As many Science Fiction fans know, for the last few years, the Syfy network has been running a marathon of the classic series “The Twilight Zone” and it begins very early on New Year’s Eve and runs past New Year’s Day into the next. Since we know that a whole bunch of our geek-minded readership are fans of this 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. I know I’ve said this before but I will repeat by saying that it’s remained one of my own favorite shows and stars so many legendary actors. Many of them were only getting their start in the business when they starred on an episode or two. Now without anyfurther adieu let’s see which episodes are airing and which ones you might want to record.
Thursday, 12/31/2020:
6:00AM – Where Is Everybody
6:30AM – One For The Angels
7:00AM – Mr. Denton on Doomsday
7:30AM – The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine
8:00AM – Walking Distance
8:25AM – Escape Clause
8:50AM – The Lonely
9:15AM – Judgement Night
9:40AM – And When The Sky Was Opened
10:05AM – What You Need
10:30AM – The Four Of Us Are Dying
10:55AM – Third From The Sun
11:20AM – I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
11:45AM – The Fever
12:10PM – The Last Flight
12:35PM – The Purple Testament
1:00PM – Elegy
1:25PM – Mirror Image
1:50PM – Long Live Walter Jameson
2:15PM – People Are Alike All Over
2:40PM – Execution
3:05PM – The Big Tall Wish
3:30PM – Nightmare As A Child
3:55PM – The Chaser
4:20PM – A Passage For Trumpet
4:45PM – Mr. Bevis
5:10PM – The After Hours
5:35PM – The Mighty Casey
6:00PM – A World Of His Own
6:25PM – King Nine Will Not Return
6:50PM – Time Enough At Last
7:15PM – Perchance To Dream
7:40PM – The Hitchhiker
8:05PM – The Monsters Are Due On Main Street
8:30PM – A World Of Difference
8:55PM = A Nice Place To Visit
9:20PM – A Stop At Willoughby
9:45PM – The Howling Man
10:10PM – The Eye Of The Beholder
10:35PM – The Night Of The Meek
11:00PM – Dust
11:25PM – The Invaders
11:50PM – The Man In The Bottle
Friday, 1/1/2021:
12:15AM – Nervous Man In A Four-Dollar Room
12:30AM – A Thing About Machines
1:05AM – Nick Of Time
1:30AM – The Lateness Of The Hour
1:55AM – The Trouble With Templeton
2:20AM – Once Upon A Time
2:45AM – A Quality Of Mercy
3:10AM – The Hunt
3:35AM – Kick The Can
4:00AM – A Piano In The House
4:30AM – The Little People
5:00AM – The Trade-Ins
5:30AM – A Kind Of Stopwatch
6:00AM – A Most Unusual Camera
6:30AM – Back There
7:00AM – The Whole Truth
7:30AM – A Penny For Your Thoughts
8:00AM – Twenty-Two
8:30AM – The Odyssey Of Flight 33
9:00AM – Mr Dingle,The Stong
9:30AM – Static
10:00AM – The Prime Mover
10:30AM – A hundred years over the rim
11:00AM – the rip van winkle caper
11:30AM – the silence
12:00PM – Shadow Play
12:30PM – The Mind and The Matter
1:00PM – Two
1:30PM – The Arrival
2:00PM – The Shelter
2:30PM – The Passerby
3:00PM – The Mirror
3:30PM – The Grave
4:00PM – It’s A Good Life
4:30PM – Death’s Head Revisited
5:00PM – Still Valley
5:30PM – The Jungle
6:00PM – Long Distance Call
6:30PM – Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up?
7:00PM – The Obsolete Man
7:30PM – A Game Of Pool
8:00PM – The Midnight Sun
8:30PM – Five Characters In Search Of An Exit
9:00PM – To Serve Man
9:30PM – The Dummy
10:00PM – Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
10:30PM – Living Doll
11:00PM – The Masks
11:30PM – Jess-Belle
Saturday, January 2, 2021:
12:30AM – What’s In The Box
1:00AM – I, Am The Night, Color Me Black
1:30AM – Sounds and Silences
2:00AM – Caesar and Me
2:30AM – The Jeopardy Room
3:00AM – The Encounter
3:30AM – Mr. Garrity and the Graves
4:00AM – The Brain Center at Whipple’s
4:30AM – Come Wander With Me
5:00AM – The Fear
5:30AM – The Bewitchin’ Pool
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: As you can see by the list, there are just over “100” episodes airing for this years marathon and I think that’s about 10 more than last years. Historically speaking there are only around “156” total shows when all was said and done with the original series but don’t quote me on that since I didn’t do a full count. Considering a lot of us are still in lockdown based on the pandemic, I hope you get your DVR loaded up so you can watch them all at your leisure. A lot of the regular television shows have halted production during this time and will be starting much later than we might have liked. I programmed a whole bunch of them and will be flipping back and forth between this and the marathon of “The Honeymooners” but that one doesn’t start as early and only showcases about “19” episodes. The rundown of those shows will post on “The Chronicles Of Piercing Ken” at some point tomorrow so be sure to check that website as well around lunchtime. This year I programmed them all because I want to see if I can get them all without overloading the DVR. Last year I couldn’t because it was 96% full and now it’s only at 20%. Being at home sure found me watching a lot of television while writing posts. As you read this we are just shy of 24 hours away from a brand-new year and while I remember how excited we were for the promises that 2020 held, I think we can all agree that its time it made an exit and hopefully leaves us with a promising 2021. Are you all ready? Please be sure to keep safe which I have repeated time and time again and I will keep on doing my best to entertain you all. 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)