The Twilight Zone "Radio Dramas" is a nationally syndicated radio series featuring adaptations of the classic television series The Twilight Zone, launched in October 2002.
Many of the stories are based on Rod Serling's scripts from the original Twilight Zone series, and are slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends (e.g., the mention of "cell phones" and "CD-ROMs" which, of course, were not around when the television show aired in the 1960s). In addition to adapting all of the original episodes aired on the 1959-1964 TV series, the radio series has also adapted some Twilight Zone TV scripts which were never produced, scripts from other Serling TV productions, and new stories written especially for the radio series. Taking Serling's role as narrator is Stacy Keach. A different Hollywood actor, such as Blair Underwood and James Caviezel, takes the lead role in each radio drama. In addition, several stars who appeared on the original TV series, such as H.M. Wynant, Orson Bean and Morgan Brittany, appear, although purposely not in the roles they originated on television. The series features a full cast, music and sound effects and is produced in the flavor of classic radio dramas but using today's technology. In addition to being an homage to the original Twilight Zone TV series (in many cases using the original music), the radio dramas pay tribute to the era of classic radio drama, including allusions to radio dramas such as Gunsmoke, the presence of radio legend Stan Freberg in many episodes, and the sons of radio drama personalities Stacy Keach, Sr., (director, Tales of the Texas Rangers) and Ed Begley, Sr., (actor, Richard Diamond, Private Detective) as stars in the series.
Licensed by CBS Enterprises and The Rod Serling Estate, The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas is produced by Carl Amari, CEO of Falcon Picture Group who hosts his own weekly nationally-syndicated radio series, featuring classic radio, called "Hollywood 360." The scripts from the original Twilight Zone are adapted by Dennis Etchison and others, including one episode by Chas Holloway and several by British writer M. J. Elliott. New stories by Etchison and others that are not based on the original TV series are also featured. In Britain it has been heard on the digital channel BBC Radio 4 Extra. In the United States, it airs on nearly 200 radio stations including many large stations like WCCO-Minneapolis, KSL-Salt Lake City, KOA-Denver and WIND-Chicago. All of the stations and airtimes are available at the series official website. It also airs regularly on XM satellite radio channel 163 and Sirius channel 117, Sirius XM Book Radio. Most of the stations air two episodes each week, usually on the weekends and many times back to back.
The sound mix is produced in the Cerny Sound-to-Picture studio at Cerny American Creative in Chicago. The sound engineers that work on the series include Bob Benson, Craig Lee, Tim Cerny and Jason Rizzo. The episodes are directed by Carl Amari and JoBe Cerny.
The following episodes from the original Twilight Zone series were remade for radio (also listed are some scripts produced for the radio series but which never aired on the TV series):
"A Kind of a Stopwatch" – Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips
"The Lateness of the Hour" – Starring: Jane Seymour and James Keach
"The Thirty-Fathom Grave" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"The Man in the Bottle" – Starring: Ed Begley, Jr.
"The Night of the Meek" – Starring: Christopher McDonald
"The After Hours" – Starring: Kim Fields
"Mr. Dingle, the Strong" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"A Stop at Willoughby" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
"The Lonely" – Starring: Mike Starr
"Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" – Starring: Christopher McDonald
"The Obsolete Man" – Starring: Jason Alexander
"The Bard" – Starring: John Ratzenberger & Stacy Keach
"Back There" – Starring: James Caviezel
"A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain" – Starring: Adam West
"Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" – Starring: Adam Baldwin
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" – Starring: Frank John Hughes
"Mr. Garrity and the Graves" – Starring: Christopher McDonald
"Escape Clause" – Starring: Mike Starr
"Four O'Clock" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"Uncle Simon" – Starring: Peter Mark Richman & Beverly Garland
"The Fear" – Starring: Jane Seymour and James Keach
"The Parallel" – Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips
"A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" – Starring: James Caviezel
"One for the Angels" – Starring: Ed Begley, Jr.
