I just hear that NBC made too hard for Rod Serling keep up with the censorship he end the show so he was tired of showbix went back to teach college course in Rottonchester NY that where he died unfortunately two year later
I think if Roddy was still around I think he would get together with CBS reboot TZ they talking about remake seriously
Yeah I understand Rod was close to his end when he did Night Gallery and he passed on shortly after the series was concluded. I personally think the 80s TZ reboot and the 02 one weren’t as good. But neither was given enough time to flourish. It was Rod who made the show what it was.
Both the 1985 series and the 02 series were low rated. The second season in the 1985 version went to a hour long format and then it was halted and canned off CBS. It went into syndication but failed there too after one more season.
The 85 series came on the heels of Twilight Zone: The Movie which had moderate success at the box office.
The 02 version got a one season run on UPN then was canned. That version did remakes of old episodes from the 60s among the new ones.