9 Anthology Shows That Are 10/10 but Nobody Remembers Today

Anthology series are everywhere on television now, from genre-specific collections to season-long standalone dramas. Familiar examples include The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Inside No. 9 and Documentary Now, but several excellent anthology shows have slipped from view.

This roundup highlights underrated entries across fantasy, science fiction, horror and Westerns that deserve another look. Rod Serling's Night Gallery followed Twilight Zone with a darker, more fantasy-leaning approach on NBC; Steven Spielberg directed a few episodes, and the series moved from hour-long installments to half-hour chapters while exploring horror, fantasy and even comedy, sometimes drawing on H.P.

Lovecraft and staging episodes such as "A Matter of Semantics" with Cesar Romero. Dead Man's Gun offered a curious Western anthology on Showtime from Ed and Howard Spielman, narrated by Kris Kristofferson, tracking a seemingly cursed firearm through the Old West and ultimately tying disparate stories together as part of a larger scheme by Death.

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