Twilight Zonethon:
New Year's Marathon 2007
12/30/2007 03:30 AM IN HIS IMAGE
12/30/2007 04:30 AM KING NINE WILL NOT RETURN
12/30/2007 05:00 AM A THING ABOUT MACHINES
12/30/2007 05:30 AM PERCHANCE TO DREAM
12/30/2007 06:00 AM (infomercials)
12/31/2007 08:00 AM LITTLE GIRL LOST
12/31/2007 08:30 AM A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
12/31/2007 09:00 AM MUTE
12/31/2007 10:00 AM THE OLD MAN IN THE CAVE
12/31/2007 10:30 AM THE SHELTER
12/31/2007 11:00 AM A KIND OF STOPWATCH
12/31/2007 11:30 AM A PIANO IN THE HOUSE
12/31/2007 12:00 PM A MOST UNUSUAL CAMERA
12/31/2007 12:30 PM DEAD MAN'S SHOES
12/31/2007 01:00 PM TWENTY-TWO
12/31/2007 01:30 PM NIGHTMARE AS A CHILD
12/31/2007 02:00 PM PROBE 7 OVER AND OUT
12/31/2007 02:30 PM I SHOT AN ARROW INTO THE AIR
12/31/2007 03:00 PM NICK OF TIME
12/31/2007 03:30 PM WHAT YOU NEED
12/31/2007 04:00 PM I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC
12/31/2007 04:30 PM UNCLE SIMON
12/31/2007 05:00 PM KICK THE CAN
12/31/2007 05:30 PM A SHORT DRINK FROM A CERTAIN FOUNTAIN
12/31/2007 06:00 PM WHERE IS EVERYBODY
12/31/2007 06:30 PM THE LONELY
12/31/2007 07:00 PM TO SERVE MAN
12/31/2007 07:30 PM WILL THE REAL MARTIAN PLEASE STAND UP?
12/31/2007 08:00 PM THE 7TH IS MADE UP OF PHANTOMS
12/31/2007 08:30 PM DEATH'S HEAD REVISITED
12/31/2007 09:00 PM WALKING DISTANCE
12/31/2007 09:30 PM A HUNDRED YARDS OVER THE RIM
12/31/2007 10:00 PM A GAME OF POOL
12/31/2007 10:30 PM PERCHANCE TO DREAM
12/31/2007 11:00 PM TIME ENOUGH AT LAST
12/31/2007 11:30 PM TWO
12/31/2007 12:00 AM THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET
12/31/2007 12:30 AM THE INVADERS
12/31/2007 01:00 AM A STOP AT WILLOUGHBY
12/31/2007 01:30 AM VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
12/31/2007 02:30 AM THE ODYSSEY OF FLIGHT 33
12/31/2007 03:00 AM THE LAST FLIGHT
12/31/2007 03:30 AM FIVE CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN EXIT
12/31/2007 04:00 AM KING NINE WILL NOT RETURN
12/31/2007 04:30 AM THE BEWITCHIN POOL
12/31/2007 05:00 AM PRINTER'S DEVIL
12/31/2007 06:00 AM (infomercials)
01/01/2008 08:00 AM THE LITTLE PEOPLE
01/01/2008 08:30 AM AND WHEN THE SKY WAS OPENED
01/01/2008 09:00 AM THE DUMMY
01/01/2008 09:30 AM CAESAR AND ME
01/01/2008 10:00 AM PEOPLE ARE ALIKE ALL OVER
01/01/2008 10:30 AM ELEGY
01/01/2008 11:00 AM THE HUNT
01/01/2008 11:30 AM THE LAST RIGHTS OF JEFF MYRTLEBANK
01/01/2008 12:00 PM THIRD FROM THE SUN
01/01/2008 12:30 PM ONE MORE PALLBEARER
01/01/2008 01:00 PM THE RIP VAN WINKLE CAPER
01/01/2008 01:30 PM THE LONG MORROW
01/01/2008 02:00 PM ONE FOR THE ANGELS
01/01/2008 02:30 PM NOTHING IN THE DARK
01/01/2008 03:00 PM IT'S A GOOD LIFE
01/01/2008 03:30 PM THE MIND AND THE MATTER
01/01/2008 04:00 PM THE MIDNIGHT SUN
01/01/2008 04:30 PM LIVING DOLL
01/01/2008 05:00 PM MINIATURE
01/01/2008 06:00 PM THE HITCH-HIKER
01/01/2008 06:30 PM IN THE PRAISE OF PIP
01/01/2008 07:00 PM EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
01/01/2008 07:30 PM NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU
01/01/2008 08:00 PM (UNCUT) LONG DISTANCE CALL
01/01/2008 08:30 PM (UNCUT) NIGHT OF THE MEEK
01/01/2008 09:00 PM THE AFTER HOURS
01/01/2008 09:30 PM (UNCUT) STOPOVER IN A QUIET TOWN
10:00 PM ECW (professional wrestling)
01/01/2008 11:00 PM NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET
01/01/2008 11:30 PM THE ARRIVAL
01/01/2008 12:00 AM THE MASKS
01/01/2008 12:30 AM THE GRAVE
01/01/2008 01:00 AM THE HOWLING MAN
01/01/2008 01:30 AM ESCAPE CLAUSE
01/01/2008 02:00 AM THE OBSOLETE MAN
01/01/2008 02:30 AM THE MIRROR
01/01/2008 03:00 AM NIGHT CALL
01/01/2008 03:30 AM JUDGMENT NIGHT
01/01/2008 04:00 AM PASSAGE ON THE LADY ANNE (hour ep)
(regular programming resumes)
The Twilight Zone series of 156 episodes originally aired in 25-minute formats (50 minutes in Season Four) over five seasons from 1959 to 1964. Series creator Rod Serling wrote over half of the scripts.
Characters portrayed people caught in unusual circumstances where fantasy intrudes into reality or moral or ethical decisions come into question. There is always something to think about after the episode ends. A simple message runs through the series: that only by reaching out to others and trusting in their common humanity can people overcome fear, alienation, and despair. Giving in to fear means total loss; only through imagination, beauty, and our relationships with others can we transcend the darkness.
By today's standards, The Twilight Zone may appear dated or perhaps even heavy-handed to some viewers. There is no doubt television arts have developed considerably since Rod Serling and his crew created The Twilight Zone some forty years ago. Compared with today's color video with its seemingly unlimited possibilities for digital special effects, black and white film is a completely different, almost rustic, medium. As for content, today's primetime TV fiction features more situation comedy, serial drama, and suspense than analysis of moral and ethical dilemmas.
Although derived from and set in a different era, The Twilight Zone still captivates. Its twisting plots, interesting characters, surreal settings, and existential questions endure, as those of classics will. Young audiences who look beyond the surface, who suspend their techno-sophistication and allow themselves to explore the fifth dimension that Rod Serling drew upon, will find rich reward for their efforts.
The SCIFI Channel
Last July 4th marathon (2007)