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The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas is a nationally syndicated radio adaptation of the classic television series The Twilight Zone, launched in October 2002. Many of the stories are based on Rod Serling's scripts from the original Twilight Zone series, and are slightly expanded and updated to reflect contemporary technology and trends (e.g., the mention of "cell phones" and "CD-ROMs" which, of course, weren't around when the television show aired in the 1960s). Taking Serling's role as narrator is Stacy Keach. A different Hollywood actor and actress, such as Blair Underwood and James Caviezel, take the lead role in each radio drama. In addition, several stars who appeared on the original TV series, such as H.M. Wynant, Orson Bean and Morgan Brittany, appear, although purposely not in the roles they originated on television.

The radio series is produced by the Falcon Picture Group and scripts from the original Twilight Zone are adapted by Dennis Etchison (one episode by Chas Holloway). In Britain it has been heard on the digital channel BBC 7. In the United States, it airs mainly in small markets (with the occasional large market, the largest currently being WGN in Chicago) late at night. It also airs regularly on Sirius satellite radio channel 118, "Radio Classics" and on XM satellite radio channel 163, Sonic Theater. The show continues to be syndicated and airs weekly (in some markets, two episodes air per week; sometimes back to back). Originally distributed by Dick Brescia Associates, and later by Syndication Networks, beginning in August of 2007 the series became distributed through Westwood One. To date eight episodes have also been released to CD in two volumes by CBS Special Products; as of the summer of 2007, the releases (more have been announced) are being sold exclusively at Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in the US and Canada.

Production continued in 2006 with Falcon Picture Group and sound design done by Cerny American Creative's Bob Benson, Craig Lee, Jason Rizzo and Michael Slaboch.

The following episodes from the original Twilight Zone series were remade for radio:

• A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
• The Lateness of the Hour
• A Kind of a Stopwatch
• Mr. Dingle, the Strong
• The Thirty-Fathom Grave
• The Man in the Bottle
• The After Hours
• The Dummy
• To Serve Man
• From Agnes With Love
• The Obsolete Man
• Time Enough at Last
• Miniature
• The Silence
• He's Alive

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