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The end of any given year is a strange liminal space outside of time where one begins to reflect upon the days that were and the uncertain days still to come. It’s weird. Some might even say it’s a zone … of twilight. Yes, the New Year represents the perfect occasion for a marathon of Rod Serling’s sci-fi/horror anthological masterpiece. And sure enough, Twilight Zone marathons on TV have been a mainstay of the season for quite some time.
The New Year’s Eve Twilight Zone marathon is one of TV’s most consistent and perhaps least understood traditions. The yearly marathon has been taking place since at least 1980 but no one is quite sure who started it (regional TV stations New York’s WPIX or Los Angeles’ KTLA are the two best candidates) or when it even made the jump from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. What is certain is that somewhere along the line, the TV powers that be decided that the best way to usher out any given year is to enter into the fifth dimension beyond mere sight and sound.
This year’s marathon on Syfy has some major Twilight Zone classics from seasons 1 through 5 of the original 1959 series. Read on to find the schedule for the 2023/2024 Twilight Zone marathon!
Saturday, December 30
8:00 a.m.The Lonely8:30 a.m.Time Enough at Last9:00 a.m.Perchance to Dream9:30 a.m.Judgment Night10:00 a.m.And When the Sky Was Opened10:30 a.m.What You Need11:00 a.m.The Four of Us Are Dying11:30 a.m.Third from the Sun12:00 p.m.I Shot an Arrow into the Air12:30 p.m.The Hitch-Hiker1:00 p.m.The Fever1:30 p.m.The Last Flight2:00 p.m.The Purple Testament2:30 p.m.The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street3:00 p.m.A World of Difference3:30 p.m.Long Live Walter Jameson4:00 p.m.People Are Alike All Over4:30 p.m.The Big Tall Wish5:00 p.m.A Nice Place to Visit5:30 p.m.Nightmare as a Child6:00 p.m.A Stop at Willoughby6:30 p.m.A Passage for Trumpet7:00 p.m.Mr. Bevis7:30 p.m.The After Hours8:00 p.m.The Mighty Casey8:30 p.m.A World of His Own9:00 p.m.King Nine Will Not Return9:30 p.m.The Man in the Bottle10:00 p.m.Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room10:30 p.m.A Thing About Machines11:00 p.m.The Howling Man11:30 p.m.Eye of the Beholder
Sunday, December 31
12:00 a.m.Nick of Time12:30 a.m.The Lateness of the Hour1:00 a.m.The Trouble with Templeton1:30 a.m.A Most Unusual Camera2:00 a.m.The Night of the Meek2:30 a.m.Dust3:00 a.m.Back There3:30 a.m.The Whole Truth4:00 a.m.The Invaders4:30 a.m.A Penny for Your Thoughts5:00 a.m.Twenty Two5:30 a.m.Mr. Dingle, the Strong6:00 a.m.Static6:30 a.m.A Hundred Yards Over the Rim7:00 a.m.The Rip Van Winkle Caper7:30 a.m.The Silence8:00 a.m.Shadow Play8:30 a.m.Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?9:00 a.m.The Obsolete Man9:30 a.m.The Arrival9:55 a.m.The Mirror10:20 a.m.The Grave10:45 a.m.It’s a Good Life11:10 a.m.Deaths-Head Revisited11:35 a.m.The Midnight Sun12:00 p.m.Five Characters in Search of an Exit12:25 p.m.Dead Man’s Shoes12:50 p.m.The Hunt1:15 p.m.A Piano in the House1:40 p.m.The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank2:05 p.m.Little Girl Lost2:30 p.m.Person or Persons Unknown2:55 p.m.The Gift3:20 p.m.The Little People3:45 p.m.The Dummy4:10 p.m.Cavender Is Coming4:35 p.m.A Kind of a Stopwatch5:00 p.m.The Last Night of a Jockey5:25 p.m.Living Doll5:50 p.m.The Old Man in the Cave6:15 p.m.Night Call6:40 p.m.Probe 7, Over and Out7:05 p.m.The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms7:30 p.m.A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain7:55 p.m.Ninety Years Without Slumbering8:20 p.m.Ring-a-Ding Girl8:45 p.m.You Drive9:10 p.m.Black Leather Jackets9:35 p.m.From Agnes – With Love10:00 p.m.Spur of the Moment10:25 p.m.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge10:50 p.m.What’s in the Box11:15 p.m.The Masks11:40 p.m.I Am the Night – Color Me Black
Monday, January 1
12:05 a.m.Sounds and Silences12:30 a.m.The Encounter12:55 a.m.Mr. Garrity and the Graves1:20 a.m.Come Wander with Me1:45 a.m.The Fear2:10 a.m.The Bewitchin’ Pool2:35 a.m.Stopover in a Quiet Town3:00 a.m.Two3:25 a.m.The Shelter3:50 a.m.The Passerby4:15 a.m.A Game of Pool4:40 a.m.Queen of the Nile5:05 a.m.The Jungle5:30 a.m.Nothing in the Dark6:00 a.m.Of Late I Think of Cliffordville7:00 a.m.Where Is Everybody?7:30 a.m.One for the Angels8:00 a.m.Mr. Denton on Doomsday8:30 a.m.Escape Clause9:00 a.m.The Brain Center at Whipple’s9:30 a.m.The Long Morrow10:00 a.m.Steel10:30 a.m.In Praise of Pip11:00 a.m.I Sing the Body Electric11:30 a.m.The Changing of the Guard12:00 p.m.Four O’Clock12:30 p.m.One More Pallbearer1:00 p.m.A Quality of Mercy1:30 p.m.Once Upon a Time2:00 p.m.The Prime Mover2:30 p.m.The Odyssey of Flight 333:00 p.m.The Chaser3:30 p.m.Mirror Image4:00 p.m.Elegy4:30 p.m.The Sixteen-Milimeter Shrine5:00 p.m.Number 12 Looks Just Like You5:30 p.m.Uncle Simon6:00 p.m.Still Valley6:30 p.m.Long Distance Call7:00 p.m.The Trade-Ins7:30 p.m.The Self Improvement of Savadore Ross8:00 p.m.To Serve Man8:30 p.m.The Fugitive9:00 p.m.Hocus-Pocus and Frisby9:30 p.m.Nightmare at 20,000 Feet10:00 p.m.Kick the Can10:30 p.m.Young Man’s Fancy11:00 p.m.Showdown with Rance McGrew11:30 p.m.Execution
Tuesday, January 2
12:00 a.m.Caesar and Me12:30 a.m.The Jeopardy Room1:00 a.m.The Parallel2:00 a.m.I Dream of Genie3:00 a.m.No Time Like the Past6:00 a.m.Walking Distance
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