Night Gallery is another Rod Serling's series. It is his follow up to the “Twilight Zone”.It was aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling serves as an air-host of this series and as a major contributor of the scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone.
Similar in format from his first series, Each week we get a new tale represented by a painting in an old museum. Whereas the tales in “Twilight Zone” were more on science fiction, these tales have a darker, more horrific edge. Bolstering Serling's thoughtful original dramas were adaptations of classic genre material--short stories by such luminaries as H. P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, A.E. van Vogt, Algernon Blackwood, Conrad Aiken, Richard Matheson, August Derleth, and Christianna Brand. Variety of material brought with it a variety of tone, from the deadly serious to the tongue-in-cheek, stretching the television anthology concept to its very limits.
Sadly, the show seems to have been cursed: For the third season (1972–73), short-sighted executives at the network cut Gallery's third-season time slot to a half-hour and moved the show to Sunday evenings—despite good ratings and a growing cult following on college campuses. It lasted only 15 episodes before it was canceled. In an ironic twist, Night Gallery won the best ratings of its broadcast run as its final season played out, regularly beating its competition.NIGHT GALLERY
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I like the terrifying show like this, like the twilight zone, it gives me goosebumps when I watch this.... :)
night gallery absolutely hits in the line of the best sci-fi tv series..nice idea on your post..
I heard that this was the follow up from the original series the twilight zone - which is also my favorite
This is the first time I saw this tv show. But I have heard the word The Twilight Zone- and I remember creepy stuffs when it was mentioned.
I haven't watch this but if it is somehow related to twilight zone!! I bet it's a creepy show!!
There are plenty of misses that were made during GALLERY'S three-season run, but the hits, which can still leave trails of cranberry-sized goosebumps down the back of your spine, are definitely worth it.
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