film)">In the Presence of Mine Enemies</a> (TV film, 1960 screenplay)</li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/A_Storm_in_Summer" title="A Storm in Summer">A Storm in Summer</a> (TV film, 1970 screenplay)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_writer_(television)">As writer (television)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: As writer (television)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>1953: A Long Time Till Dawn (<a href="/wiki/Kraft_Television_Theatre" title="Kraft Television Theatre">Kraft Television Theatre</a>)</li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Old_MacDonald_Had_a_Curve" class="mw-redirect" title="Old MacDonald Had a Curve">Old MacDonald Had a Curve</a> (Kraft Television Theatre)</li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Patterns_(Kraft_Television_Theatre)" title="Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)">Patterns</a> (Kraft Television Theatre)</li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Fireside_Theatre_episodes#Season_8_(1955-56)" title="List of Fireside Theatre episodes">The Director</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fireside_Theatre" title="Fireside Theatre">The Jane Wyman Show</a>)</li> <li>1955: The Rack (<a href="/wiki/The_U.S._Steel_Hour" class="mw-redirect" title="The U.S. Steel Hour">The U.S. Steel Hour</a>)</li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/The_Arena_(Studio_One)" title="The Arena (Studio One)">The Arena</a> (<a href="/wiki/Studio_One_(American_TV_series)" title="Studio One (American TV series)">Studio One</a>)</li> <li>1956: The Champion (<a href="/wiki/Climax!" title="Climax!">Climax!</a>)</li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Area_(Playhouse_90)" title="Forbidden Area (Playhouse 90)">Forbidden Area</a> (<a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a>)</li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/The_Comedian_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Comedian (Playhouse 90)">The Comedian</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Earth_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Dark Side of the Earth (Playhouse 90)">The Dark Side of the Earth</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Panic_Button_(Playhouse_90)" title="Panic Button (Playhouse 90)">Panic Button</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Nightmare_at_Ground_Zero_(Playhouse_90)" title="Nightmare at Ground Zero (Playhouse 90)">Nightmare at Ground Zero</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Bomber%27s_Moon_(Playhouse_90)" title="Bomber's Moon (Playhouse 90)">Bomber's Moon</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/A_Town_Has_Turned_to_Dust_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)">A Town Has Turned to Dust</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Alley_(Playhouse_90)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Velvet Alley (Playhouse 90)">The Velvet Alley</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone#"The_Time_Element"_(1958)" title="The Twilight Zone">The Time Element</a> (<a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Desilu_Playhouse" title="Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse">Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse</a>)</li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/The_Rank_and_File_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Rank and File (Playhouse 90)">The Rank and File</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/In_the_Presence_of_Mine_Enemies_(Playhouse_90)" title="In the Presence of Mine Enemies (Playhouse 90)">In the Presence of Mine Enemies</a> (Playhouse 90)</li> <li>1963: It's Mental Work (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope_Presents_the_Chrysler_Theatre" title="Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre">Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre</a>)</li> <li>1969: Pilot (<a href="/wiki/The_New_People" title="The New People">The New People</a>)</li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/The_Oath_(1976_TV_series)#The_Sad_and_Lonely_Sundays" title="The Oath (1976 TV series)">The Sad and Lonely Sundays</a> (posthumously released)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Books">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHolm2019" class="citation book cs1">Holm, Jeremy C. (2019). When Angels Fall: The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II. Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781087303185" title="Special:BookSources/9781087303185"><bdi>9781087303185</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=When+Angels+Fall%3A+The+511th+Parachute+Infantry+Regiment+in+World+War+II&rft.pub=Amazon+Digital+Services+LLC+-+Kdp&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9781087303185&rft.aulast=Holm&rft.aufirst=Jeremy+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHolm2022" class="citation book cs1">Holm, Jeremy C. (2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/Down-Heaven-Airborne-Division-Campaign/dp/B0B8BPD918">Down From Heaven: The 11th Airborne Division in World War II - Volume 1 Camp Toccoa Through Leyte Campaign</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9798843435660" title="Special:BookSources/9798843435660"><bdi>9798843435660</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Down+From+Heaven%3A+The+11th+Airborne+Division+in+World+War+II+-+Volume+1+Camp+Toccoa+Through+Leyte+Campaign&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=9798843435660&rft.aulast=Holm&rft.aufirst=Jeremy+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FDown-Heaven-Airborne-Division-Campaign%2Fdp%2FB0B8BPD918&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Patterns: Four Television Plays, Bantam, 1957 (also includes scripts for The Rack, Old MacDonald Had a Curve, and Requiem for a Heavyweight)</li> <li>Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam (New York City), 1960</li> <li>More Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam, 1961</li> <li>New Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam, 1962</li> <li>From the Twilight Zone, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1962</li> <li>Requiem for a Heavyweight: A Reading Version of the Dramatic Script, Bantam, 1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Serling%27s_Triple_W:_Witches,_Warlocks_and_Werewolves" title="Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves">Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves</a>; A Collection,(Editor) Bantam, 1963</li> <li>The Season to Be Wary (3 novellas, "Escape Route", "Color Scheme", and "Eyes"), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1967</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Serling%27s_Devils_and_Demons" title="Rod Serling's Devils and Demons">Devils and Demons: A Collection</a>, Bantam, 1967 (Editor and author of introduction)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Gallery" title="Night Gallery">Night Gallery</a>, Bantam, 1971</li> <li>Night Gallery 2, Bantam, 1972</li> <li>Rod Serling's Other Worlds,(Editor) Bantam, 1978</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Accolades">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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(June 2015) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Awards and nominations </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Association </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Work </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1955</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="8th Primetime Emmy Awards">Best Original Teleplay Writing</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Patterns_(Kraft_Television_Theatre)" title="Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre)">Patterns</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Kraft_Television_Theatre" title="Kraft Television Theatre">Kraft Television Theatre</a>)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="8th Primetime Emmy Awards">Best Television Adaptation</a></td> <td>"The Champion" (Climax!)