Tales of Tomorrow (1951)

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Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to the later Twilight Zone which also covered one of the same stories, "What You Need". In total it ran for eighty-five 30-minute episodes.

IMDb rating: 7.0 (549 votes)
Episode average: 6.1 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1951)

6.31 avg 37 episodes 6.3 → 6.1 28 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Verdict from Space	6.3	185
2	Blunder	6.0	153
3	A Child Is Crying	7.6	111
4	The Woman at Land's End	7.0	15
5	The Last Man on Earth	5.0	15
6	Errand Boy	7.2	14
7	The Monsters	7.3	15
8	The Dark Angel	6.2	116
9	The Crystal Egg	6.3	178
10	Test Flight	6.8	120
11	The Search for the Flying Saucer	6.0	118
12	Enemy Unknown	5.3	17
13	Sneak Attack	5.3	125
14	The Invader	5.5	102
15	The Dune Roller	6.3	109
16	Frankenstein	5.3	176
17	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase: Part 1	4.7	26
18	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape: Part 2	5.5	30
19	What You Need	7.1	138
20	Age of Peril	5.6	100
22	The Children's Room	6.5	104
24	The Diamond Lens	6.1	38
25	The Fisherman's Wife	7.0	13
26	Flight Overdue	5.8	113
29	Time to Go	6.7	97
30	Plague from Space	6.8	80
31	Red Dust	6.8	90
32	The Golden Ingot	5.7	79
33	Black Planet	6.3	14
34	World of Water	5.7	86
35	The Little Black Bag	7.6	107
37	All the Time in the World	7.7	142
38	The Miraculous Serum	5.9	83
39	Appointment on Mars	6.4	127
40	The Duplicates	7.4	94
41	Ahead of His Time	6.6	90
43	Ice from Space	6.1	141

Season 2 (1952)

5.92 avg 39 episodes 6.4 → 6.3 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Seeing-Eye Surgeon	6.4	73
4	The Cocoon	6.2	33
6	Youth on Tap	6.3	72
7	Substance 'X'	6.8	25
8	The Horn	6.5	71
9	Double Trouble	5.4	13
10	Many Happy Returns	7.0	81
11	The Tomb of King Tarus	6.2	37
12	The Window	8.0	124
13	The Camera	5.2	13
14	The Quiet Lady	5.0	15
15	The Invigorating Air	5.4	13
16	The Glacier Giant	5.4	13
17	The Fatal Flower	5.8	62
18	The Machine	5.6	12
19	The Bitter Storm	5.6	71
20	The Mask of Medusa	6.4	23
21	Conquerer's Isle	5.6	12
22	The Discovered Heart	5.6	12
23	The Picture of Dorian Gray	5.4	15
24	Two-Faced	5.2	13
25	The Build-Box	5.6	12
26	Another Chance	6.6	84
27	The Great Silence	6.0	79
28	The Lonesome Village	5.4	13
29	The Fury of the Cocoon	6.3	66
30	The Squeeze Play	5.4	13
31	Read to Me, Herr Doktor	5.9	72
32	Ghost Writer	7.2	78
33	Past Tense	6.6	81
34	Homecoming	5.2	14
35	The Rival	5.6	12
36	Please Omit Flowers	5.0	14
37	The Evil Within	6.6	140
38	The Vault	5.4	13
39	Ink	5.2	13
40	The Spider's Web	6.1	32
41	Lazarus Walks	5.4	13
42	What Dreams May Come	6.3	13

Tales of Tomorrow (1951)

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