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Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts. In genre fiction anthology is used to categorize collections of shorter works such as short stories and short novels, usually collected into a single...
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains syndicated to this day. The show consisted of unrelated vignettes depicting paranormal, futuristic,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 2, 1959
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 19, 1964
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 5
Number of episodes:
- 156
Night Gallery
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...
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Air date of first episode:
- Dec 16, 1970
Air date of final episode:
- May 27, 1973
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits or Outer Limits may refer to:
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 26, 1995
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 18, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 154
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was an independent dramatisation of a separate science fiction short...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 4, 1965
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 30, 1971
Original episode running time:
- 50 min (30 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 49
Undressed
Undressed is a television series on MTV that was first broadcast in 1999. It was an anthology series that followed the relationships (both sexual and romantic) of young people, often high schoolers, college students, and twenty somethings in the Los...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jul 26, 1999
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 5, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 6
Number of episodes:
- 222
The Skatebirds
The Skatebirds was a 60-minute show on CBS Saturday mornings from 1977-78, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show featured four short segments hosted by live-action wraparounds featuring "The Skatebirds", three large birds played by actors...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 10, 1977
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 28, 1978
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 16
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. An online search reveals that the UCLA Film and Television Archive has 3 episodes of this forgotten program in its collection.
The...
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 2, 1953
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 26, 1955
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 80
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades....
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 2, 1955
Air date of final episode:
- May 10, 1965
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 14
Number of episodes:
- 456
Police Story
Police Story is an anthology television crime drama that aired on NBC from 1973 through 1978. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a major step forward in the realistic depiction of police work...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 25, 1973
Air date of final episode:
- May 28, 1978
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 5
Number of episodes:
- 96
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.
Each episode is introduced and concluded by a mysterious wanderer known only as...
Air date of first episode:
- Nov 1, 1983
Air date of final episode:
- 1990
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 85
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a Canadian/American horror/fantasy-themed children's television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian companies YTV and Cinar, and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 31, 1990
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 11, 2000
Number of seasons:
- 7
Number of episodes:
- 91
Disney anthology television series
The first incarnation of the Walt Disney anthology television series, commonly called The Wonderful World of Disney, premiered on ABC on Wednesday night, October 27, 1954 under the name Disneyland. The same basic show has since appeared on several...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 27, 1954
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 24, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 52
Number of episodes:
- 1,222
The Love Boat
The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season) is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977 until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 24, 1977
Air date of final episode:
- May 24, 1986
Original episode running time:
- 43 min (26 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of episodes:
- 249
Fantasy Island
This article is about the television series. For the amusement park, see Martin's Fantasy Island or Fantasy Island UK
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 26, 1998
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 23, 1999
Number of seasons:
- 7
Number of episodes:
- 13
Red Shoe Diaries
Red Shoe Diaries is an erotic and drama series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime from 1992 to 1997 and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas. Most episodes were directed by either Zalman King, Rafael Eisenman or...
Air date of first episode:
- Jun 27, 1992
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 1, 1997
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 6
Number of episodes:
- 66
Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired in syndication from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt,...
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Air date of first episode:
- 1983
Air date of final episode:
- 1988
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 90
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.
The series featured original dramas by noted writers, although...
Air date of first episode:
- Jun 6, 1950
Air date of final episode:
- Aug 28, 1963
Number of seasons:
- 14
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show was a lavishly-produced anthology drama television series which ran on NBC in 1960 and 1961. Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four she did not star in were...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 19, 1960
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 11, 1961
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 35
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is a horror anthology American TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. The title was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name and most of...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jun 10, 1989
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 19, 1996
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 7
Number of episodes:
- 93
Mystery!
Mystery! (also written MYSTERY!) was an anthology television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA, which airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detective series and television movies — most of them British...
Air date of first episode:
- 1980
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an anthology television series which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
The program included such...
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 4, 1963
Air date of final episode:
- May 17, 1967
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 107
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations Services.