</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1956</td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="9th Primetime Emmy Awards">Best Teleplay Writing</a></td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Heavyweight" title="Requiem for a Heavyweight">Requiem for a Heavyweight</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a>)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peabody_Awards" title="Peabody Awards">Peabody Awards</a></td> <td>Personal Recognition for Writing</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958</td> <td rowspan="2">Primetime Emmy Awards</td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="10th Primetime Emmy Awards">Best Teleplay Writing</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Comedian_(Playhouse_90)" title="The Comedian (Playhouse 90)">The Comedian</a>" (Playhouse 90)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series">Best Writing of a Single Dramatic Program One Hour or Longer</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Town_Has_Turned_to_Dust_(Playhouse_90)" title="A Town Has Turned to Dust (Playhouse 90)">A Town Has Turned to Dust</a>" (Playhouse 90)</td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td rowspan="3">Primetime Emmy Awards</td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="12th Primetime Emmy Awards">Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">The Twilight Zone</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="13th Primetime Emmy Awards">Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="14th Primetime Emmy Awards">Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama</a></td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/20th_Golden_Globe_Awards#Best_TV_Producer.2FDirector" title="20th Golden Globe Awards">Best TV Producer/Director</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td>Primetime Emmy Awards</td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards#Writing" title="16th Primetime Emmy Awards">Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Adaptation</a></td> <td>"It's Mental Work" (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope_Presents_the_Chrysler_Theatre" title="Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre">Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre</a>)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Posthumous_honors">Posthumous honors</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Posthumous honors">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1985: Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Television_Hall_of_Fame" title="Television Hall of Fame">Television Hall of Fame</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></li> <li>1985: A star honoring Serling can be found at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li> <li>2001: Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and Winner of a Writer Guild Award for the reusing of his script for the re-make of "A Storm in Century".</li> <li>2007: Ranked No. 1 on <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a>'s "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" list (the only non-fictitious person on the list)<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></li> <li>2008: Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/EMP_Museum#Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="EMP Museum">Science Fiction Hall of Fame</a><a href="#cite_note-hof2008-64">[64]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em ;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot">"Inkpot Award"</a>. 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"Life With Rod: A Conversation with Carol Serling". Twilight Zone magazine, April 1987. </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFranklin" class="citation web cs1">Franklin, Trey W. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=180324">"Serling, Rodman, T/4"</a>. TogetherWeServed.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161031235004/http://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=180324">Archived</a> from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TogetherWeServed.com&rft.atitle=Serling%2C+Rodman%2C+T%2F4&rft.aulast=Franklin&rft.aufirst=Trey+W.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farmy.togetherweserved.com%2Farmy%2Fservlet%2Ftws.webapp.WebApps%3Fcmd%3DShadowBoxProfile%26type%3DPerson%26ID%3D180324&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hudson-8">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hudson_8-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hudson_8-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hudson_8-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHudson1975" class="citation news cs1">Hudson, Edward (June 29, 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20711FA355C127A93CBAB178DD85F418785F9">"Rod Serling of 'Twilight Zone' and 'Night Gallery' on TV Dies"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. p. 35. Retrieved September 16, 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Rod+Serling+of+%27Twilight+Zone%27+and+%27Night+Gallery%27+on+TV+Dies&rft.pages=35&rft.date=1975-06-29&rft.aulast=Hudson&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fselect.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3DF20711FA355C127A93CBAB178DD85F418785F9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> Abstract of pay-site article. </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReynolds2014" class="citation book cs1">Reynolds, Kenneth (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cwzIDAAAQBAJ&q=%22He+was+assigned+in+may+1944+to+the+Pacific%22&pg=PA3">The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Wondrous Land</a>. iUniverse. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1491720134" title="Special:BookSources/978-1491720134"><bdi>978-1491720134</bdi></a>. Retrieved July 6, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Twilight+Zone%3A+Rod+Serling%27s+Wondrous+Land&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=iUniverse&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1491720134&rft.aulast=Reynolds&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcwzIDAAAQBAJ%26q%3D%2522He%2Bwas%2Bassigned%2Bin%2Bmay%2B1944%2Bto%2Bthe%2BPacific%2522%26pg%3DPA3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAYA-10"><a href="#cite_ref-AAYA_10-0">^</a> Rod Serling. Authors and Artists for Young Adults, vol. 14. Gale Research, 1995. