NBC premieres Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, a TV movie anthology of three original Serling stories, each introduced by Serling himself and starring Joan Crawford, Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, Richard Kiley and Tom Bosley. A young Steven Spielberg directs one of the three segments, his second professional directorial credit. Night Gallery will become a series on NBC’s schedule in late 1970.
NBC premieres the first weekly episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself in a manner similar to his earlier anthology series, The Twilight Zone. Jeff Corey and Larry Hagman (Dallas) guest star.
NBC premieres the second episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Diane Keaton, Burgess Meredith and Joseph Campanella guest star.
NBC premieres the third episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Agnes Moorhead (Bewitched) guest stars.
NBC premieres the fourth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Tom Bosley (Happy Days) and Herb Jefferson Jr. (Battlestar Galactica) guest star; the first segment is one of the earliest professional directing credits for a young Steven Spielberg.
NBC premieres the fifth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Phyllis Diller, John Colicos (Battlestar Galactica) and Henry Silva guest star.
NBC premieres the sixth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. William Windom stars in the Emmy-nominated, critically-acclaimed Serling original They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar. This episode concludes Night Gallery’s first season.
NBC premieres the seventh episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself, beginning the show’s second season. Clint Howard (Star Trek), Bernie Kopell (The Love Boat), Leslie Nielsen (Police Squad), and Ray Milland (Dial M For Murder) guest star.
NBC airs the eighth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Vincent Price, E.G. Marshall, Imogene Coca, and Desi Arnaz Jr. guest star.
NBC airs the ninth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space), Adam West (Batman), Jeanette Nolan, and James Farentino guest star.
NBC airs the tenth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Patrick O’Neal, Kim Stanley, Rudy Vallee, Pat Boone, and Larry Linville guest star.
NBC airs the 11th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. David McCallum, David Carradine, and Linda Marsh guest star; one story is narrated by Orson Welles.
NBC airs the 12th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Leslie Nielsen and Fritz Weaver guest star.
NBC airs the 13th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Glenn Corbett and Susan Strasberg guest star.
NBC airs the 14th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Patty Duke, Cesar Romero (Batman), Carl Reiner, and Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman) guest star.
NBC airs the 15th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Bob Crane, Jo Anne Worley, John Astin, Victor Buono (Batman), and Alan Napier (Batman) guest star.
NBC airs the 16th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Alex Cord and Elizabeth Hartman guest star.
NBC airs the 17th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Bardford Dillman, Louise Sorel, Steve Lawrence, and Donald Moffat (Logan’s Run) guest star in an episode that includes an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “Pickman’s Model”.
NBC airs the 18th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Ross Martin, Rene Auberjonois, and Mel Blanc guest star in an episode that includes an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “Cool Air”.
NBC airs the 19th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Edward G. Robinson, Yaphet Kotto, and Zsa Zsa Gabor guest star.
NBC airs the 20th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Dana Andrews, Sandra Dee, Jared Martin, Patrick Macnee, Brock Peters, and Tim Matheson guest star.
NBC airs the 21st episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Pernell Roberts, Werner Klemperer, and Susan Oliver (Star Trek) guest star.
NBC airs the 22nd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Sondra Locke, Harry Morgan, Norman Lloyd, and Randy Quaid guest star.
NBC airs the 23rd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Richard Kiley and Jill Ireland guest star.
NBC airs the 24rd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Bill Bixby (The Magician, The Incredible Hulk), Steve Forrest, Carol Lynley, and Albert Salmi guest star.
NBC airs the 25th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jack Albertson, Geraldine Page, and Bobby Darin guest star.
NBC airs the 26th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Joel Grey, Lois Nettleton, and John Saxon guest star; a 20-year-old Mark Hamill (Star Wars) makes one of his earliest on-screen appearances.
NBC airs the 27th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Geraldine Page, Michael Dunn, and Chloris Leachman guest star.
NBC airs the 28th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Laurence Harvey and William Windom guest star.
NBC airs the 29th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Victor Buono (Batman) guest stars in the second season closer, and the first instance of a Night Gallery episode telling a single story in a half-hour time slot, which will become the show’s new format in its third season.