The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits is a Canadian television series that originally aired on Showtime, the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002. The series is a revival of the original The Outer Limits series that aired in the 1960s. Distinct from The Twilight Zone in that the stories were science fiction based only, and not fantasy/science fiction as was the case with the Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits is an anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. Unlike the original incarnation of the series, which was a pure anthology with each episode completely... unrelated to the others, the revival series maintained an anthology format, but occasionally featured recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows. Over the course of the series, 154 episodes were aired. After an attempt to bring back The Outer Limits during the early eighties, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television science fiction such as Star Trek spin-offs, and The X-Files, and anthology shows such as Tales from the Crypt, convinced the rights-holders, MGM, to revive The Outer Limits.
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