Twilight Zone-thon:
July 4th Marathon 2014
08:00 AM The Twilight Zone Five Characters In Search Of An Exit 08:30 AM The Twilight Zone Nick Of Time 09:00 AM The Twilight Zone Night Of The Meek 09:30 AM The Twilight Zone Kick The Can 10:00 AM The Twilight Zone Where Is Everybody 10:30 AM The Twilight Zone It's A Good Life 11:00 AM The Twilight Zone Dead Man's Shoes 11:30 AM The Twilight Zone The Hitch-hiker 12:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Dummy 12:30 PM The Twilight Zone Third From The Sun 01:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Invaders 01:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Bewitchin' Pool 02:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Masks 02:30 PM The Twilight Zone The Howling Man 03:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Odyssey Of Flight 33 03:30 PM The Twilight Zone Living Doll 04:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Obsolete Man 04:30 PM The Twilight Zone Eye Of The Beholder 05:00 PM The Twilight Zone Time Enough At Last 05:30 PM The Twilight Zone A Stop At Willoughby 06:00 PM The Twilight Zone The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street 06:30 PM The Twilight Zone To Serve Man 07:00 PM The Twilight Zone Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up 07:30 PM The Twilight Zone Nightmare At 20,000 Feet 08:00 PM WWE Smackdown 070414 10:00 PM Spartacus: Blood And Sand The Red Serpent 11:05 PM Spartacus: Blood And Sand Sacramentum Gladiatorum 12:10 AM The Twilight Zone The Midnight Sun 12:40 AM The Twilight Zone Night Call 01:10 AM The Twilight Zone I Sing The Body Electric 01:40 AM The Twilight Zone A Penny For Your Thoughts 02:10 AM The Twilight Zone Number Twelve Looks Just Like You 02:40 AM The Twilight Zone Stopover In A Quiet Town 03:10 AM The Twilight Zone A Most Unusual Camera 03:40 AM The Twilight Zone Long Distance Call Return to the Twilight Zone
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 SYFY Channel
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