Television writer Rod Serling, right, huddles with producer-director Fielder Cook, backstage at a New York rehearsal for a precedent-making telecast of Serling's "Patterns," on Television Theater.

This is FRESH AIR. On October 2, the state of Ohio placed a new historical marker on the campus of Antioch College. It commemorates screenwriter and TV writer and producer Rod Serling, who graduated ...

Every single episode of the 1959 speculative anthology series "The Twilight Zone" was introduced by series creator and head writer Rod Serling. Throughout the show's first season, Serling merely ...

For most people, the name Rod Serling brings to mind his classic science fiction show The Twilight Zone. The Emmy-winning screenwriter and producer, who died in 1975, headed the acclaimed TV series, ...

Imagine if you will, a talented writer in Cincinnati works on a locally made TV series, a series that launched his career ...

It's been 50 years since the Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer died. But watching reruns of The Twilight Zone confirms that the themes Serling tackled remain relevant.