The Twilight Zone is a television show followed in the tradition of earlier Tales of Tomorrow from 1951 .
The Twilight Zone followed in the tradition of earlier television shows such as Tales of Tomorrow -LRB- 1951 -- 53 , which also dramatized the short story `` What You Need `` -RRB- and Science Fiction Theatre -LRB- 1955 -- 57 -RRB- ; radio programs such as The Weird Circle , Dimension X , and X Minus One ; and the radio work of one of Serling 's inspirations , Norman Corwin .
The Twilight Zone