“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone.”.

Greetings my fine readers of the PiercingMetal initiative and welcome back to the website once again as we steadily head towards the end of 2024. So if you’ve been following the site for a few years you were probably expecting or hoping for this article as its become a bit of a tradition by now as this post is the sixth go-round of the topic at hand. I’m talking about the absolutely legendary anthology series known as “The Twilight Zone”. The show first aired in 1959 and ran for five seasons with a total of 156 episodes that have remained as timeless and enthralling as they did some 65 years ago. Back in 2020, I decided to begin sharing the annual marathon that the folks over at the Syfy network do around this time. It’s a lengthy marathon that begins before and runs into the brand-new year and the Science Fiction and Mystery fans cannot get enough of it. Truth be told, back in 2020 it was better to be inside but I felt like continuing with this since its good Google traction and the show has remained one of my very favorites of all time. I’ve pointed out that many in my friendship circle don’t even go all out for New Year’s Eve anymore and I don’t mind that myself and would rather watch the ball drop on the television, field a few dozen text messages and then tune into some classic programming. This year’s marathon will begin in the early morning hours of the New Year’s Eve Day and run into the pre-dawn hours of January 2nd. All of the episodes appear to be from the original series with the exception of season #4 as no episodes appear to be from that one in the marathon. The marathon also seems to be a number of episodes shorter and runs for “113” as opposed to last year’s “142”. As a NYC resident that uses Spectrum as their cable provider, I culled the listings from their own Channel Guide and present it all down below for your consumption. If there are any last minute changes, don’t give me a hard time as once I cobbled together the post it went up online as is. You can send the network an email about it or complain on their social media channels. I still think that “113” episodes is a pretty beefy marathon so let’s take a look shall we?

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
3:00am – The Chaser
3:30am – The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross
4:00am – King Nine Will Not Return
4:30am – The Man in the Bottle
5:00am – A Kind of Stopwatch
5:30am – Steel
6:00am – Black Leather Jackets
6:30am – Stopover in a Quiet Town
7:00am – Twenty-Two
7:30am – What’s in the Box
8:00am – Mr. Dingle, the Strong
8:30am – The Prime Mover
9:00am – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
9:30am – The Last Night of a Jockey
9:55am – The Mind and the Matter
10:20am – The Obsolete Man
10:45am – The Passersby
11:10am – The Mirror
11:35pm – The Grave
12:00pm – I Am The Night—Color Me Black
12:25pm – The Midnight Sun
12:50pm – The Jungle
1:15pm – Number 12 Looks Just Like You
1:40pm – Dead Man’s Shoes
2:05pm – Two
2:30pm – Showdown With Rance McGrew
2:55pm – Kick the Can
3:20pm – A Piano in the House
3:45pm – Four O’Clock
4:10pm – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
4:35pm – Little Girl Lost
5:00pm – Person or Persons Unknown
5:25pm – The Gift
5:50pm – The Trade-Ins
6:15pm – Hocus Pocus & Frisby
6:40pm – The Masks
7:05pm – The Dummy
7:30pm – The After Hours
7:55pm – Time Enough at Last
8:20pm – Eye of the Beholder
8:45pm – Nick of Time
9:10pm – Execution
9:35pm – The Long Morrow
10:00pm – The Last Flight
10:25pm – The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms
10:50pm – Ninety Years Without Slumbering
11:15pm – Static
11:40pm – Spur of the Moment
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“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge”.

Unless I am otherwise mistaken, you’ve surely heard that intro phrase before but if you haven’t, then boy do I have some work to assign you. It’s the famed opening narrative of the television series “The Twilight Zone”. Now if I haven’t declared this to be a tradition yet over the course of the years doing this type of post, then I am for sure doing it now as I welcome our readers once again to the now annual rundown of “The Twilight Zone” marathon that’s going to air on the SyFy network over the next few days. This is the perfect kind of post for our Pop Culture side of the fence and truth be told I am a very longtime fan of the classic Science Fiction/Mystery series. After doing this a few times with one of the most important years to keep people inside being 2020, I felt that this was the kind of feature to keep on doing and close out the year with something that a wide group would find interesting. These days, the going crazy revelry isn’t what it used to be like in the days before pandemic with many deciding since that time that they will just sit out the New Year’s Eve madness and what better way to keep oneself entertained than with a marathon of this kind. What impresses me still to this day about the show is how well it has held up over the years and how many other properties it has inspired. Over the years I’ve managed to see all of the original series and some of the relaunches except the Jordan Peele stuff since I was not subscribing to the network where they were broadcast. The show still impresses me with some of its themes and twists and surprises that still shock you even after you’ve seen the episode a half dozen times or more. This year the marathon appears to be quite extensive and begins early on Saturday morning, 12/30. It will run from then on through all of Sunday (New Year’s Eve) and Monday (New Year’s Day) before wrapping it up with a few additional episodes on Tuesday, January 2nd. This list was culled from the actual listings on the SyFy website so if anything changes or something you were looking to see doesn’t play, don’t yell at me. Send them an email. Let’s take a look at this truly massive rundown.

