The Ray Bradbury Theater_
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Created By
Ray Bradbury
Network
USA Network
Episodes
65
Updated Feb 16, 2026
WHERE TO WATCH
Prime Video
FREE
3 countries
Peacock
1 country
The Roku Channel
FREE
1 country
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FREE
1 country
Pluto TV
FREE
1 country
Hoopla
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1 country
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Overview
The Ray Bradbury Theater has 6 seasons with 65 episodes spanning 1985-1992.
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Year context
The Ray Bradbury Theater first aired 41 years ago in 1985.
CAST (1)
SEASONS (6 seasons, 65 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
Marionettes, Inc.
John Raleigh Braling is a computer salesman who receives a cryptic message on his computer screen. Later he receives the same message in a newspaper…
02
The Playground
When Charles Underhill was a boy, he was tormented by neighborhood bullies. When his son begins playing in a local playground, he becomes deeply disturbed…
03
The Crowd
A neon sign artist named Joe Spelliner is injured in a car crash and sees a crowd of onlookers quickly gather. Days later he sees…
SEASON 2
01
The Town Where No One Got Off
A city writer learns a lesson when he takes an idealistic view of rural life, but discovers the truth is far different when he impulsively…
02
The Screaming Woman
A girl can't convince anyone that she hears a screaming woman buried in the forest near her house.
03
Banshee
An eccentric film director plays pranks on his screenwriter, only to discover the story of a local Banshee is terrifyingly true.
SEASON 3
01
The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl
A hasty murderer tries to wipe off the fingerprints that he left at the crime scene... and realizes the overwhelming nature of his task.
02
Skeleton
A hypochondriac goes to a bone specialist for a cure to his latest ailment.
03
The Emissary
A lonely, bedridden boy sends his dog on a quest to locate a companion for him.
04
Gotcha!
A man discovers that his new girlfriend is obsessed with a game called Gotcha!... and will go to any lengths to win.
05
The Man Upstairs
An American boy living with his grandmother in Paris for the summer takes an interest in a new boarder.
06
The Small Assassin
A woman is terrorized by her newborn infant.
07
Punishment Without Crime
A man contracts to have an android made to look exactly like the wife he hates... so he can murder it.
08
On the Orient, North
A nurse gives aid to a ghost on a transcontinental train trip and escorts him to his final destination.
09
The Coffin
An aging inventor builds a custom designed casket as his final creation... and to inflict revenge on a greedy brother.
10
Tyrannosaurus Rex
A film animator sculpts a dinosaur for a tyrannical movie producer's latest film, but the man isn't satisfied unless it's the most terrifying beast of…
11
There Was an Old Woman
Elderly Matilda isn't ready to die when Death arrives to carry her off in a wicker basket.
12
And So Died Riabouchinska
A police detective investigates a murder at a theater and questions ventriloquist John Fabian, his wife, and his agent. However, he discovers a fourth witness:…
SEASON 4
01
The Dwarf
A dwarf uses his writing and the distorted image of a funhouse mirror to escape the prison of his own body, but an evil showman…
02
A Miracle of Rare Device
Two drifters sell views to a desert mirage, a mirage that provides miraculous views, but a rival tries to buy the land and shut them…
03
The Lake
An artist returns to the lake where years before he had a childhood sweetheart who drowned. Now he must try and bring her back.
04
The Wind
After he learns their secret, a man is followed by violent winds.
05
The Pedestrian
A man's night-time walks are considered subversive in a world of the future.
06
A Sound of Thunder
Time Safari, Inc., uses time travel to allow big game hunters the ultimate thrill: killing dinosaurs.
07
The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
When an unsuccessful author comes to murder him, a famous and prolific writer decides to make things easy for him.
08
The Haunting of the New
A man's old flame calls him up and asks him if he wants her manor. The only condition is that the manor has to decide…
09
To the Chicago Abyss
In the near future, an old man is sought after for his memories of the past, a past that the government forbids people from remembering.
10
Hail and Farewell
Willie, a young boy who cannot grow up, has been spending his life going from family to family, staying for a few years, then leaving…
11
The Veldt
Two parents begin to worry when their children's high-tech holographic nursery fixates on a single landscape: an African veldt filled with savage lions.
12
Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms In Your Cellar!
A worried father starts to believe that his son's mushroom garden is taking over the neighborhood.
SEASON 5
01
Mars Is Heaven
As the first successful mission to Mars touches down, the men stare through the mists of the Martian dawn and finds something strange: a small…
02
The Murderer
Albert Brock loathes noise and prefers perfect silence. He goes around destroying the instruments of sound: radios, wrist watches, faxes, etc. His destruction of sound-infected…
03
Touched with Fire
Two men who theorize that murder only happen in hot weather, try to stop one.
04
The Black Ferris
Hank Walterson sneaks into the carnival at night and watches the owner, Mr. Cooger, ride the Ferris wheel backward until he becomes a young boy...…
05
Usher II
When the government bans works of fiction, a millionaire rebels and builds a robot haunted house based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe... and…
06
Touch of Petulance
A man encounters another claiming to be his future self.