"The Midnight Sun" – Starring: Kim Fields
"The Rip Van Winkle Caper" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"A Most Unusual Camera" – Starring: Mike Starr
"Twenty Two" – Starring: Andrea Evans
"Walking Distance" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
"The Passersby" – Starring: Morgan Brittany
"The Dummy" – Starring: Bruno Kirby
"No Time Like the Past" – Starring: Jason Alexander
"Still Valley" – Starring: Adam West
"King Nine Will Not Return" – Starring: Adam Baldwin
"I Am the Night—Color Me Black" – Starring: John Ratzenberger
"The Incredible World of Horace Ford" – Starring: Mike Starr
"One More Pallbearer" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
"The Little People" – Starring: Daniel J. Travanti
"Cavender Is Coming" – Starring: Andrea Evans
"Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" – Starring: Shelley Berman
"Living Doll" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"The Big Tall Wish" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"The Fever" – Starring: Stacy Keach and Kathy Garver
"The Last Night of a Jockey" – Starring: Bruno Kirby
"A Thing About Machines" – Starring: Mike Starr
"Mirror Image" – Starring: Morgan Brittany and Frank John Hughes
"The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" – Starring: Richard Grieco
"The Long Morrow" – Starring: Kathy Garver
"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" – Starring: Richard Kind
"The Trade-Ins" – Starring: H. M. Wynant and Peggy Webber
"Time Enough at Last" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"A Passage for Trumpet" – Starring: Mike Starr
"I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
"The Brain Center at Whipple's" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"The Grave" – Starring: Michael Rooker
"The Hitch-Hiker" – Starring: Kate Jackson
"Mr. Denton on Doomsday" – Starring: Adam Baldwin
"Sounds and Silences" – Starring: Richard Kind
"The Odyssey of Flight 33" – Starring: Daniel J. Travanti
"The Changing of the Guard" – Starring: Orson Bean
"Five Characters in Search of an Exit" – Starring: Jason Alexander
"The Arrival" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"Queen of the Nile" – Starring: Kate Jackson
"I Dream of Genie" – Starring: Hal Sparks
"It's a Good Life" – Starring: Mike Starr
"The Masks" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"Mr. Bevis" – Starring: Bruno Kirby
"Showdown with Rance McGrew" – Starring: Christopher McDonald
"The Old Man in the Cave" – Starring: Adam Baldwin
"Ninety Years Without Slumbering" – Starring: Bill Erwin
"The Howling Man" – Starring: Fred Willard
"Caesar and Me" – Starring: Jason Alexander
"The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" – Starring: Luke Perry
"The Time Element" – Starring: Bobby Slayton
"The Mind and the Matter" – Starring: Hal Sparks
"People Are Alike All Over" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"What You Need" – Starring: Bruno Kirby and Bruce Kirby
"Dead Man's Shoes" – Starring: Bill Smitrovich
"What's in the Box" – Starring: Mike Starr
"Deaths-Head Revisited" – Starring: H. M. Wynant
"To Serve Man" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"A World of Difference" – Starring: Luke Perry
"From Agnes—With Love" – Starring: Ed Begley, Jr.
"Perchance to Dream" – Starring: Fred Willard
"The Purple Testament" – Starring: Michael Rooker
"Printer's Devil" – Starring: Bobby Slayton
"Dust" – Starring: Bill Smitrovich
"The Jeopardy Room" – Starring: Yasen Peyankov
"The Fugitive" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"The Silence" – Starring: Christopher McDonald
"Miniature" – Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips
"The Jungle" – Starring: Ed Begley, Jr.
