Night Gallery

Night Gallery
Created by	Rod Serling
Starring	Rod Serling (Host)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	43 (98 story segments, including 3 in the pilot episode and 2 that were added for the syndication run)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (seasons 1 & 2); 30 minutes (season 3)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 16, 1970 – May 27, 1973

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) that depicted 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

• The Cemetery - Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, George Macready
• Eyes - Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan (actor), Tom Bosley, Director: Steven Spielberg
• The Escape Route - Cast: Richard Kiley, Sam Jaffe

Season 1

• The Dead Man - Cast: Carl Betz, Jeff Corey, Louise Sorel, Michael Blodgett
• The Housekeeper - Cast: Larry Hagman, Jeanette Nolan, Suzy Parker
• Room with a View - Cast: Joseph Wiseman, Diane Keaton, Angel Tompkins; teleplay by Hal Dresner from his story
• The Little Black Bag - Cast: Burgess Meredith, Chill Wills
• The Nature of the Enemy - Cast: Joseph Campanella
• The House - Cast: Joanna Pettet, Paul Richards
• Certain Shadows on the Wall - Cast: Louis Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, Grayson Hall, Rachel Roberts
• Make Me Laugh - Cast: Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Tom Bosley, Al Lewis, Director: Steven Spielberg
• Clean Kills and Other Trophies - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Raymond Massey, Tom Troupe, Barry Brown, Herb Jefferson, Jr.
• Pamela's Voice - Cast: Phyllis Diller, John Astin
• Lone Survivor - Story based on Frank Tower
• The Doll - Teleplay by Rod Serling from the short story by Algernon Blackwood, Cast: Shani Wallis, John Williams, Henry Silva
• 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 - Cast: Clint Howard
• Miss Lovecraft Sent Me
• The Hand of Borgus Weems
• Phantom of What Opera? - Cast: Leslie Nielsen
• A Death in the Family - Cast: E. G. Marshall, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
• The Merciful - Twist on The Cask of Amontillado - Cast: Imogene Coca
• The Class of '99 - Cast: Vincent Price, Brandon de Wilde, Randolph Mantooth
• Witches' Feast - Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Buzzi
• Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay - Cast: Michele Lee, James Farentino, Jonathan Harris
• 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 - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Susan Strasberg
• Brenda
• The Diary - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Patty Duke, Virginia Mayo, David Wayne, Lindsay Wagner
• A Matter of Semantics - Cast: Cesar Romero, E.J. Peaker
• 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 - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Forrest Tucker, Murray Hamilton, Don Pedro Colley
• Hell's Bells
• The Dark Boy - Cast: Elizabeth Hartman, Gale Sondergaard, Director: John Astin
• Keep in Touch--We'll Think of Something
• Pickman’s Model - based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, Cast: Bradford Dillman, Louise Sorel
• The Dear Departed
• An Act of Chivalry
• Cool Air - Rod Serling teleplay based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft
• Camera Obscura - Cast: René Auberjonois (actor)
• 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 - Cast: Werner Klemperer
• The Tune in Dan's Café
• Lindemann's Catch - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Stuart Whitman, Harry Townes
• A Feast of Blood - Cast: Sondra Locke
• The Late Mr. Peddington - Cast: Harry Morgan, Kim Hunter, Randy Quaid
• The Miracle at Camafeo
• The Ghost of Sorworth Place - Cast: Richard Kiley, Jill Ireland
• The Waiting Room
• Last Rites for a Dead Druid - Cast: Bill Bixby, Carol Lynley, Donna Douglas, Ned Glass
• Deliveries in the Rear - Written by Rod Serling, - Cast: Cornel Wilde, Rosemary Forsyth
• Stop Killing Me
• Dead Weight - Cast: Jack Albertson, Bobby Darin
• I'll Never Leave You--Ever
• There Aren't Any More MacBanes - Cast: Joel Grey, Howard Duff
• You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore
• The Sins of the Fathers
• The Caterpillar - Cast: Joanna Pettet, Laurence Harvey, John Williams (actor)
• Little Girl Lost - Cast: Ed Nelson, William Windom, Ivor Francis
• Satisfaction Guaranteed - Cast: Victor Buono

Season 3

• Return of the Sorcerer - Cast: Vincent Price, Bill Bixby
• The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
• Fright Night - Cast: Stuart Whitman, Barbara Anderson, Alan Napier
• Rare Objects
• Spectre in Tap-Shoes - Cast: Sandra Dee
• The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes
• You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan - Cast: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson
• Smile, Please - Cast: Cesare Danova, Lindsay Wagner
• The Other Way Out
• Finnegan's Flight - Written by Rod Serling, Cast: Burgess Meredith, Cameron Mitchell (actor), Barry Sullivan (actor)
• 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 - Cast: Steve Forrest (actor), Dina Merrill, Fernando Lamas
• 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

Others

• The Flat Male

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.

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
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 'NBC Video Rewind' line up.

References

• Skelton, Scott and Jim Benson. Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour. Syracuse University Press: 1999. ISBN 978-0815627821

External links

• Night Gallery at IMDb
• IMDB Episode List [1]
• Template:Tv.com show
• Rod Serling's Night Gallery: A Shadowy Museum of the Outre