True fans of the cult classic TV series ‘The Twilight Zone‘ (1959–1964) are keenly aware that we currently find ourselves in the midst of a “life is stranger than fiction” (the fifth dimension) moment as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. We are also readily aware of the annual marathon, which goes into high gear on December 31, 2020. Hyper-real fans of the Rod Serling created series, like legendary drummer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria, or filmmaker and marketing maven, Mike Valinsky (we love to shout out our avid supporters), will be watching the minute the first episode kicks off at 6am on the Syfy channel. I’ll simply add that I’ve been a life-long fan of both the show and its brain-trust. 😉

So without any fanfare and pontification, here’s the full lineup, schedule, and brief synopsis of all the episodes being showcased from December 31st through January 2nd (you’re welcome):

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2020 (NEW YEAR’S EVE) – TIMES: EST

6:00am — Where Is Everybody? (Season 1, Episode 1)
Earl Holliman stars as an amnesiac in an Air Force jumpsuit who finds himself in a town without a single person in it. General: James Gregory. Written by host Rod Serling.

6:30am — One for the Angels (Season 1, Episode 2)
A salesman (Ed Wynn) asks for a reprieve from Death, who then picks a little girl instead. Death: Murray Hamilton. Little Girl: Dana Dillaway. Truck Driver: Merritt Bohn. Doctor: Jay Overholts.

7:00am — Mr. Denton on Doomsday (Season 1, Episode 3)
Town drunk Al Denton (Dan Duryea) faces a notorious killer after miraculously regaining his gunfighting skills. Hotaling: Martin Landau. Fate: Malcolm Atterbury. Liz: Jeanne Cooper. Pete: Doug McClure. Doctor: Robert Burton. Leader: Arthur Batanides.

7:30am — The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine (Season 5, Episode 38)
A forgotten star of the ’30s uses films of her old movies to recreate the spirit of her heyday.

8:00am — Walking Distance (Season 1, Episode 5)
Job pressures push an ad exec (Gig Young) 30 years into the past. Mr. Sloan: Frank Overton. Mrs. Sloan: Irene Tedrow. Wilcox: Bill Erwin. Young Martin: Michael Montgomery. Attendant: Sheridan Comerate. Teenager: Buzz Martin. Wilcox Boy: Ronny Howard.

8:25am — Escape Clause (Season 1, Episode 6)
A middle-aged hypochondriac (David Wayne) sells his soul in exchange for immortality. Cadwallader: Thomas Gomez. Ethel: Virginia Christine. Cooper: Wendell Holmes. Doctor: Raymond Bailey. Guard: Nesdon Booth. First Adjuster: Dick Wilson. Second Adjuster: Joe Flynn. Host: Rod Serling.

8:50pm — The Lonely (Season 1, Episode 7)
A convict (Jack Warden), sentenced to 40 years on an uninhabited planet, is given a robot as a companion. Allenby: John Dehner. Alicia: Jean Marsh. Adams: Ted Knight. Carstairs: James Turley. Host: Rod Serling.

9:40am — And When The Sky Was Opened (Season 1, Episode 11)
Three astronauts return from the first successful space probe—but are unable to recall what happened. Gart: Jim Hutton. Forbes: Rod Taylor. Harrington: Charles Aidman. Girl: Gloria Pall. Nurse: Sue Randall. Amy: Maxine Cooper. Host: Rod Serling.

10:05am — What You Need (Season 1, Episode 12)
A down-and-outer tries to turn another man’s ability to tell the future into profit.

10:30am — The Four of Us Are Dying (Season 1, Episode 13)
A small-time crook (Harry Townes), who can change his appearance at will, assumes the identity of a dead gangster. Foster: Ross Martin. Sterig: Phillip Pine. Maggie: Beverly Garland. Marshak: Don Gordon. Detective: Milton Frome. Pop: Peter Brocco.

10:55am — Third From The Sun (Season 1, Episode 14)
Convinced that atomic war is inevitable, a pilot and a scientist plan to steal a spaceship and flee to another planet. Bill: Fritz Weaver. Jerry: Joe Maross. Carling: Edward Andrews. Jody: Denise Alexander. Eve: Lori March. Ann: Jeanne Evans. Guard: Will J. White.

11:20pm — I Shot An Arrow Into the Air (Season 1, Episode 15)
A limited water supply and a nervous flight officer (Dewey Martin) imperil astronauts on a deserted asteroid. Donlin: Edward Binns. Pierson: Ted Otis. Host: Rod Serling.

11:45am — The Fever (Season 1, Episode 17)
A reluctant Vegas vacationer (Everett Sloane) can’t stop playing after his first slot-machine pull is a winner. Flora: Vivi Janiss. Publicity Agent: William Kendis. Drunk: Art Lewis. Script by Rod Serling.

12:10pm — The Last Flight (Season 1, Episode 18)
A British WWI pilot returns from his last mission—landing at a modern-day American air base in France. Decker: Kenneth Haigh. General: Alexander Scourby. Major: Simon Scott. Mackaye: Robert Warwick. Corporal: Harry Raybould. Host: Rod Serling.