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2010. </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-rod-serling.html">"Famous Veteran: Rod Serling"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Military.com" title="Military.com">Military.com</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161026164425/http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/career-advice/military-transition/famous-veteran-rod-serling.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Military.com&rft.atitle=Famous+Veteran%3A+Rod+Serling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.military.com%2Fveteran-jobs%2Fcareer-advice%2Fmilitary-transition%2Ffamous-veteran-rod-serling.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-DuBrow-12">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DuBrow_12-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DuBrow_12-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DuBrow_12-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-DuBrow_12-3">d</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDuBrow1990" class="citation news cs1">DuBrow, Rick (July 4, 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-04-ca-275-story.html">"Assessing the Astonishing Impact of Rod Serling's 'Twilight Zone' : Television: KTLA Channel 5 presents its eighth annual marathon of the venerable hit today. Serling's widow calls the show a 'cottage industry.'"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Assessing+the+Astonishing+Impact+of+Rod+Serling%27s+%27Twilight+Zone%27+%3A+Television%3A+KTLA+Channel+5+presents+its+eighth+annual+marathon+of+the+venerable+hit+today.+Serling%27s+widow+calls+the+show+a+%27cottage+industry.%27&rft.date=1990-07-04&rft.aulast=DuBrow&rft.aufirst=Rick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1990-07-04-ca-275-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSandomir2020" class="citation news cs1">Sandomir, Richard (January 23, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/arts/television/carol-serling-dead.html">"Carol Serling, Rod's Wife and Tender of 'Twilight Zone' Flame, Dies at 90"</a>. The New York Times.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Carol+Serling%2C+Rod%27s+Wife+and+Tender+of+%27Twilight+Zone%27+Flame%2C+Dies+at+90&rft.date=2020-01-23&rft.aulast=Sandomir&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F01%2F23%2Farts%2Ftelevision%2Fcarol-serling-dead.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-rod-serling-19750629-20160623-snap-story.html">"From the Archives: TV's Rod Serling, 50, Dies 2 Days After Heart Surgery"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>. June 29, 1975. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0458-3035">0458-3035</a>. Retrieved August 11, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=From+the+Archives%3A+TV%27s+Rod+Serling%2C+50%2C+Dies+2+Days+After+Heart+Surgery&rft.date=1975-06-29&rft.issn=0458-3035&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flocal%2Fobituaries%2Farchives%2Fla-me-rod-serling-19750629-20160623-snap-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSerling2014" class="citation book cs1">Serling, Anne (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TxIfAwAAQBAJ">As I Knew Him:: My Dad, Rod Serling</a>. Citadel Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-3674-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-3674-3"><bdi>978-0-8065-3674-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=As+I+Knew+Him%3A%3A+My+Dad%2C+Rod+Serling&rft.pub=Citadel+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-0-8065-3674-3&rft.aulast=Serling&rft.aufirst=Anne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTxIfAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160602111033/http://hotspringsdaily.com/2016/03/celebrities-who-served-rod-serling/">"Celebrities Who Served: Rod Serling"</a>. HotSpringsDaily.com. Hot Springs, Arkansas. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hotspringsdaily.com/2016/03/celebrities-who-served-rod-serling/">the original</a> on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=HotSpringsDaily.com&rft.atitle=Celebrities+Who+Served%3A+Rod+Serling&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhotspringsdaily.com%2F2016%2F03%2Fcelebrities-who-served-rod-serling%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a> Chicago radio personality <a href="/wiki/Dick_Biondi" title="Dick Biondi">Dick Biondi</a> mentions Serling writing commercials for WINR in Binghamton, New York, in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchenold1985" class="citation web cs1">Schenold, Bill (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030812235549/http://www.manteno.com/wcfl/biondi.html">"Dick Biondi"</a>. Manteno.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manteno.com/wcfl/biondi.html">the original</a> on August 12, 2003. <q>I went on to WINR in Binghamton. . ... At the same time, a guy by the name of Rod Serling was there working writing commercials.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Dick+Biondi&rft.pub=Manteno.com&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Schenold&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manteno.com%2Fwcfl%2Fbiondi.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Warrick-18"><a href="#cite_ref-Warrick_18-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarrick1999" class="citation news cs1">Warrick, Pamela (October 3, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-03-cl-18030-story.html">"Serling the Storyteller and Master Dreamer"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121223142826/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/oct/03/news/cl-18030">Archived</a> from the original on December 23, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Serling+the+Storyteller+and+Master+Dreamer&rft.date=1999-10-03&rft.aulast=Warrick&rft.aufirst=Pamela&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1999-oct-03-cl-18030-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gould1955a-19">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gould1955a_19-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gould1955a_19-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGould1955" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gould" title="Jack Gould">Gould, Jack</a> (January 17, 1955). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/01/17/83347480.html?pageNumber=32">"Television in Review; 'Patterns' Is Hailed as a Notable Triumph"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. p. 32.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Television+in+Review%3B+%27Patterns%27+Is+Hailed+as+a+Notable+Triumph&rft.pages=32&rft.date=1955-01-17&rft.aulast=Gould&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1955%2F01%2F17%2F83347480.html%3FpageNumber%3D32&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Notes-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Notes_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Notes_20-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShanley1955" class="citation cs2">Shanley, J. 