Scarecrow's Blog From the Darkside

This show capitalized a lot more on Serling's presence as a presenter than his contribution as a writer. He has some works in the show he could be proud of, but overall Night Gallery isn't remotely close to the quality or prestige of The Twilight Zone. Like anthology shows of its nature, there are good episodes, mediocre episodes, and poor episodes. Certain episodes featured multiple stories with varied degrees of quality. Sometimes the tales themselves were up and down with highs and lows. Some were just flat or uninspired. Serling, unfortunately, is tied to the show and when it is less than spectacular those disappointing thoughts retreating back to Twilight Zone emerge. Why isn't NG as good as TZ? It's a given. However, being as big a fanboy of TZ as I am, even I must acknowledge that the classic show had its lemons as well. Watch the awful The Bewitchin' Pool for such an example. So taking an objective look at Night Gallery, putting aside TZ and looking at