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Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone.
ing appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings (by artist Tom Wright) depicting the stories.
Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such as H. P. Lovecraft as well as original works, many by Serling himself.
The series was introduced with a pilot TV movie that aired November 8, 1969, featuring the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg and one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford.
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Night Gallery is Rod Serling's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973. Serling functioned both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although he did not have the same control of content and tone as he did on Twilight Zone.
Synopsis
Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings (by artist Tom Wright) depicting the stories.
Night Gallery regularly presented adaptations of classic fantasy tales by authors such as H. P. Lovecraft as well as original works, many by Serling himself.
The series was introduced with a pilot TV movie that aired November 8, 1969, featuring the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg and one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford. Unlike the series, where the paintings merely accompanied an introduction to the upcoming story, the paintings themselves actually appeared in the three segments, serving major or minor plot functions.
Night Gallery was nominated for an Emmy Award for its first-season episode "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" as the Outstanding Single Program on U.S. television in 1971. In 1972, the series received another nomination (Outstanding Achievement in Makeup) for the second season episode "Pickman’s Model."
The series attracted criticism for its use of comedic blackout sketches between the longer story segments in some episodes, and for its splintered, multiple-story format, which contributed to its uneven tone. Despite these distractions, Serling produced many distinguished teleplays, including "Camera Obscura", "The Caterpillar" (based on a short story by Oscar Cook), "Class of '99", "Cool Air", "The Doll", "Green Fingers", "Lindemann's Catch", and "The Messiah on Mott Street". Notable non-Serling efforts include "The Dead Man", "I'll Never Leave You--Ever", "Pickman's Model", "A Question of Fear", "Silent Snow, Secret Snow", and "The Sins of the Fathers".
By the final season, Serling, stung by criticism and ignored by the show’s executives, all but disowned the series.
In order to pump up the number of episodes available for syndication, the 60-minute episodes were reedited into a 30-minute time slot, with many segments either severely cut or extended using newly shot scenes and stock footage to fill up the time. Meanwhile, episodes of a short-lived supernatural series from 1972, The Sixth Sense, were also incorporated into the syndicated version of the series with Serling providing newly filmed introductions to those episodes.
List of Episodes
Pilot
Season 1
- The Dead Man
- The Housekeeper - Cast: Larry Hagman, Jeanette Nolan, Suzy Parker
- Room with a View - Cast: Joseph Wiseman, Diane Keaton, Angel Tompkins.
- The Little Black Bag - Cast: Burgess Meredith, Chill Wills
- The Nature of the Enemy
- The House - Cast: Joanna Pettet, Paul Richards
- Certain Shadows on the Wall
- Make Me Laugh - Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Tom Bosley, Al Lewis, Director: Steven Spielberg
- Clean Kills and Other Trophies - Written by Rod Serling
- Pamela's Voice - Cast: Phyllis Diller, John Astin
- Lone Survivor - story based on Frank Tower
- The Doll
- The Last Laurel - Cast: Jack Cassidy, Martin E. Brooks, Martine Beswick
- They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar - Cast: William Windom, Diane Baker, Bert Convy
Season 2
- The Boy who Predicted Earthquakes
- Miss Lovecraft Sent Me
- The Hand of Borgus Weems
- Phantom of What Opera?