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(February 6, 1955), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/02/06/83351530.html?pageNumber=296">"Notes on 'Patterns' And A Familiar Voice"</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, p. X15</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Notes+on+%27Patterns%27+And+A+Familiar+Voice&rft.pages=X15&rft.date=1955-02-06&rft.aulast=Shanley&rft.aufirst=J.+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1955%2F02%2F06%2F83351530.html%3FpageNumber%3D296&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gould1955b-21"><a href="#cite_ref-Gould1955b_21-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGould1955" class="citation cs2">Gould, Jack (January 19, 1955), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/19/archives/television-a-saint-and-a-sinner-portion-of-bleecker-street-on-c-b-s.html">"Television: A Saint and a Sinner; Portion of 'Bleecker Street' on C. B. S. 'Naughty Marietta' Has Revival on N. B. C."</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, p. 35</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Television%3A+A+Saint+and+a+Sinner%3B+Portion+of+%27Bleecker+Street%27+on+C.+B.+S.+%27Naughty+Marietta%27+Has+Revival+on+N.+B.+C.&rft.pages=35&rft.date=1955-01-19&rft.aulast=Gould&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1955%2F01%2F19%2Farchives%2Ftelevision-a-saint-and-a-sinner-portion-of-bleecker-street-on-c-b-s.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGould1956" class="citation web cs1">Gould, Jack (October 12, 1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/12/archives/tv-requiem-for-a-heavyweight-rod-serlings-drama-scores-a-knockout.html">"TV: "Requiem for a Heavyweight""</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. <q>... a play of overwhelming force and tenderness. It was an artistic triumph that featured a performance of indescribable poignancy by Jack Palance...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=TV%3A+%22Requiem+for+a+Heavyweight%22&rft.date=1956-10-12&rft.aulast=Gould&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1956%2F10%2F12%2Farchives%2Ftv-requiem-for-a-heavyweight-rod-serlings-drama-scores-a-knockout.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> (abstract at subscription site) </li> <li id="cite_note-SmithsonianMag_April2019-23">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SmithsonianMag_April2019_23-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-SmithsonianMag_April2019_23-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMansky" class="citation web cs1">Mansky, Jackie. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/early-run-censors-led-rod-serling-twilight-zone-180971837/">"An Early Run-In With Censors Led Rod Serling to 'The Twilight Zone'"</a>. The Smithsonian Magazine. 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USA Today Network. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007161630/http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/history/2014/05/27/rod-serling-twilight-zone-wkrc-tv/9624063/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=">Archived</a> from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cincinnati+Enquirer&rft.atitle=%27The+Twilight+Zone%27+Had+Roots+in+Cincinnati&rft.date=2014-05-27&rft.aulast=Kiesewetter&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cincinnati.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fhistory%2F2014%2F05%2F27%2Frod-serling-twilight-zone-wkrc-tv%2F9624063%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/02/08/loc_wlwbar.html">"Watch Early Shows"</a>. Cincinnati Enquirer. February 8, 1998. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20240528001608/https://www.webcitation.org/6lgIONKcC?url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1998/02/08/loc_wlwbar.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cincinnati+Enquirer&rft.atitle=Watch+Early+Shows&rft.date=1998-02-08&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enquirer.com%2Feditions%2F1998%2F02%2F08%2Floc_wlwbar.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-AmericanMasters-27">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AmericanMasters_27-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-AmericanMasters_27-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation episode cs1">"Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval". <a href="/wiki/American_Masters" title="American Masters">American Masters</a>. Season 10. Episode 1. 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Deadline. Retrieved February 4, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Deadline&rft.atitle=%27The+Twilight+Zone%27%3A+Jordan+Peele+To+Host+%26+Narrate+CBS+All+Access+Reboot&rft.date=2018-09-20&rft.aulast=Ramos&rft.aufirst=Dino-Ray&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2018%2F09%2Fjordan-peele-twilight-zone-cbs-all-access-rod-serling-1202468028%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/fashion/20CAROL.html">"Marley Is Dead, Killed in a Nuclear War"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. December 20, 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160313021800/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/fashion/20CAROL.html">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Marley+Is+Dead%2C+Killed+in+a+Nuclear+War&rft.date=2007-12-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F12%2F20%2Ffashion%2F20CAROL.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-tour-31">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tour_31-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-tour_31-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSkeltonBenson1999" class="citation book cs1">Skelton, Scott; Benson, Jim (1999). Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour. <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University_Press" title="Syracuse University Press">Syracuse University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-2782-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-2782-1"><bdi>978-0-8156-2782-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rod+Serling%27s+Night+Gallery%3A+An+After-Hours+Tour&rft.pub=Syracuse+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-8156-2782-1&rft.aulast=Skelton&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft.au=Benson%2C+Jim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParisi2018" class="citation book cs1">Parisi, Nicholas (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=C_Z1DwAAQBAJ&q=+%22blackout%22&pg=PA362">Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination</a>. Univ. Press of Mississippi. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781496819451" title="Special:BookSources/9781496819451"><bdi>9781496819451</bdi></a>. Retrieved December 26, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rod+Serling%3A+His+Life%2C+Work%2C+and+Imagination&rft.pub=Univ.+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781496819451&rft.aulast=Parisi&rft.aufirst=Nicholas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DC_Z1DwAAQBAJ%26q%3D%2B%2522blackout%2522%26pg%3DPA362&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSkeltonBenson" class="citation web cs1">Skelton, Scott; Benson, Jim. