Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow
Opening titles
Genre	Anthology Science Fiction
Directed by	Charles S. Dubin Don Medford Leslie Gorall Franklin J. Schaffner Leonard Valenta
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	85
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	4:3 Black and White
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	August 3, 1951 – June 12, 1953

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, Veronica Lake, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Cloris Leachman, 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. It was called “the best science-fiction fare on TV today” by Paul Fairman, editor of If.

The idea for this science fiction television series was developed by Theodore Sturgeon and Mort Abrahamson, together with the membership of the Science Fiction League of America. The original title was planned as Tomorrow is Yours. A deal was struck with Richard Gordon and George Foley, giving the producers of the show first choice of any of the 2,000 short stories and 13 novels by the various members of the League.

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