- A Death in the Family
- The Merciful - a twist on The Cask of Amontillado
- The Class Of '99 - Cast: Vincent Price, Brandon de Wilde, Randolph Mantooth
- Witches' Feast
- Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay
- With Apologies to Mr. Hyde - Cast: Adam West
- The Flip-Side of Satan - Cast: Arte Johnson
- A Fear of Spiders - Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Kim Stanley
- Junior
- Marmalade Wine - Cast: Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee
- The Academy - Cast: Pat Boone
- The Phantom Farmhouse
- Silent Snow, Secret Snow
- A Question of Fear
- The Devil Is Not Mocked - Cast: Helmut Dantine, Francis Lederer, Hank Brandt
- Midnight Never Ends
- Brenda
- The Diary
- A Matter of Semantics
- Big Surprise - Cast: John Carradine, Vincent Van Patten; adapted by Richard Matheson from his short story
- Professor Peabody's Last Lecture - Cast: Carl Reiner
- House - with Ghost - Cast: Bob Crane, Jo Anne Worley
- A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank
- Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator - Cast: Forrest Tucker, Murray Hamilton, Don Pedro Colley
- Hell's Bells
- The Dark Boy
- Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something
- Pickman’s Model
- The Dear Departed
- An Act of Chivalry
- Cool Air - Rod Serling teleplay based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft
- Camera Obscura
- Quoth the Raven
- The Messiah on Mott Street - Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Yaphet Kotto, Tony Roberts
- The Painted Mirror - Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Arthur O'Connell
- The Different Ones
- Tell David...
- Logoda's Heads
- Green Fingers
- The Funeral
- The Tune in Dan's Café
- Lindemann's Catch
- A Feast of Blood
- The Late Mr. Peddington - Cast: Harry Morgan
- The Miracle at Camafeo
- The Ghost of Sorworth Place
- The Waiting Room
- Last Rites for a Dead Druid
- Deliveries in the Rear
- Stop Killing Me
- Dead Weight - Cast: Jack Albertson, Bobby Darin
- I'll Never Leave You--Ever
- There Aren't Any More MacBanes
- You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore
- The Sins of the Fathers
- The Caterpillar
- Little Girl Lost - Cast: Ed Nelson, William Windom, Ivor Francis
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
Season 3
- Return of the Sorcerer - Cast: Vincent Price, Bill Bixby
- The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
- Fright Night
- Rare Objects
- Spectre in Tap-Shoes
- The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes
- You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan
- The Other Way Out
- Finnegan's Flight
- She'll Be Company For You - Cast: Leonard Nimoy
- Something in the Woodwork
- Death on a Barge
- Whisper - Cast: Dean Stockwell, Sally Field
- The Doll of Death
- Hatred Unto Death
- How to Cure the Common Vampire
- Die Now, Pay Later
- Episode #3.18
- Room for One Less
Unknown Season
- I Did Not Mean to Slay Thee
- Smile, Please
Others
Syndication and DVD release
In recent years, the original, uncut version of the series has been shown on the Encore Mystery cable network, allowing fans to see the episodes in their original format for the first time in 30 years. The show is also available in some markets through the Retro Television Network.
NBC Universal's horror-themed cable channel Chiller, which launched on March 1, 2007, is airing Night Gallery. The series airs weekdays at 5:00 a.m., 5:30 a.m., 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Eastern time, Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Eastern time, and Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Eastern time. Episodes of The Sixth Sense rotate with Night Gallery.
In 2004, Universal released the Region 1 DVD collection (including the pilot film and the six episodes of the first season) of the series plus bonus episodes from seasons two and three as extras. On October 16, 2006, the first season (including the pilot film and 2 bonus episodes, one from season 2 and one from season 3) was released on Region 2 DVD.
In August 2008 Universal announced a November 18, 2008 release of the complete season two DVD collection. Later they announced that one story segment from season two, Witches' Feast, would not be included due to the fact that "Universal was not able to locate portions of the 40-year-old episode." When and if Universal releases the third season of "Night Gallery" on DVD the studio expects to release "Witches Feast" as part of that set.
| DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date | Additional Information |
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| The Complete First Season | 17 | August 24 2004 | | | Season 2 | 61 | November 18 2008 |
- Podcast commentaries featuring Jim Benson and Scott Skelton
- Audio commentaries with Guillermo Del Toro
- Revisiting the Gallery: A Look Back
- Art Gallery: The Paintings in "Rod Serling's Night Gallery"
- NBC TV Promos
| | Season 3 | 20 | TBA | |
Online Viewing
NBC has added Rod Serling's Night Gallery to its line up.
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