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nightgallery.net/night-gallery-missconceptions/">"Night Gallery Misconceptions"</a>. NightGallery.net. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160310034100/http://nightgallery.net/night-gallery-missconceptions/">Archived</a> from the original on March 10, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Night+Gallery+Misconceptions&rft.pub=NightGallery.net&rft.aulast=Skelton&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft.au=Benson%2C+Jim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnightgallery.net%2Fnight-gallery-missconceptions%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101102041302/http://www.tvobscurities.com/2010/10/the-sixth-sense-promotional-spot/">"The Sixth Sense Promotional Spot"</a>. TVObscurities.com. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Sixth+Sense+Promotional+Spot&rft.pub=TVObscurities.com&rft.date=2010-10-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvobscurities.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fthe-sixth-sense-promotional-spot%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>) Article on November 2, 2010. Video <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161101003449/http://www.tvobscurities.com/media/459_sixth_sense_promo.mp4">archived</a> on November 1, 2016. </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTerrace2008" class="citation book cs1">Terrace, Vincent (November 6, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC">Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. 2nd ed</a>. McFarland. p. 598. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786486410" title="Special:BookSources/9780786486410"><bdi>9780786486410</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Television+Shows%2C+1925+through+2010.+2nd+ed.&rft.pages=598&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2008-11-06&rft.isbn=9780786486410&rft.aulast=Terrace&rft.aufirst=Vincent&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYX_daEhlnbsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ziebart.com/about/corporate-info/about-us">"About Us"</a>. Ziebart.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ziebart&rft.atitle=About+Us&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ziebart.com%2Fabout%2Fcorporate-info%2Fabout-us&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-jms1995-37"><a href="#cite_ref-jms1995_37-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._Michael_Straczynski1995" class="citation newsgroup cs1"><a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a> (September 10, 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5/HKnw_ZpG70A/qQW57WnDoFYJ">"JMS compiled messages [9/27/95] (2/2) | Subj: OTHERSYDE"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup" title="Usenet newsgroup">Newsgroup</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="news:rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5">rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5</a>. <a href="/wiki/Usenet_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usenet (identifier)">Usenet:</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="news:44btnl$11p8@news.ccit.arizona.edu">44btnl$11p8@news.ccit.arizona.edu</a>. Retrieved April 1, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=JMS+compiled+messages+%5B9%2F27%2F95%5D+%282%2F2%29+%7C+Subj%3A+OTHERSYDE&rft.pub=rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5&rft.date=1995-09-10&rft_id=news%3A44btnl%2411p8%40news.ccit.arizona.edu%23id-name%3DUsenet%3A&rft.au=J.+Michael+Straczynski&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsg%2Frec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5%2FHKnw_ZpG70A%2FqQW57WnDoFYJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">Then [Rod Serling] said: "You have a great and substantial talent for your age. Two pieces of advice: one, don't ever let them stop you from telling the stories you want to tell; two, cut every third adjective." Then he walked off, and as soon as he was out the door, the faculty advisor came running at me at warp nine. "What did he say, what did he say, whatdidhesay?" I told her. "Don't you know who that was?" she asked. I said no, though there was something kinda familiar about him, and remember it's always different when you see somebody out of context. "That was Rod Serling," she said, "he's here to speak at the college later today." Had there been a gun within easy reach, I would almost certainly have put a bullet into my brain. By the time I ran out, he was gone.</blockquote> </li> <li id="cite_note-Memorial-38">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Memorial_38-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorial_38-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorial_38-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D13FD3B58157493C3A9178CD85F418785F9">"Serling Memorial Monday"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">United Press International</a>. July 1, 1975. p. 32. 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Retrieved March 19, 2013. </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Parisi, Nicholas. (2018) Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination. University Press of Mississippi. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1496817501" title="Special:BookSources/978-1496817501">978-1496817501</a></li> <li>DeVoe, Bill. (2008) Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59393-136-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59393-136-0">978-1-59393-136-0</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEngel1989" class="citation book cs1">Engel, Joel (1989). Rod Serling: The Dreams and Nightmares of Life In the Twilight Zone. Contemporary Books. pp. 266–267. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8092453-8-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8092453-8-3"><bdi>978-0-8092453-8-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rod+Serling%3A+The+Dreams+and+Nightmares+of+Life+In+the+Twilight+Zone&rft.pages=266-267&rft.pub=Contemporary+Books&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-8092453-8-3&rft.aulast=Engel&rft.aufirst=Joel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARod+Serling" class="Z3988"></li> <li>Grams, Martin. (2008) The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9703310-9-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9703310-9-0">978-0-9703310-9-0</a></li> <li>Nicholls, Peter (1979) Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Granada. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-586-05380-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-586-05380-8">0-586-05380-8</a></li> <li>Zicree, Marc Scott. (1992) Twilight Zone Companion Silman-James Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-879505-09-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-879505-09-4">978-1-879505-09-4</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rod_Serling&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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(1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Karp_(novelist)" title="David Karp (novelist)">David Karp</a> for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millard_Lampell" title="Millard Lampell">Millard Lampell</a> for "Eagle in a Cage" (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Geller" title="Bruce Geller">Bruce Geller</a> for "Mission: Impossible" (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loring_Mandel" title="Loring Mandel">Loring Mandel</a> for "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/JP_Miller" title="JP Miller">JP Miller</a> for "The People Next Door" (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Levinson" title="Richard Levinson">Richard Levinson</a> & <a href="/wiki/William_Link" title="William Link">William Link</a> for "<a 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title="Michael Wagner (writer)">Michael Wagner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Yerkovich" title="Anthony Yerkovich">Anthony Yerkovich</a> for "Freedom's Last Stand" (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Milch" title="David Milch">David Milch</a> for "Trial by Fury" (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ford_Noonan" title="John Ford Noonan">John Ford Noonan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Masius" title="John Masius">John Masius</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tom_Fontana" title="Tom Fontana">Tom Fontana</a> for "The Women" (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Green" title="Patricia Green">Patricia Green</a> for "Who Said It's Fair, Part 2" (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fontana" title="Tom Fontana">Tom Fontana</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Masius" title="John Masius">John Masius</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Tinker_(TV_producer)" title="John Tinker (TV producer)">Joe Tinker</a> for "Time Heals, Parts I & II" (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> & <a href="/wiki/Terry_Louise_Fisher" title="Terry Louise Fisher">Terry Louise Fisher</a> for "The Venus Butterfly" (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haggis" title="Paul Haggis">Paul Haggis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Herskovitz" title="Marshall Herskovitz">Marshall Herskovitz</a> for "Business as Usual" (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dougherty" title="Joseph Dougherty">Joseph Dougherty</a> for "First Day/Last Day" (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Kelley" title="David E. Kelley">David E. Kelley</a> for "Blood, Sweat, and Fears" (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Kelley" title="David E. Kelley">David E. Kelley</a> for "On the Toad Again" (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Frolov" title="Diane Frolov">Diane Frolov</a> & <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Schneider" title="Andrew Schneider">Andrew Schneider</a> for "Seoul Mates" (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fontana" title="Tom Fontana">Tom Fontana</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Three_Men_and_Adena" title="Three Men and Adena">Three Men and Adena</a>" (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Biderman" title="Ann Biderman">Ann Biderman</a> for "Steroid Roy" (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Gentile" title="Lance Gentile">Lance A. Gentile</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Labor_Lost_(ER)" title="Love's Labor Lost (ER)">Love's Labor Lost</a>" (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darin_Morgan" title="Darin Morgan">Darin Morgan</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Clyde_Bruckman%27s_Final_Repose" title="Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose">Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose</a>" (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Milch" title="David Milch">David Milch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gaghan" title="Stephen Gaghan">Stephen Gaghan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Perry" title="Michael R. Perry">Michael R. Perry</a> for "Where's Swaldo?" (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Milch" title="David Milch">David Milch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Wootton" title="Nicholas Wootton">Nicholas Wootton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clark_(screenwriter)" title="Bill Clark (screenwriter)">Bill Clark</a> for "Lost Israel: Part II" (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Manos_Jr." title="James Manos Jr.">James Manos Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Chase" title="David Chase">David Chase</a> for "<a href="/wiki/College_(The_Sopranos)" title="College (The Sopranos)">College</a>" (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Cleveland" title="Rick Cleveland">Rick Cleveland</a> & <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Sorkin" title="Aaron Sorkin">Aaron Sorkin</a> for "<a href="/wiki/In_Excelsis_Deo" title="In Excelsis Deo">In Excelsis Deo</a>" (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Burgess" title="Mitchell Burgess">Mitchell Burgess</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robin_Green" title="Robin Green">Robin Green</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Employee_of_the_Month_(The_Sopranos)" title="Employee of the Month (The Sopranos)">Employee of the Month</a>" (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Surnow" title="Joel Surnow">Joel Surnow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Cochran_(TV_producer)" title="Robert Cochran (TV producer)">Robert Cochran</a> for "<a href="/wiki/12:00_a.m._%E2%80%93_1:00_a.m." title="12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.">12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.</a>" (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Burgess" title="Mitchell Burgess">Mitchell Burgess</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Chase" title="David Chase">David Chase</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robin_Green" title="Robin Green">Robin Green</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Whitecaps_(The_Sopranos)" title="Whitecaps (The Sopranos)">Whitecaps</a>" (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Winter" title="Terence Winter">Terence Winter</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Long_Term_Parking" title="Long Term Parking">Long Term Parking</a>" (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Shore" title="David Shore">David Shore</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Three_Stories_(House)" title="Three Stories (House)">Three Stories</a>" (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Winter" title="Terence Winter">Terence Winter</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Members_Only_(The_Sopranos)" title="Members Only (The Sopranos)">Members Only</a>" (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Chase" title="David Chase">David Chase</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Made_in_America_(The_Sopranos)" title="Made in America (The Sopranos)">Made in America</a>" (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Weiner" title="Matthew Weiner">Matthew Weiner</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Smoke_Gets_in_Your_Eyes_(Mad_Men)" title="Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men)">Smoke Gets in Your Eyes</a>" (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kater_Gordon" title="Kater Gordon">Kater Gordon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Weiner" title="Matthew Weiner">Matthew Weiner</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Meditations_in_an_Emergency_(Mad_Men)" class="mw-redirect" title="Meditations in an Emergency (Mad Men)">Meditations in an Emergency</a>" (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Levy" title="Erin Levy">Erin Levy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Weiner" title="Matthew Weiner">Matthew Weiner</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Shut_the_Door._Have_a_Seat." title="Shut the Door. Have a Seat.">Shut the Door. Have a Seat.