Following a January 18, 1953 audition show, The Token,...
Air date of first episode:
- 1953
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 200
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories is a television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987. It was somwehat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" -...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 29, 1985
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 10, 1987
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 45
Robson Arms
Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications....
Air date of first episode:
- Jun 17, 2005
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 30, 2008
Original episode running time:
- 22 min (13 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 3
Number of episodes:
- 38
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology about true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. It was created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman and ran on radio until 1945. It ran from 1952 to 1975 as a...
Air date of first episode:
- Mar 1, 1952
Air date of final episode:
- Aug 1, 1975
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 18
Number of episodes:
- 558
Wild Kingdom
Wild Kingdom, sometimes known as Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, is an American television show that features wildlife and nature. It was originally produced from 1963 until 1988, and was revived in 2002. The show's second incarnation currently airs...
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Air date of first episode:
- 1963
Air date of final episode:
- 1988
Comedy Playhouse
Comedy Playhouse was a long running British series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1974. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Til Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters,...
Air date of first episode:
- Dec 15, 1961
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 9, 1974
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 120
Play for Today
Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. Over three hundred original plays, most between an hour and ninety minutes in length, were transmitted during the fourteen...
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The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play was a series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from 1964 to 1970. Every week this drama anthology series presented a different play, usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured...
Air date of first episode:
- 1964
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was resurrected intermittently during the 1970s. It was produced initially by Associated British Corporation...
Air date of first episode:
- 1956
Air date of final episode:
- 1980
Number of episodes:
- 457
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and...
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Air date of first episode:
- 1964
The NBC Monday Movie
The NBC Monday Movie was a television program scheduled every Monday night from 1963 to 1999 on NBC. It was referred to in the early part of its run as NBC Monday Night at the Movies. The show moved to Wednesday nights in 1964 as NBC Wednesday Night...
Air date of first episode:
- 1963
Air date of final episode:
- 1999
The ABC Sunday Night Movie
The ABC Sunday Night Movie is a television program that aired on Sunday nights, first for a brief time in 1962 under the title Hollywood Special (although Time Magazine lists this version as The Sunday Night Movie). It then began airing regularly...
Air date of first episode:
- 1964
Love, American Style
Love, American Style is an hour-long television anthology which was produced by Paramount Television and originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. For the 1971 and 1972 seasons it was a part of an ABC Friday prime-time lineup that...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 29, 1969
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 11, 1974
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 5
Number of episodes:
- 224
The Veil
The Veil is the title of an American horror/suspense anthology television series produced in 1958 by Hal Roach Studios.
The series was hosted by Boris Karloff, who also acted in every episode but one, and was allegedly based upon real-life reports...
Foolish Heart
Foolish Heart was a Canadian television series, which aired on the CBC in 1999. The series, a short run dramatic anthology, was produced and written by Ken Finkleman following his earlier series The Newsroom and More Tears.
Although the episodes...
Air date of first episode:
- 1999
Foreign Objects
Foreign Objects was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 2001.
A short-run dramatic anthology, the series was written and produced by Ken Finkleman. Finkleman starred as documentary producer George Findlay, the same...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 24, 2001
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 26, 2001
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 5
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television. It has had a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and still continuing today. From 1954 onward, all of their productions have been shown in color, although color television...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Dec 24, 1951
Number of seasons:
- 57
Number of episodes:
- 200
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels is an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.
The series was executive produced by...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Aug 1, 1993
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 1995
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 15
Freddy's Nightmares
Freddy's Nightmares is a late-night television anthology series, which premiered in October 1988 and ran until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger (played, as in the movies, by...
Program creator:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 8, 1988
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 12, 1990
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 44
The New Batman/Superman Adventures
The New Batman/Superman Adventures was the title given to an anthology series that combined Superman: The Animated Series (Superman: TAS) with The New Batman Adventures (TNBA) produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It aired from 1997-2000 on Kids' WB....
