Can we name 100 Anthology Shows?

JaseSF · September 21, 2011, 12:05:42 AM

I don't know if there even are 100 anthology series but I do know there have been quite a few over the years. Why not give it a try as I'm a fan of these and I might even learn of a few I forgot or never knew about.

I'll start it with the obvious:

1) The Twilight Zone (1959-1964): perhaps the greatest anthology series of them all with superb writing, great acting and unforgettable twists and turns, exploring those places perhaps inside us all but rarely explored.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiGWWF6C_lM

List so far...

1) The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
2) The Outer Limits (1963-1965)
3) Thriller (w/Boris Karloff) (1960-1962)
4) Rod Serling's Night Gallery (1969-1973)
5) Science Fiction Theater (1955-1957)
6) Tales of the Unexpected (1979-1988)
7) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962)/Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965)
8) Tales From the Darkside (1983-1988)
9) Love, American Style (1969-1974)
10) Darkroom (1981-1982)
11) Tales From the Crypt (1989-1996)
12) Monsters (1988-1990)
13) Walt Disney's The Wonderful World of Color/The Wonderful World of Disney (1954-1990)
14) The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985-1992)
15) Amazing Stories (1985-1987)
16) Night Visions (2001)
17) Tales of Tomorrow (1951-1953)
18) One Step Beyond (1959-1961)
19) Lights Out (1946-1952)
20) The Hitchhiker (1983-1991)
21) Suspense (1949-1954)
22) Four Star Playhouse (1952-1956)
23) The Twilight Zone (1985-1989)
24) The Outer Limits (1995-2002)
25) The Star and the Story (1955-1956)
26) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985-1989)
27) Playhouse 90 (1956-1961)
28) Hammer House of Horror (1980)
29) Out of This World (1962)
30) Out of the Unknown (1965-1971)
31) Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (1991)
32) 'Way Out (1961)
33) Masters of Horror (2005-2007)
34) Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
35) Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series (1988-1990)
36) Fear Itself (2008)
37) Ghost Story (AKA: Circle of Fear) (1972-1973)
38) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (AKA: Fox Mystery Theater) (1984-1986)
39) Spine Chillers (2003)
40) Dr. Terrible's House of Horribles (2001)
41) Faerie Tale Theatre (AKA: Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) (1982-1987)
42) Perversions of Science (1997)
43) The Veil (1958)
44) Zane Grey Theater (1956-1961)
45) Death Valley Days (1952-1975)
46) Family Theatre (AKA: Father Peyton's Family Theatre) (1949-1958)
47) Telephone Time (1956-1958)
48) Aesop's Fable (1971)
49) Masterpiece Theatre (1971-Present)
50) Masterpiece Mystery (AKA: Mystery!) (1980-Present)
51) The Twilight Zone (2002-2003)
52) Calvacade of America (AKA: DuPont Calvacade Theater/DuPont Theatre) (1952-1957)
53) The United States Steel Hour (1953-1963)
54) The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953-1955)
55) Armstrong Circle Theater (1952-1957)
56) CBS Storybreak (1985)
57) Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951-2011)
58) Goosebumps (1995-1998)
59) Actors Studio (1948-1950)
60) Westinghouse Studio One (1948-1958)
61) Tales From the Cryptkeeper (1993-1994, 1997)
62) General Electric Theater (1953-1962)
63) 13 Demon Street (1959-1960)
64) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951-1959)
65) Lux Video Theatre (1950-1959)
66) The ABC Afternoon Special (1972-1997)
67) Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
68) The Canterbury Tales (2003)
69) Journey to the Unknown (1968-1969)
70) Stars Over Hollywood (1950-1951)
71) The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955-1957)
72) The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953)
73) The DuPont Show with June Allyson/The June Allyson Show (1959-1961)
74) Fireside Theater/Jane Wyman Presents (1949-1958)
75) Letter To Loretta/The Loretta Young Show (1953-1961)
76) Robert Montgomery Presents/Lucky Strike Theater (1950-1957)
77) A Twist in the Tale (1998)
78) Philco Television Playhouse (1948-1955)
79) Chrysler Shower of Stars (1954-1958)
80) Television Playhouse (1947-1948)
81) DuMont Royal Theater (1951-1952)
82) NET Playhouse (1966-1974)
83) CBS Schoolbreak Special/CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1979-1996)
84) Theatre 625 (1964-1968)
85) Murder in Mind (2001-2003)
86) Mystery and Imagination (1966-1970)
87) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953-1957)
88) The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948-1950)
89) Ford Star Jubilee (1955-1956)
90) Once Upon a Classic (1976-1980)
91) Play For Today (1970-1984)
92) The Big Story (1949-1958)
93) Appointment with Adventure (1955-1956)
94) Play of the Week (1959-1961)
95) ITV Play of the Week (1955-1968)
96) Armchair Theatre (1956-1974)
97) Festival of Family Classics (1972-1976)
98) The Goodyear Television Playhouse/Goodyear Mystery Theatre (1951-1957)
99) Kraft Television Theatre (1947-1958)
100) Teatro Popular Caracol (1972-78)