</a>" (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Katims" title="Jason Katims">Jason Katims</a> for "Always" (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gansa" title="Alex Gansa">Alex Gansa</a> & <a href="/wiki/Howard_Gordon" title="Howard Gordon">Howard Gordon</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Raff" title="Gideon Raff">Gideon Raff</a> for <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(Homeland)" title="Pilot (Homeland)">"Pilot" (Homeland)</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bromell" title="Henry Bromell">Henry Bromell</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Q%26A_(Homeland)" title="Q&A (Homeland)">Q&A</a>" (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moira_Walley-Beckett" title="Moira Walley-Beckett">Moira Walley-Beckett</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Ozymandias_(Breaking_Bad)" title="Ozymandias (Breaking Bad)">Ozymandias</a>" (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Benioff" title="David Benioff">David Benioff</a> & <a href="/wiki/D._B._Weiss" title="D. B. Weiss">D. B. Weiss</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Mother%27s_Mercy" title="Mother's Mercy">Mother's Mercy</a>" (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Benioff" title="David Benioff">David Benioff</a> & <a href="/wiki/D._B._Weiss" title="D. B. Weiss">D. B. Weiss</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bastards" title="Battle of the Bastards">Battle of the Bastards</a>" (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Miller_(producer)" title="Bruce Miller (producer)">Bruce Miller</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Offred_(The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_episode)" title="Offred (The Handmaid's Tale episode)">Offred</a>" (2017)</li> <li>Joel Fields and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Weisberg" title="Joe Weisberg">Joe Weisberg</a> for "<a href="/wiki/START_(The_Americans)" title="START (The Americans)">START</a>" (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Nobody_Is_Ever_Missing" title="Nobody Is Ever Missing">Nobody Is Ever Missing</a>" (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a> for "<a href="/wiki/This_Is_Not_for_Tears" title="This Is Not for Tears">This Is Not for Tears</a>" (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Morgan" title="Peter Morgan">Peter Morgan</a> for "War" (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a> for "<a href="/wiki/All_the_Bells_Say" title="All the Bells Say">All the Bells Say</a>" (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Armstrong" title="Jesse Armstrong">Jesse Armstrong</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Connor%27s_Wedding" title="Connor's Wedding">Connor's Wedding</a>" (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Smith_(comedian)" title="Will Smith (comedian)">Will Smith</a> for "Negotiating with Tigers" (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Inkpot_Award_(1970s)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1970s"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Template talk:Inkpot Award 1970s"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Inkpot Award 1970s"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Inkpot_Award_(1970s)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot Award</a> (1970s)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1974</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_J._Ackerman" class="mw-redirect" title="Forrest J. 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C. Beck">C. C. Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Chaykin" title="Howard Chaykin">Howard Chaykin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Dent" title="Lester Dent">Lester Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Estrada" title="Jackie Estrada">Jackie Estrada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Foster" title="Hal Foster">Hal Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_B._Gibson" title="Walter B. Gibson">Walter "The Shadow" Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Harmon" title="Jim Harmon">Jim Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gene_Henderson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gene Henderson (page does not exist)">Gene Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kaluta" title="Michael Kaluta">Michael Kaluta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kubert" title="Joe Kubert">Joe Kubert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Kurtzman" title="Harvey Kurtzman">Harvey Kurtzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lynde" title="Stan Lynde">Stan Lynde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Preiss" title="Byron Preiss">Byron Preiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trina_Robbins" title="Trina Robbins">Trina Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Ralph_Ross" title="Stanley Ralph Ross">Stanley Ralph Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Scott_(voice_actor)" title="Bill Scott (voice actor)">Bill Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Scroggy" title="David Scroggy">David Scroggy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Ward" title="Jay Ward">Jay Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Wein" title="Len Wein">Len Wein</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1978</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Buscema" title="John Buscema">John Buscema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Capp" title="Al Capp">Al Capp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Colan" title="Gene Colan">Gene Colan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gill_Fox" title="Gill Fox">Gill Fox</a></li> <li>Tom French</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gerber" title="Steve Gerber">Steve Gerber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Gould" title="Chester Gould">Chester Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burne_Hogarth" title="Burne Hogarth">Burne Hogarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kane" title="Bob Kane">Bob Kane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Krueger" title="Ken