Lights Out: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The camera is tightly focused on a set of eyes. It slowly pulls out to reveal the disembodied head of the narrator, suspended in the darkness, ominously setting the stage for tonight's tale of horror or the supernatural. The narrator declares, "Lights out!", blows out a candle, and the story begins. This creepy anthology series began in 1934 on Chicago radio station WENR, the creation of writer Wyllis Cooper. Arch Oboler, however, is more closely associated as the series' writer/director, taking over after a couple of years when Cooper moved on to other projects. Lights Out was a pioneering television effort, with Fred Coe producing four episodes on WNBT-TV in New York during 1946. Once network television began in earnest in the late forties, the series was an early success, airing on NBC from 1949-1952.

Series details

• Title: Lights Out
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Horror, Science-Fiction, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1946-06-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 1972-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17921
• IMDb ID: tt0041037
• TVDB ID: 77303

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1946-06-30; final listed air date 1946-10-13.
• Season 2: premiered 1949-07-19; final listed air date 1950-08-21.
• Season 3: premiered 1950-08-28; final listed air date 1951-08-20.
• Season 4: premiered 1951-08-27; final listed air date 1972-01-15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lights Out on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.