(We also can’t forget aboutThe Twilight Zone’s weird Season 4.)

The biggest issue that Serling ran into?

Yes, the dreaded word of any television auteur.

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He probably never would have expected thataudiences in 2024 wouldstill find his 1960s screenplays socially relevant.

This isn’t news.

He loved making this series, but more than anything, he hated it when it went into syndication.

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Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.

My father sees what syndication does to each episode."

This secret ingredient makes you want to stay out of the shower and away from taxi cabs.

It looks like a long, protracted commercial separated by fragmentary moments of indistinct drama."

‘Twilight Zone’ host Rod Serling on the set, leaning against a car smoking

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Clearly, this man was fed up.

It doesn’t allow you to fully entrench yourself in whatever Serling is trying to teach.

The same goes for storytelling.

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Keep the focus on the story at hand, not what someone’s trying to sell you.

There’s only one upside to be taken from syndication.

For genius, deep-thinkers like Rod Serling, that obviously becomes secondary.

Thankfully, syndication didn’t holdThe Twilight Zoneback from the legacythat it was destined for.

Commercials or not, this show will always have an impact.

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