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 13, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 16, 1999
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
The Bold Ones
The Bold Ones is the umbrella title for several television series. It was produced by Universal Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1973. It was a wheel format series, an NBC programming approach also used by that network in series such as...
Air date of first episode:
- 1969
Seven Lively Arts
The Seven Lively Arts was a short-lived Sunday afternoon hour-long anthology television series produced in 1957 by CBS television and executive producer John Houseman. It was hosted by New York Herald Tribune critic John Crosby. The title was taken...
Air date of first episode:
- 1957
The New Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1985) is the revival of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series, of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
It was Serling's decision to sell his share of the series...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 27, 1985
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 15, 1989
Number of seasons:
- 3
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 30, 1950
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 24, 1957
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 10
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series, telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 4, 1956
Air date of final episode:
- May 18, 1960
Original episode running time:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 134
The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation.
The series...
Air date of first episode:
- 1953
Climax!
Climax! (later known as Climax Mystery Theater) is a television show that ran on the American network CBS from 1954 to 1958. An hour-long anthology suspense/mystery drama, the series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa ...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 7, 1954
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 26, 1958
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 4
Frances Farmer Presents
Frances Farmer Presents is an American anthology series that aired on Indianapolis station WFBM-TV (then an NBC affiliate). The series premiered on October 13, 1958 and ended in September 1964.
Film actress Frances Farmer had gone to Indianapolis to...
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 13, 1958
Perversions of Science
Perversions of Science is a science fiction/horror television series that ran on the cable channel HBO for one season in 1997.
It is a spinoff of popular horror series Tales from the Crypt also shown on HBO, and its episodes are based on the Weird...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Jun 7, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 23, 1997
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 10
Pokémon Chronicles
Pokémon Chronicles, known in Japan as Pokemon Saido Sutōrī (ポケモンサイドストーリー) ("Pokemon Side Stories"), is a spin-off series of the Pokémon anime, revolving around characters other than Ash.
It first aired in Britain on Toonami, where the initial run...
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which appeared to...
Air date of first episode:
- May 1, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 5, 2002
Number of seasons:
- 4
Number of episodes:
- 45
Monsters
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and was probably most popular for its post-production run on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Monsters currently airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense...
Original network:
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 1, 1988
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 1, 1991
Original episode running time:
- 22 min (13 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of seasons:
- 3
Number of episodes:
- 72
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre, a weekly television anthology series, was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
The Lux Video Theatre was a spin-off...
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 2, 1950
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 25, 1959
Number of seasons:
- 9
Thriller
Thriller is an anthology television series that aired from 1960-1962 on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers. Thriller ran at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays opposite ABC's Stagecoach West and...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 13, 1960
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 30, 1962
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 67
Fireside Theater
This program should not be confused with The Firesign Theatre.
Fireside Theater is an American anthology drama series that ran from on NBC from 1949 to 1958, and was the first successful filmed series on American television. Stories were low budget...
Air date of first episode:
- Apr 5, 1949
Air date of final episode:
- May 22, 1958
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Supernatural
Supernatural is a British television anthology series made by the BBC in 1977. The series - consisting of 8 episodes - was broadcast on BBC1. In each episode a different prospective member of the "Club Of The Damned" would be required to tell a...
Festival of Family Classics
The Festival Of Family Classics re-aired 1 November 2005 on the Boomerang network.
Festival Of Family Classics is a series of 30 minute television versions of famous folk tales. It originally aired between 1972 and 1976. Videos of them have been...
Night Visions
Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each hour-long episode was made up of two half-hour stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human...
Program creator:
Air date of first episode:
- Jul 12, 2001
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 6, 2001
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 26
One Step Beyond
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American television series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from 1959 to 1961 and remains syndicated to this day. Because the copyright has lapsed on at least some of...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 20, 1959
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 4, 1961
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 3
Number of episodes:
- 97