RCMerchant · September 21, 2011, 05:18:11 AM

2.The OUTER LIMITS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6rJG54nFYY

Raffine · September 21, 2011, 07:11:47 AM

I'll play:

3. THRILLER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38gnfPoAzI&feature=related

EDIT: Video added!

Flick James · September 21, 2011, 02:12:34 PM

4. Night Gallery

Silverlady · September 21, 2011, 02:18:42 PM

5. Science Fiction Theater 1955-1957

JJ80 · September 21, 2011, 02:28:42 PM

No.6 - "Tales Of The Unexpected" (1979-1988)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc46Gk-6qrA

Raffine · September 21, 2011, 03:05:34 PM

Number Seven: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX8pvgDS31A&feature=related

Number Seven-A: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJUhgubWYc&feature=related

..with its great Bernard Herrmann-arranged bassoon choir opening.

Flick James · September 21, 2011, 03:35:05 PM

There are a good number of horror-based anthology shows from the 80's and 90's. I'll mention this one which will certainly prompt a few more entries.

8) Tales from the Darkside

Flick James · September 21, 2011, 03:37:28 PM

Am I allowed to post multiple shows, or is it one entry per post? I've got a handful I just thought of.

Raffine · September 21, 2011, 03:42:25 PM

A few anthology series weren't horror/fantasy/sci-fi themed.

Submitted for your approval--

Number Nine: Love American Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hrOJkOxX0

Flick James · September 21, 2011, 03:47:34 PM

I was going to post Love American Style. Good call.

How about the pre-cursor to the aforementioned Tales from the Darkside:

10) The Darkroom

Hosted by James Coburn. Very Night Gallery influenced.

Nightowl · September 21, 2011, 03:52:14 PM

11.)Tales From The Crypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae5XwkSguNI

Always loved to watch this as a kid on the local fox channel. Heard they're remaking it and it will air on cinemax.

Flick James · September 21, 2011, 03:56:50 PM

12) Monsters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFcku3jSph8

Raffine · September 21, 2011, 04:27:47 PM

Quote from: Flick James on September 21, 2011, 03:47:34 PM
I was going to post Love American Style. Good call.

Great minds and all.

The theme in that clip is slightly different than I remember it. Maybe a different arrangement was used for the syndicated episodes, which is where I saw it.

Hre's the version I grew up with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3DpTs-iV7U

This was one of the first (or maybe THE first) show our mom was uncomfortable with us watching. Later forbidden shows included All in the Family, Maude, Soap, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Raffine · September 21, 2011, 04:54:33 PM

Number Thirteen: The Wonderful World of Color

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kBBVcgvMZU

Later: The Wonderful World of Disney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4UBhDxG3yc&feature=related