
The Twilight Zone
The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated with the series, written by Marius Constant for the second season onwards.
A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.
Guest Stars:
Frank Overton, Gig Young, Irene Tedrow, Pat O'Malley, Michael Montgomery
Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.
Guest Stars:
Charles Aidman, Maxine Cooper, Gloria Pall, Sue Randall, Jim Hutton
Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.
Guest Stars:
Ron Masak, Warren Oates, William Reynolds, William Phipps, Marc Cavell
Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.
Guest Stars:
Howard Duff, Eileen Ryan, David White, Frank Maxwell, Gail Kobe
Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.
Guest Stars:
Ivan Dixon, Walter Burke, Steven Perry, Kim Hamilton, Henry Scott
Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.
Guest Stars:
Shepperd Strudwick, Michael Fox, Morgan Brittany, Janice Rule, Joseph V. Perry
Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.
Guest Stars:
Elizabeth Allen, Patrick Whyte, James Millhollin, John Conwell, Nancy Rennick
Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.
Guest Stars:
Keenan Wynn, Phyllis Kirk, Mary LaRoche