12:35pm — The Purple Testament (Season 1, Episode 19)
An infantry lieutenant (William Reynolds) has the ability to predict who will die in battle. Riker: Dick York. Gunther: Barney Phillips. Sergeant: William Phipps. Ambulance Driver: Warren Oates. Freeman: Marc Cavell. Orderly: Paul Mazursky. Host: Rod Serling.

1:00pm — Elegy (Season 1, Episode 20)
Astronauts land on an asteroid with Earth-like scenes and people—but the inhabitants don’t move. Wickwire: Cecil Kellaway. Meyer: Jeff Morrow. Webber: Kevin Hagen. Kirby: Don Dubbins. Rod Serling is the host.

1:25pm — Mirror Image (Season 1, Episode 21)
A traveler is perplexed when people treat her as if they’ve seen her very recently. Millicent: Vera Miles. Paul: Martin Milner. Ticket Agent: Joe Hamilton. Host: Rod Serling.

1:50pm — Long Live Walter Jameson (Season 1, Episode 24)
A professor learns why his future son-in-law is an expert on history—he was there. Jameson: Kevin McCarthy. Kittridge: Edgar Stehli. Susanna: Dody Heath. Laurette: Estelle Winwood.

2:15pm — People are Alike All Over (Season 1, Episode 25)
On Mars, an astronaut (Roddy McDowall) is made to feel right at home. Teenya: Susan Oliver. Marcusson: Paul Comi. Written by Rod Serling.

2:40pm — Execution (Season 1, Episode 26)
An outlaw (Albert Salmi) with a noose around his neck is snatched away by a 20th-century time machine. “Gilligan’s Island” “Professor” Russell Johnson plays the machine inventor. Johnson: Than Wyenn. Judge: Fay Roope. Written by Rod Serling.

3:05pm — The Big Tall Wish (Season 1, Episode 27)
No one is on the side of a boxer (Ivan Dixon) trying to make a comeback except a little boy (Steven Perry) with a big wish. Mother: Kim Hamilton. Thomas: Henry Scott.

3:30pm — Nightmare as a Child (Season 1, Episode 29)
A precocious girl frightens a teacher (Janice Rule) by revealing secrets from the woman’s past. Markie: Terry Burnham. Peter Selden: Shepperd Strudwick. Doctor: Michael Fox. Girl: Suzanne Cupito. Policeman: Joe Perry.

3:55pm — The Chaser (Season 1, Episode 31)
A lovesick suitor buys a guaranteed love potion, which works—too well. Based on a story by John Collier. Roger: George Grizzard. Leila: Patricia Barry. Daemon: John McIntire. Man in Homburg: J. Pat O’Malley. Blonde: Barbara Perry. Host: Rod Serling.

4:20pm — A Passage for Trumpet (Season 1, Episode 32)
Jack Klugman plays a washed-up trumpet player who’s offered a second chance after a suicide attempt. Nan: Mary Webster. Gabe: John Anderson. Baron: Frank Wolff. Pawnshop Owner: Ned Glass.

4:45pm — Mr. Bevis (Season 1, Episode 33)
An angel comes to the aid of a good-natured man (Orson Bean) who’s had an unusually bad morning. Hempstead: Henry Jones. Peckinpaugh: Charles Lane. Policeman: William Schallert. Bartender: Horace McMahon. Rod Serling is the host.

5:10pm — The After Hours (Season 1, Episode 34)
A department-store shopper (Anne Francis) is told that the floor where she bought something doesn’t exist. Saleswoman: Elizabeth Allen. Elevator Operator: John Conwell. Armbruster: James Millhollin. Miss Pettigrew: Nancy Rennick. Host: Rod Serling.

5:35pm — The Mighty Casey (Season 1, Episode 35)
A robot pitcher (Robert Sorrells) is the answer to a baseball manager’s dreams. McGarry: Jack Warden. Dr. Stillman: Abraham Sofaer. Monk: Don O’Kelly. Commissioner: Rusty Lane. Written by Rod Serling.

6:00pm — A World of His Own (Season 1, Episode 36)
A playwright (Keenan Wynn) can conjure up any person or thing by feeding a description into a tape recorder. Victoria: Phyllis Kirk. Mary: Mary La Roche. Host: Rod Serling.

6:25pm — King Nine Will Not Return(Season 2, Episode 1)
The survivor (Robert Cummings) of a WWII bomber crash finds no trace of his crew—but sees jet aircraft overhead. Doctor: Paul Lambert. Psychiatrist: Gene Lyons. British Officer: Seymour Green. Nurse: Jenna McMahon.

6:50pm — Time Enough at Last (Season 1, Episode 8)
Earl Holliman stars as an amnesiac in an Air Force jumpsuit who finds himself in a town without a single person in it. General: James Gregory. Written by host Rod Serling.

7:15pm — Perchance to Dream (Season 1, Episode 9)
A psychiatrist’s patient (Richard Conte) fears sleep will bring death, since in his last dream, a dancer was trying to kill him. Maya: Suzanne Lloyd. Rathmann: John Larch. Rifle Range Barker: Russell Trent. Stranger: Ted Stanhope.

