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Television and cinema history
The original Twilight Zone ran from October 2, 1959, to 1964, a revival ran on CBS from 1985 to 1988, and a second revival starring Forest Whitaker as host and narrator aired in 2002 on UPN for one season. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) remade three classic episodes and included one original story. A TV movie, Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics, aired in 1994, was narrated by James Earl Jones, and was a compilation based on two unused Twilight Zone scripts.
Though the original Twilight Zone has largely disappeared from syndication it is still aired on the cable and satellite television channel the Sci-Fi Channel. It is also available on DVD.
Radio revival
In 2002, the "Twilight Zone" was revived as a nationally syndicated radio drama. Many of the stories were based on Rod Serling's original scripts and were slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends (e.g., the mention of "cell phones" and "CD-ROMs" which, of course, weren't around when the television show aired). Taking Serling's role as narrator was Stacy Keach. A different Hollywood actor and actress took the lead role in each radio drama. The radio series was produced by the Falcon Picture Group.
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