Krueger">Ken Krueger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bernie_Lansky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bernie Lansky (page does not exist)">Bernie Lansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_Morrow" title="Gray Morrow">Gray Morrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Nash" title="Clarence Nash">Clarence Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grim_Natwick" title="Grim Natwick">Grim Natwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rotsler" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Rotsler">Bill Rotsler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Royer_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Royer (comics)">Mike Royer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Shelton" title="Gilbert Shelton">Gilbert Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sheridan_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave Sheridan (artist)">Dave Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Stout" title="Bill Stout">Bill Stout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thorne" title="Frank Thorne">Frank Thorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Vallejo" title="Boris Vallejo">Boris Vallejo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mort_Weisinger" title="Mort Weisinger">Mort Weisinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Woggon" title="Elmer Woggon">Elmer Woggon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Craig Anderson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Englehart" title="Steve Englehart">Steve Englehart</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dale_Enzenbacher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dale Enzenbacher (page does not exist)">Dale Enzenbacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Freas" title="Kelly Freas">Kelly Freas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_French&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia French (page does not exist)">Virginia French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._R._Giger" title="H. R. Giger">H. R. Giger</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gene_Hazelton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gene Hazelton (page does not exist)">Gene Hazelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Macek" title="Carl Macek">Carl Macek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Moscoso" title="Victor Moscoso">Victor Moscoso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Niven" title="Larry Niven">Larry Niven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Neill" title="Dan O'Neill">Dan O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Partch" title="Virgil Partch">Virgil Partch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle" title="Jerry Pournelle">Jerry Pournelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestor_Redondo" title="Nestor Redondo">Nestor Redondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Rogers" title="Marshall Rogers">Marshall Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Romita_Sr." title="John Romita Sr.">John Romita Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Spicer" title="Bill Spicer">Bill Spicer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mort_Walker" title="Mort Walker">Mort Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Wolfman" title="Marv Wolfman">Marv Wolfman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1980s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1990s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_2000s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_2010s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 2010s">2010s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Costigan" title="James Costigan">James Costigan</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Howard Rodman (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McGreevey" title="John McGreevey">John McGreevey</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Baker_(screenwriter)" title="Herbert Baker (screenwriter)">Herbert Baker</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gay_(screenwriter)" title="John Gay (screenwriter)">John Gay</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Arnold" title="Danny Arnold">Danny Arnold</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Levinson" title="Richard Levinson">Richard Levinson</a> & <a href="/wiki/William_Link" title="William Link">William Link</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Rose" title="Reginald Rose">Reginald Rose</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Schiller" title="Bob Schiller">Bob Schiller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Weiskopf" title="Bob Weiskopf">Bob Weiskopf</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Kanter" title="Hal Kanter">Hal Kanter</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(writer)" title="David Shaw (writer)">David Shaw</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Sobieski" title="Carol Sobieski">Carol Sobieski</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madelyn_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Madelyn Davis">Madelyn Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Carroll,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Carroll, Jr.">Bob Carroll, Jr.</a> & <a 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Rintels (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Milch" title="David Milch">David Milch</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Monash" title="Paul Monash">Paul Monash</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_(writer)" title="David Lloyd (writer)">David Lloyd</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen Charles">Glen Charles</a> & <a href="/wiki/Les_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Charles">Les Charles</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_E._Kelley" title="David E. Kelley">David E. Kelley</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loring_Mandel" title="Loring Mandel">Loring Mandel</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Harris" title="Susan Harris">Susan Harris</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Cannell" title="Stephen J. Cannell">Stephen J. Cannell</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wells_(TV_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wells (TV producer)">John Wells</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Chase" title="David Chase">David Chase</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Blinn" title="William Blinn">William Blinn</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_David" title="Larry David">Larry David</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_English" title="Diane English">Diane English</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Herskovitz" title="Marshall Herskovitz">Marshall Herskovitz</a> & <a href="/wiki/Edward_Zwick" title="Edward Zwick">Edward Zwick</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Brand" title="Joshua Brand">Joshua Brand</a> & <a href="/wiki/John_Falsey" title="John 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