Night Gallery
The Cemetery
TV Flash files “The Cemetery” as a desk essential hour — Night Gallery (1969–1973) on NBC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1969-11-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 98 in the Night Gallery guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1969-11-08 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Eyes” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Cemetery”. The Cemetery opens the 1969 NBC gallery: Rod Serling after Twilight Zone, paintings as cold opens, color horror with a nastier punch.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Cemetery sit in the Night Gallery guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 98 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Night Gallery S01E01 air?
The Cemetery aired 1969-11-08 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The 1969 pilot, including the Spielberg-directed 'Eyes,' is the lore on-ramp; then any series hour that uses a painting as the portal. Anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: paintings as cold opens, color horror, nastier punchlines. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit in the lore. Serling's anthology brand shifts into a darker decade — less civics lesson, more gallery-wall dread, host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.
The silhouette is a painting used as a cold open. *Gallery-wall dread, color horror, a host still selling the moral in a tailored suit.* Night Gallery is Rod Serling after The Twilight Zone: nastier punchlines, less civics lesson, anthology dread entering the 1970s doorway. The 1969 NBC pilot even carries a young Spielberg directing credit — the segment Eyes — in the lore; the series ran 1970–1973. Serling hosts tales of horror and dark fantasy introduced through eerie gallery paintings, and wrote many segments,…
Filed against
- Rod Serling as Host
Rod Serling created and hosted The Twilight Zone — moral fables in a black suit, twist endings that taught America to fear its own reflection. Sponsor and censor battles are as legendary as the episodes. On TV Flash he is prestige…