07
And the Moon Be Still as Bright
Space explorers on a Martian expedition are faced with problems when one of their members becomes obsessed with the planet's former residents.
08
The Toynbee Convector
A man time travels to the future and returns to show the people what they have to look forward to.
09
Exorcism
The charming Clara Goodwater has been the president of the town's Ladies Honeysuckle Harmony Lodge for as long as anyone can remember. Her nosy rival…
10
The Day It Rained Forever
In a desert town, three old men wait for rain that never comes.
11
The Long Years
A family of Earth colonists was stranded on Mars twenty years ago when they missed the order to evacuate. Now, after their long wait, a…
12
Here There Be Tygers
Astronauts from Earth land on a remote planet and find a pastoral paradise, where all their wishes come true.
SEASON 6
01
The Earthmen
A crew of a spaceship return to Mars after a 20-year absence to discover a scientist and his family unaffected by their stay.
02
Zero Hour
In the near future, young children are persuaded to help an imaginary friend named "Drill" to play a game called "Invasion".
03
The Jar
A farmer impresses the townsfolk with a mysterious jar bought from a traveling carnival sideshow.
04
Colonel Stonesteel and the Desperate Empties
A boy and a neighbor invent a fake mummy to stir up the townspeople and relieve the boredom of the last days of summer.
05
The Concrete Mixer
A Martian's reluctance to attack Earth stems from what he read in his alien comic books.
06
The Utterly Perfect Murder
As a boy, piano prodigy, Douglas, was tormented by a gang of bullies, led by Ralph. Now, fifty years later, Doug looks for closure in…
07
Let's Play Poison
After witnessing a student's accidental death because of bullying, a teacher vows to put children in their place but they plan to do the same…
08
The Martian
A Martian welcomes grieving parents who move to Mars.
09
The Lonely One
After discovering the body of the latest victim of the serial killer known as The Lonely One, Lavinia persuades her friends to go to the…
10
The Happiness Machine
A family man, incorrigible dreamer and small-town inventor is inspired to build a machine that can create happiness. However, his wife makes him realize the…
11
Tomorrow's Child
An experimental childbirth procedure results in a couple's baby being born into another dimension. The child's non-human appearance puts a lot of strain on the…
12
The Anthem Sprinters
An American author on a visit to Dublin stops by a pub where he is caught up in the excitement over a local sporting event…
13
By the Numbers
The manager of a hotel pool drills his young son with military precision, leading to tragedy.
14
The Long Rain
When an army spaceship crash lands on a world where it never stops raining, the four survivors try to reach the Sundome that has been…
15
The Dead Man
A lonely middle-aged woman moves to a small town to take a job as a manicurist and finds she is strangely drawn to local eccentric…
16
Sun and Shadow
An American film crew arrives in a Mexican village to shoot a TV commercial; Ricardo, a townsman, interferes with the filming because he resents his…
17
Silent Towns
A technician accidentally stranded on Mars by a sudden evacuation searches desperately for another human being on the desolate world. When he finds an equally…
18
Downwind from Gettysburg
Walter Bayes has devoted his life to creating a robot duplicate of Abraham Lincoln to inspire the American people to recommit themselves to the nation's…
19
Some Live Like Lazarus
A young couple falls in love but his domineering mother comes between them; when the old woman finally dies--forty years later--the next step is not…
20
The Handler
A small town mortician takes a perverse delight in exacting postmortem revenge against his enemies, until his day of reckoning arrives.
21
Fee Fie Foe Fum
A vicious prankster convinces his wife's mean old grandmother that he is planning to kill her and her pets and grind them up in the…
22
Great Wide World Over There
Cora Gibbs is an illiterate woman living on an isolated farm with her much older husband. When her educated nephew Benjy visits for the summer,…
23
The Tombstone
A bickering couple checks into the last available room in a small hotel only to discover that the previous occupant left a tombstone in the…
SERIES INFO
6
Seasons
65
Episodes
Ended
Status
CREW
Creator
Ray Bradbury
NETWORKS (2)
USA Network
HBO
DETAILS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is The Ray Bradbury Theater about?
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Where can I watch The Ray Bradbury Theater?
The Ray Bradbury Theater is available on Prime Video, Peacock, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV. Availability varies by region.
How many seasons does The Ray Bradbury Theater have?
The Ray Bradbury Theater has 6 seasons with 65 episodes total.
Who created The Ray Bradbury Theater?
The Ray Bradbury Theater was created by Ray Bradbury.
Who stars in The Ray Bradbury Theater?
The cast of The Ray Bradbury Theater includes Ray Bradbury.
What is the rating of The Ray Bradbury Theater?
The Ray Bradbury Theater has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 37 votes on TMDB.
Is The Ray Bradbury Theater still running?
The Ray Bradbury Theater has ended. The final episode aired on .
GENRES (2)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Drama
