This is the Night Gallery...
When people think of Rod Serling, they inevitably think of Twilight Zone, which is understandable. That was one of the greatest shows in the history of television.
For those of us cable or satellite TV challenged, there exists KDOC-TV Channel 56. Their "endless classics" repertoire of tv classics includes Twilight Zone, Charlie's Angels, The A-Team and a lot many more classics from different eras.
Lately, I have become a huge fan of "Night Gallery" which was another anthology program which Serling made in the 70s, after Twilight Zone. Wheras the former focused more on science fiction, the latter's focus was on the macabre, set in a spooky museum full of ghastly paintings. Serling was again the show's host and introduced every episode, but the Night Gallery would be short lived, airing for only three seasons on NBC. However, most of the series episodes are excellent and featuring adaptations of some of the era's best fiction writers, it's easy to see how this though provoking show made for some groundbreaking television. There was nothing like it in the air at the time. Doing some research online, I found this excellent website which details the show's history and offers a superb episode guide.
One weird thing about the show as it airs in syndication is that it was combined with another (less successful and extremely inferior) series called The Sixth Sense starring Garry Collins as a paranormal researcher Dr. Michael Rhodes. Universal paid Serling to do introductions for this show, but be warned when viewing the series that these are a lot less interesting than the original episodes. Night Gallery airs at 10:30 PM on weeknights, I usually turn off all the lights to get the full effect.
