For the last few years, the Syfy network has been running a marathon of the Science-Fiction classic series “The Twilight Zone” and it begins very early on New Year’s Eve and runs past New Year’s Day into Thursday. As a lot of our geek-minded readership are fans of the Rod Serling classic, I wanted to make sure that I lined out the full rundown of the episodes that we can begin enjoying at the crack of dawn. It’s remained one of my own favorite shows and stars so many legendary actors. Many of whom were still getting their start in Hollywood. Let’s review to see which of your most cherished episodes might be getting broadcast.
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019:
6AM: One for the Angels
6:30AM: Mr. Denton on Doomsday
7AM: The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
7:30AM: Walking Distance
8AM: Escape Clause
8:30AM: Perchance to Dream
9AM: Judgment Night
9:30AM: And When the Sky Was Opened
10AM: What You Need
10:30AM: The Four of Us Are Dying
11AM: Third From the Sun
11:30AM: The Fever
12PM: The Last Flight
12:30PM: The Purple Testament
1PM: Elegy
1:30PM: A World of Difference
2PM: Long Live Walter Jameson
2:30PM: People Are Alike All Over
3PM: Execution
3:30PM: The Big Tall Wish
4PM: A Nice Place to Visit
4:30PM: Nightmare as a Child
5PM: A Stop at Willoughby
5:30PM: The Chaser
6PM: A Passage for Trumpet
6:30PM: Mr. Bevis
7PM: Where Is Everybody? (series premiere episode that first aired Oct. 2, 1959)
7:30PM: Time Enough at Last
8PM: The Hitch-Hiker
8:30PM: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
9PM: Eye of the Beholder
9:30PM: The Invaders
10PM: It’s a Good Life
10:30PM: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
11PM: The Dummy
11:30PM: Living Doll
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020:
12AM: The Mighty Casey
12:30AM: A World of His Own
1AM: King Nine Will Not Return
1:30AM: A Man in the Bottle
2AM: Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room
2:30AM: A Thing About Machines
3AM: The Howling Man
3:30AM: The Lateness of the Hour
4AM: The Trouble With Templeton
4:30AM: A Most Unusual Camera
5AM: Night of the Meek
5:30AM: Dust
6AM: Back There
6:30AM: The Whole Truth
7AM: A Penny for Your Thoughts
7:30AM: Twenty Two
8AM: The Odyssey of Flight 33
8:30AM: Mr. Dingle, the Strong
9AM: Static
9:30AM: The Prime Movers
10AM: Long Distance Call
10:30AM: A Hundred Yards Over the Rim
11AM: The Rip Van Winkle Caper
11:30AM: The Silence
12PM: Shadow Play
12:30PM: The Mind and the Matter
1PM: The Obsolete Man
1:30PM: Two
2PM: The Arrival
2:30PM: The Shelter
3PM: The Passersby
3:30PM: A Game of Pool
4PM: The Mirror
4:30PM: The Grave
5PM: Deaths-Head Revisited
5:30PM: Still Valley
6PM: The Jungle
6:30PM: Once Upon a Time
7PM: The Lonely
7:30PM: I Shot an Arrow Into the Air
8PM: Mirror Image
8:30PM: The After Hours
9PM: Nick of Time
9:30PM: Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
10PM: The Midnight Sun
10:30PM: To Serve Man
11PM: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
11:30PM: The Masks
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020:
12AM: A Quality of Mercy
12:30AM: Nothing in the Dark
1AM: One More Pallbearer
1:30AM: Dead Man’s Shoes
2AM: The Hunt
2:30AM: Showdown With Rance McGrew
3AM: Kick the Can
3:30AM: A Piano in the House
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: As you can see by the list, there are “92” episodes involved in this years marathon and remember there were only something like “156” total shows when all was said and done with the original series. ll in all that means there are “92” episodes in all which add up to 2,760 minutes or “46” hours of Science Fiction/Suspense greatness. I’m thinking of programming about a dozen or so of my very favorites after I press publish because I do NOT have the sufficient space on the DVR for all of them. Speaking frankly, all of these recording services need to be cloud based so we can put whatever we want up there and then access them via our mobile devices while on the move. I should not need a physical box with a hard drive at this point. We are at a little less than “24” hours now which excites me as the chance to plan out an interesting year to come. Will you be tuning into any of these shows or programming the system to secure a bunch of them? Chime in down below in the comments.
Official Series Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)