The Twilight Zone is an iconic piece of pop culture. Premiering back in 1959 on CBS, for five whole seasons, the show produced big-budget short stories that fell into the genres of horror, science fiction, superstition comedies, and even gripping dramas. Rod Sterling famously hosted the show, luring audiences night after night to experience something out of the ordinary. A fun fact: Sterling was not just the host of the show; he wrote around 80 of its episodes that aired, making him the godfather of strange and unusual occurrences in narrative form on television.