In February 1945, World War II had entered its final year, but 20-year-old Rod Serling didn’t know that. He, like the many soldiers around him, both ally and foe, only knew the death and destruction ...

Rod Serling, the creator of The Twilight Zone, is the subject of a new documentary. Serling, directed by Jonah Tulis, tells the life story of the late television writer in his own words, using ...

A grisly crime inspired one writer to create a TV show that forced audiences to think. Rod Serling was early in his career when the murder of Emmett Till took over the public discussion in August 1955 ...

While everyone else desperately tried to bury their heads in the sand with regards to the possibility of nuclear war, The ...

In 1959, Rod Serling changed TV forever with his series The Twilight Zone. It became a staple on CBS for five seasons, and it was so beloved and inventive that it led to several reboot series and a ...

“The real monsters aren’t in outer space. They’re within us — our fears, our hatreds, our need to blame.” Rod Serling, TV Guide Interview, Oct. 1959. “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rod Serling holding an astronaut toy in "The Twilight Zone" (1959) - CBS American television was never the same after "The ...

No, don't go rushing to Wikipedia to double-check how Rod Serling died — it wasn't from jumping out of a plane. By the same token, don't bother trying to find if Serling suffered from depression ...

The genesis of a TV series can be found almost anywhere. Sherwood Schwartz created The Brady Bunch to speak to the growing number of blended families at the tail end of the 1960s. The concept of The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When The Twilight Zone ended after five seasons on CBS in 1964, Serling went on to create the CBS western The Loner and several ...