The Twilight Zone (1959)
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The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Friday, July 26
Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up
Season 2 • Episode 28
Police must figure out if a diner patron is actually a martian invader.
Saturday, July 27
The Obsolete Man
Season 2 • Episode 29
Librarian Romney Wordsworth is condemned to death for obsolescence.
Saturday, July 27
One More Pallbearer
Season 3 • Episode 17
Wealthy Paul Radin arranges an intricate revenge for those he thinks have wronged him in his life.
Saturday, July 27
The Mirror
Season 3 • Episode 6
A guerrilla leader succeeds in overthrowing the regime of the corrupt government of his country.
Sunday, July 28
Jess-Belle
Season 4 • Episode 7
A girl strikes a deadly bargain with a witch to assure herself of a young man's attentions.
Sunday, July 28
A Thing About Machines
Season 2 • Episode 4
Bad-tempered Bartlett Finchley begins to sense that machines don't like him.
Sunday, July 28
Death's Head Revisited
Season 3 • Episode 9
Ghosts of concentration-camp victims confront a Nazi officer.
Monday, July 29
Two
Season 3 • Episode 1
The sole survivors of a devastating war meet in the shambles of a city destroyed six years prior.
Tuesday, July 30
The Arrival
Season 3 • Episode 2
Flight 107 arrives on schedule, but without passengers, pilots, or baggage.
Tuesday, July 30
The Bard
Season 4 • Episode 18
A would-be writer summons William Shakespeare to help him write a teleplay.
Tuesday, July 30
The Prime Mover
Season 2 • Episode 21
A gambler exploits a friend's (Buddy Ebsen) telekinetic powers.
Wednesday, July 31
The Shelter
Season 3 • Episode 3
Families fearing invasion beg a neighbor to let them share his bomb shelter.
Thursday, August 1
The Passersby
Season 3 • Episode 4
A crippled soldier drops out of a marching column and meets a woman.
Friday, August 2
A Game of Pool
Season 3 • Episode 5
A pool shark (Jack Klugman) plays for his life. With Jonathan Winters.
Saturday, August 3
The Mirror
Season 3 • Episode 6
A guerrilla leader succeeds in overthrowing the regime of the corrupt government of his country.
Saturday, August 3
The Last Night of a Jockey
Season 5 • Episode 5
A jockey's wish to become a giant in his profession has repercussions he may regret.
Saturday, August 3
Living Doll
Season 5 • Episode 6
A vindictive doll takes revenge on a man who wants it destroyed. With Telly Savalas.
Monday, August 5
The Grave
Season 3 • Episode 7
A gunman (Lee Marvin) visits the grave of a man who vowed revenge.
Tuesday, August 6
It's a Good Life
Season 3 • Episode 8
A 6-year-old controls his town with his ability to create or destroy anything with his mind.
Wednesday, August 7
Death's Head Revisited
Season 3 • Episode 9
Ghosts of concentration-camp victims confront a Nazi officer.
Thursday, August 8
The Midnight Sun
Season 3 • Episode 10
The Earth falls out of its orbit and starts moving toward the sun.
Friday, August 9
Still Valley
Season 3 • Episode 11
A confederate scout is given a book of magic which will help the Confederacy win the Civil War.
Saturday, August 10
The Jungle
Season 3 • Episode 12
An African conjurer curses an American businessman for violating African soil.
Saturday, August 10
The Old Man in the Cave
Season 5 • Episode 7
An old man in a cave offers guidance to survivors of a nuclear-war apocalypse.
Saturday, August 10
Night Call
Season 5 • Episode 19
A woman confined to her bed and wheelchair is haunted by mysterious phone calls on a dead line.
Saturday, August 10
The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms
Season 5 • Episode 10
National Guardsmen maneuvering at Little Big Horn find ominous signs of an impending Indian attack.
Sunday, August 11
A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain
Season 5 • Episode 11
When a man takes a youth serum, the potion goes beyond its intended effect.
Sunday, August 11
Ninety Years Without Slumbering
Season 5 • Episode 12
An old man (Ed Wynn) fears death if his grandfather clock stops.
Monday, August 12
Once Upon a Time
Season 3 • Episode 13
A janitor mischievously puts on a helmet which really is a time machine.
Matt Roush says...
Here’s another great 4th of July holiday tradition: wall-to-wall marathons of The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling’s classic anthology of speculative storytelling, encompassing horror, science fiction, allegory and satire, always with an underlay of thoughtful humanism. Syfy’s tribute spans 24 hours, while the Heroes & Icons Network’s “Rod, White & Blue: A Twilight Zone Celebration” airs episodes over four days, through Monday at 6 am/5c.
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