At a time when weird tales were often dismissed by respectable critics — a time in which, sadly, we have never actually stopped living — the anthology series “The Twilight Zone” wasn’t just popular, it was widely acclaimed.
The show even won three Emmy Awards: two for its creator and writer, Rod Serling, for his many impressive and subversive scripts (Serling wrote 92 of the show’s 156 episodes), and one for the show’s primary cinematographer, George T.
Clemens.While it’s still unusual for media in the weird horror genre to win any mainstream accolades, it’s not altogether strange when a popular TV series wins at least some Emmy Awards.
It is, however, exceptionally strange when an episode of a television series — any television series — wins an Academy Award.
Because, you know, that’s an award that specifically exists to honor movies instead of television.And yet, that’s exactly what happened to a “Twilight Zone” episode called.
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