The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)

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The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) is a revival of Rod Serling’s classic science-fiction and fantasy anthology show, featuring standalone episodes with twist endings and moral or speculative themes.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) canonical	8
The Twilight Zone (1980s series)	3
The New Twilight Zone	2
The After Hours (1986 The Twilight Zone episode)	1
The Twilight Zone	1
The Twilight Zone (1985 series)	1
The Twilight Zone episode Button, Button (1986)	1
The Twilight Zone franchise	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2152031 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)
Context triple: [Lukas Haas, notableWork, The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)]

A. The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
The Twilight Zone is a landmark American anthology television series known for its twist-ending stories that blend science fiction, fantasy, and social commentary.
B. The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits is a science fiction anthology television series known for its standalone, thought-provoking episodes that explore futuristic, supernatural, and psychological themes.
C. Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
D. “The Ring of Truth” television series
“The Ring of Truth” is a science television series, associated with physicist and science communicator Philip Morrison, that explores how scientific evidence and reasoning reveal the nature of reality.
E. Outer Limits (episodes)
"Outer Limits (episodes)" refers to the individual installments of the science fiction television series *The Outer Limits*, some of which were written by author and screenwriter Nick Sagan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)
Target entity description: The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series) is a revival of Rod Serling’s classic science-fiction and fantasy anthology show, featuring standalone episodes with twist endings and moral or speculative themes.

A. The Twilight Zone (TV series episodes)
The Twilight Zone is a landmark American anthology television series known for its twist-ending stories that blend science fiction, fantasy, and social commentary.
B. The Outer Limits (TV series)
The Outer Limits is a science fiction anthology television series known for its standalone, thought-provoking episodes that explore futuristic, supernatural, and psychological themes.
C. Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
D. “The Ring of Truth” television series
“The Ring of Truth” is a science television series, associated with physicist and science communicator Philip Morrison, that explores how scientific evidence and reasoning reveal the nature of reality.
E. Outer Limits (episodes)
"Outer Limits (episodes)" refers to the individual installments of the science fiction television series *The Outer Limits*, some of which were written by author and screenwriter Nick Sagan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthology television series ⓘ fantasy television series ⓘ science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The New Twilight Zone ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)
basedOn	The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
composer	Jerry Garcia ⓘ Merl Saunders ⓘ The Grateful Dead ⓘ linked to: Grateful Dead
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Rod Serling ⓘ
developer	Phil DeGuere ⓘ
episodeRuntime	approximately 45 minutes ⓘ
episodeStructure	standalone stories ⓘ
executiveProducer	Phil DeGuere ⓘ
firstAired	1985-09-27 ⓘ
followedBy	The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series) ⓘ
format	live-action ⓘ
genre	anthology ⓘ fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasTheme	psychological horror ⓘ science and technology ⓘ social commentary ⓘ supernatural events ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastAired	1989-04-15 ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
narrator	Charles Aidman ⓘ Ray Charles ⓘ Robin Ward ⓘ
notableFeature	moral themes ⓘ speculative fiction themes ⓘ twist endings ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	65 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	3 ⓘ
openingTheme	Theme from The Twilight Zone (1985) ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series) music
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	CBS ⓘ Syndication ⓘ
partOfFranchise	The Twilight Zone franchise ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)
pictureFormat	color ⓘ
precededBy	The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
productionCompany	CBS Entertainment Productions ⓘ linked to: CBS Studios
rebootOf	The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) ⓘ linked to: The Twilight Zone (TV series)
setting	various locations ⓘ
targetAudience	general audience ⓘ

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