"The Mighty Casey" – Starring: Paul Dooley
"Ring-a-Ding Girl" – Starring: Sarah Wayne Callies
"Mute" – Starring: Wade Williams
"Black Leather Jackets" – Starring: Marshall Allman
"A Quality of Mercy" – Starring: Robert Knepper
"Where Is Everybody?" – Starring: John Schneider
"A Nice Place to Visit" – Starring: Hal Sparks
"In His Image" – Starring: John Heard
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" – Starring: John Schneider
"Elegy" – Starring: Blair Underwood
"The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" – Starring: Robert Knepper
"Spur of the Moment" – Starring: Sarah Wayne Callies
"He's Alive" – Starring: Marshall Allman
"Long Distance Call" – Starring: Hal Sparks
"The Gift" – Starring: Danny Goldring
"Gentlemen, Be Seated" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"You Drive" – Starring: John Heard
"In Praise of Pip" – Starring: Fred Willard
"The Last Flight" – Starring: Charles Shaughnessy
"Long Live Walter Jameson" – Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips
"Person or Persons Unknown" – Starring: John Schneider
"The Whole Truth" – Starring: Henry Rollins
"Stopover in a Quiet Town" – Starring: Stephanie Weir
"Judgment Night" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
"The Chaser" – Starring: Stephen Tobolowsky
"Shadow Play" – Starring: Ernie Hudson
"Nick of Time" – Starring: Marshall Allman
"Static" – Starring: Stan Freberg
"Death Ship" – Starring: John Schneider
"Pattern for Doomsday" – Starring: Henry Rollins
"Nightmare as a Child" – Starring: Bonnie Somerville
"And When the Sky Was Opened" – Starring: Barry Bostwick
"Little Girl Lost" – Starring: Stephen Tobolowsky
"Jess-Belle" – Starring: Stephanie Weir
"The Encounter" – Starring: Stacy Keach & Byron Mann
"A World of His Own" – Starring: Charles Shaughnessy
"The New Exhibit" – Starring: JoBe Cerny
"Valley of the Shadow" – Starring: Chelcie Ross
This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
"Night Call" – Starring: Mariette Hartley
"Kick the Can" – Starring: Shelley Berman & Stan Freberg
"A Game of Pool" – Starring: Wade Williams
"A Penny For Your Thoughts" – Starring: David Eigenberg
"Free Dirt" – Starring: Eric Bogosian
"Number 12 Looks Just Like You" – Starring: Bonnie Somerville
"On Thursday We Leave for Home" – Starring: Barry Bostwick
"Third from the Sun" – Starring: Fred Willard
"The Trouble With Templeton" – Starring: Michael York
"The Mirror" – Starring: Tony Plana
This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
"The Prime Mover" – Starring: David Eigenberg
"A Piano in the House" – Starring: Michael York
"The Four of Us Are Dying" – Starring: Eric Bogosian
"The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" – Starring:Kathy Garver and Charles Shaughnessy
"The Shelter" – Starring: Ernie Hudson
"Young Man's Fancy" – Starring: Tony Plana
"Probe 7, Over and Out" – Starring: Louis Gossett, Jr.
"Two" – Starring: Don Johnson
"Who Am I?" – Starring: Sean Astin
"The Bewitchin' Pool" – Starring: Karen Black
This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
"The Hunt" – Starring: Shelley Berman & Karen Black
"Passage on the Lady Anny" – Starring: Martin Jarvis & Rosalind Ayres
"Execution" – Starring: Don Johnson
"Steel" – Starring: Lou Gossett, Jr.
"The Amazing Dr. Kyle Powers" – Starring: Sean Astin
"Nothing in the Dark" – Starring: Marshall Allman
"There Goes the Neighborhood" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"The Walk-Abouts" – Starring: Mike Starr
"An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" – Starring: Christian Stolte
"Now You Hear It, Now You Don't" – Starring: Dee Wallace
This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
"Once Upon a Time" – Starring: John Rhys-Davies
"The Invaders" – Starring: Kathy Garver
"Beewinjapeedee" – Starring: Sean Astin
"Eye of the Beholder" – Starring: Virginia Williams
"I Sing the Body Electric" – Starring: Dee Wallace
"Mrs. Pierce is Praying for Me" – Starring: Tim Kazurinsky
"The Time of Your Life" – Starring: John Rhys-Davies
"Ten Days" – Starring: Ned Bellamy
"Snow Angel" – Starring: Sean Astin
"The Nanobots" – Starring: David Pasquesi
This collection was only released as an online digital download, rather than on CD.
"Twenty-Twelve" – Starring: Christian Stolte
"...And Cauldron Bubble" – Starring: Virginia Williams
"Missing, Presumed Dead" – Starring: Danny Goldring
"Rest Stop" – Starring Brandon Eels
"The 25th Hour" – Starring Mike Nussbaum
"Another Place in Time" – Starring Malcolm McDowell
