Editing Rod Serling (section)

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Many of ''The Twilight Zone'' episodes were made as planned pilots for their own television series. One such was "[[Mr. Bevis]]," planned as a fantasy-comedy series in late 1959 though Cayuga Productions, but the pilot was later aired as an episode of ''Twilight Zone''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Codel |first=Martin |url=https://archive.org/details/televisiondigest1519code |title=Television digest with electronics reports (Jan-Dec 1959) |date=1959 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Radio News Bureau |others=College Park University of Maryland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/weeklytelevision1619unse |title=Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960) |date=1960 |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=Triangle Publications . |others=College Park University of Maryland}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/weeklytelevision1619unse |title=Weekly television digest (Jan-Dec 1960) |date=1960 |location=Washington D.C. |publisher=Triangle Publications |others=College Park University of Maryland}}</ref> In November 1963, Serling made frequent ''Twilight Zone'' writer and co-producer [[William Froug]] a partner in Cayuga Productions.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1963-11-30 |title=The Buffalo News from Buffalo, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/869950359/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The pair developed a new hour-long series titled ''Jeopardy Run'' (of no relation to ''[[Jeopardy!]]''), about the "hazardous adventures of an undercover man who, provocatively, takes on dangerous tasks for various government agencies to continually prove his patriotism in the face of disloyalty accusations."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1963-11-30 |title=Ledger-Star from Norfolk, Virginia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/953369675/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The pilot was filmed in Hong Kong during December of 1963, starring [[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]].<ref name=":1" /> Another thriller one-hour program was to be titled ''The Chase'' for CBS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1964-01-27 |title=The Times from San Mateo, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/51696275/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Another property the pair developed was titled ''Agnes'', set to star [[Wally Cox]], who gets heckled by a talking computer, for which "[[From Agnes—With Love]]" was filmed as a pilot but later aired as a ''Twilight Zone'' episode).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

In March 1964, it was reported that ABC had optioned a television series based on Serling's book [[Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves|''Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves'']], to be written and produced through Cayuga Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1964-03-05 |title=Daily News from New York, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/459910317/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Serling originally planned for a 60-minute western television series called ''[[The Loner (TV series)|The Loner]]'' to start airing in the 1960 season, as a Cayuga Productions for CBS.<ref name=":2" /> However, he told reporters that CBS had shelved the series because he was not able to dedicate enough time to writing original scripts for that series with his commitment to ''Twilight Zone''.<ref name=":2" /> Years later, the series was finally picked up and ran from the fall of 1965 to April 1966. CBS asked Serling to have more action and less character interaction. He refused to comply, even though the show had received poor reviews and low ratings.<ref name="Scribner" /> In 1966, Serling formed a new film production company, Finger Lakes Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1975-06-29 |title=Syracuse Herald-Journal from Syracuse, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1095632365/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1966-09-21 |title=Jackson County Floridan from Marianna, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/980628748/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}}</ref>