Saturday, December 30th
8:00AM – The Lonely
8:30AM – Time Enough At Last
9:00AM – Perchance To Dream
9:30AM – Judgement Night
10:00AM – And When The Sky Was Opened
10:30AM – What You Need
11:00AM – The Four Of Us Are Dying
11:30AM – Third From The Sun
12:00PM – I Shot An Arrow Into The Air
12:30PM – The Hitch-hiker
1:00PM – The Fever
1:30PM – The Last Flight
2:00PM – The Purple Testament
2:30PM – The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street
3:00PM – A World Of Difference
3:30PM – Long Live Walter Jameson
4:00PM – People Are Alike All Over
4:30PM – The Big Tall Wish
5:00PM – A Nice Place To Visit
5:30PM – Nightmare As A Child
6:00PM – A Stop At Willoughby
6:30PM – A Passage For Trumpet
7:00PM – Mr. Bevis
7:30PM – The After Hours
8:00PM – The Mighty Casey
8:30PM – A World Of His Own
9:00PM – King Nine Will Not Return
9:30PM – A Man In The Bottle
10:00PM – Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room
10:30PM – A Thing About Machines
11:00PM – The Howling Man
11:30PM – Eye Of The Beholder
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“There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge”.

So began the first season of the classic television series “The Twilight Zone” which was created by the great Rod Serling back in 1959 and tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning, the SyFy Channel will begin their annual marathon of episodes from this amazing series. I’ve pointed out that I wasn’t sure how long they’ve been doing this but it does seem like a number of years and its just the perfect bit of content to showcase in our Pop Culture section as the year wraps up and we all look towards the New Year with hopes and aspirations. Though I don’t think this applies to anyone in our readership, if you never watched this series and are a fan of incredible Science Fiction, you need to sit down and enjoy at least some of this marathon which spans all of five seasons and then some. Over the years there have been a number of relaunches and redos which I’d actually like to see featured in a marathon of their own at some point but I digress. I began this particular Film & Television Feature back in 2020 when the best place one could be was inside based on the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since that time the world has gotten much “better” but we do still have some ways to go IMHO so I will keep on sharing this because I am a longtime Science Fiction fan and have been watching episodes of the series whenever I chance upon them. It all still holds up and creators today need to pay mind to it. Below you will find the full rundown of the marathon which runs from New Year’s Eve Day into January 2nd and since there is a lot to program on the DVR or Cloud-based service you might use I’ve decided to post this the morning before. Let’s review.

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Though I don’t remember when they actually started doing this, for the past few years the fine folks over at the SyFy network have been serving up a very loaded marathon of the Science Fiction classic series “The Twilight Zone”. Now I am talking about the original series that featured the great Rod Serling and not one of the many redos and relaunches that have surfaced over time. When I ran this feature in 2020 the goal was to keep all of you inside because it was just too unpredictable out there in terms of the virus. Since then we’ve come up with the vaccine and the world has set itself on two different sides while variants of the strain keep on coming. Over the past few weeks that latest one has caused a lot of grief so maybe staying inside and keeping to yourself once more isn’t a bad idea. This past year has found my making the website much more of a Metalized Geek Culture site and that leads me to listing the full marathon rundown for those interested once again. As a Science Fiction buff, I’ve long loved this series and plan on tuning in across the marathon for those very favorite episodes but I don’t think I am programming the DVR this time around. So now let’s get on down to business and learn which of the episodes are airing and when.

Friday, December 31, 2021:
2:00am – The Parallel
3:00am – Where is Everybody?
3:30am – One For the Angels
4:00am – Mr. Denton on Doomsday
4:30am – The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
5:00am – The Incredible World of Horace Ford
6:00am – Judgment Night
6:30am – The Purple Testament
7:00am – Elegy
7:30am – Nightmare As a Child
8:00am – Valley of the Shadow
8:50am – The Chaser
9:15am – A World of His Own
9:40am – King Nine Will Not Return
10:05am – Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
10:55am – A Thing About Machines
11:20am – The Trouble With Templeton
11:45am – Back There
12:10pm – Mr. Dingle, the Strong
12:35am – The Rip Van Winkle Caper
1:00pm – The Mind and the Matter
1:25pm – The Arrival
1:50pm – The Passersby
2:15pm – A Quality of Mercy
2:40pm – Nothing in the Dark
3:05pm – The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
3:30pm – The Trade-Ins
3:55pm – Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
4:20pm – Young Man’s Fancy
4:45pm – Cavender Is Coming
5:10pm – An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
5:35pm – The New Exhibit
6:25pm – A Kind of Stopwatch
6:50pm – The Last Night of a Jockey
7:15pm – Living Doll
7:40pm – Time Enough at Last
8:05pm – Perchance to Dream
8:30pm – The Hitch
8:55pm – The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
9:20pm – A World of Difference
9:45pm – Night of the Meek
10:10pm – The Odyssey of Flight 33
10:35pm – Long Distance Call
11:00pm – Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
11:25pm – The Shelter
11:50pm – The Fugitive
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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
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