The Outer Limits is a science fiction anthology television series that originally aired between 1995 and 2002 on Showtime, Syfy, Channel 7 and in syndication.

The revival series maintained an anthology format but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows.

The success of television speculative fiction such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and The X-Files and anthology shows such as Tales from the Crypt convinced rights holder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to revive The Outer Limits.

The show would run on the pay-TV channel Showtime (Trilogy, a Los Angeles and Canada-based company, is credited with creating the 1995 series).

[5] Examples of this include "Dark Rain" (biochemical warfare causing worldwide sterility), "Final Exam" (discovery of practical cold fusion power), "A Stitch in Time" (a time traveler tinkers with history), as well as two episodes ("Unnatural Selection" and "Criminal Nature") revolving around a human mutation known as Genetic Rejection Syndrome (humans mutating into violent creatures) as a result of an outlawed eugenics attempt to create superior children.

Stories by Harlan Ellison, A. E. van Vogt, Eando Binder, Richard Matheson, Larry Niven, Stephen King, George R.R.

The musical theme for the modern Outer Limits series is credited to John Van Tongeren and Mark Mancina.

Between 2002 and 2006, six themed DVD anthologies of The Outer Limits, with six episodes each, were released by MGM in the United States: Aliens Among Us, Death & Beyond, Fantastic Androids & Robots, Mutation & Transformation, Sex & Science Fiction, and Time Travel & Infinity.

MGM was working with Worlds Inc.[9] In 2014, it was reported that a feature film directed by Scott Derrickson based on the series was in development.

Although the Paramount Parks were purchased by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company in 2006, both rides continue to operate with most of their original theming still intact, minus the Outer Limits branding.