Twilight Zones writers often used science fiction as a vehicle for social comment . Television networks and sponsors who had infamously censored all potentially `` inflammatory '' material from the then mostly live dramas were ignorant of the methods developed by writers such as Ray Bradbury for dealing with important issues through seemingly innocent fantasy . Twilight Zones writers frequently used science fiction as a vehicle for social comment ; networks and sponsors who had infamously censored all potentially `` inflammatory '' material from the then predominant live dramas were ignorant of the methods developed by writers such as Ray Bradbury for dealing with important issues through seemingly innocuous fantasy .