7:40pm — The Hitch-hiker (Season 1, Episode 16)
A cross-country driver (Inger Stevens) is haunted by a persistent hitchhiker (Leonard Strong) who appears wherever she goes. Sailor: Adam Williams. Mechanic: Lew Gallo. Counterman: Russ Bender. Waitress: Mitzi McCall. Mrs. Whitney: Eleanor Audley. Road Worker: Dwight Townsend. Garage Man: George Mitchell.

8:05pm — The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Season 1, Episode 22)
Total power failure in a neighborhood sparks suspicions that it was caused by an alien invasion—and that one walks among them. Steve: Claude Akins. Charlie: Jack Weston. Tommy: Jan Handzlik. Goodman: Barry Atwater. Don: Burt Metcalfe.

8:30pm — A World of Difference (Season 1, Episode 23)
An actor (Howard Duff) loses himself in his role as a businessman—or is it the other way around? Nora: Eileen Ryan. Sally: Gail Kobe. Marty: Frank Maxwell. Brinkley: David White. Marian: Susan Dorn.

8:55pm — A Nice Place to Visit (Season 1, Episode 28)
A thief leads a heavenly existence after being killed by police. Valentine: Larry Blyden. Mr. Pip: Sebastian Cabot. Dancing Girl: Barbara English.

9:20pm — A Stop at Willoughby (Season 1, Episode 30)
A harried ad exec escapes stress in a dream about a sleepy town of the past. Williams: James Daly (father of actors Tyne and Tim Daly). Jane: Patricia Donahue. Misrell: Howard Smith. Helen: Mavis Neal.

10:10pm — The Howling Man (Season 2, Episode 5)
David Ellington comes upon an old monastery occupied by a “Truth” order that is holding a benign old man prisoner.

10:10pm — Eye of the Beholder (Season 2, Episode 6)
With her head bandaged, Janet Tyler wonders if doctors have succeeded in fixing her face. Doctor: William D. Gordon. Janet’s Nurse: Jennifer Howard. Smith: Edson Stroll. Leader: George Keymas. Host: Rod Serling.

10:35pm — Night of the Meek (Season 2, Episode 11)
Art Carney plays a department-store Santa who finds a magical bag of gifts after getting drunk—and fired—on Christmas Eve. Dundee: John Fiedler. Policeman: Robert Lieb. Woman: Kay Cousins. Bartender: Val Avery. Sister Florence: Meg Wyllie.

11:00pm — Dust (Season 2, Episode 12)
On the day his son is to be hanged, a father buys “magic dust” from a peddler who claims it will save his son. Sykes: Thomas Gomez. Gallegos: Vladimir Sokoloff. Luis: John Alonso. Canfield: Paul Genge. Sheriff: John Larch. Mrs. Canfield: Dorothy Adams. Estrelita: Andrea Margolis.

11:25pm — The Invaders (Season 2, Episode 15)
There is no dialogue in this story of a rural woman (Agnes Moorehead) who battles to repel two creatures from another planet. Rod Serling is the host.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021 (NEW YEAR’S DAY) – TIMES: EST

12:15am — Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room (Season 2, Episode 3)
A thief (Joe Mantell) is unnerved after his contact gives him his latest assignment. George: William D. Gordon.

12:40am — A Thing About Machines (Season 2, Episode 4)
An irascible writer (Richard Haydn) hates his mechanical devices—and the feeling is mutual. TV Repairman: Barney Phillips. Edith: Barbara Stuart. Policeman: Henry Beckman. Intern: Jay Overholts. Telephone Repairman: Lew Brown. Written by Rod Serling.

1:05am — Nick of Time (Season 2, Episode 7)
William Shatner plays a superstitious newlywed who becomes convinced of the accuracy of a penny fortune-telling machine. Pat: Patricia Breslin. Counter Man: Guy Wilkerson. Mechanic: Stafford Rep. Host: Rod Serling.

1:30am — The Lateness of the Hour (Season 2, Episode 8)
A young woman (Inger Stevens) grows weary of the servants, all robots built by her father (John Hoyt). Mrs. Loren: Irene Tedrow. Nelda: Mary Gregory. Robert: Tom Palmer. Host: Rod Serling.

1:55am — The Trouble With Templeton (Season 2, Episode 9)
A Broadway actor yearns for the past—and the wife who died soon after they married. Sydney Pollack plays the brash director. Booth: Brian Aherne. Laura: Pippa Scott. Marcel: Dave Willock. Barney: Charles Carlson. Freddie: Larry Blake. Eddie: David Thursby.

2:20am — Once Upon a Time (Season 3, Episode 11)
Buster Keaton plays a janitor who uses his boss’s time helmet to travel from 1890 to 1962, which is not the utopia he’d hoped. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod (“Horse Feathers”). Rollo: Stanley Adams. Gilbert: Milton Parsons. 1962 Policeman No. 1: James Flavin. 1962 Policeman No. 2: Harry Fleer. 1890 Policeman: Gil Lamb. Host: Rod Serling.

2:45am — A Quality of Mercy (Season 3, Episode 15)
A lieutenant (Dean Stockwell) preparing to lead his platoon suddenly sees the attack as if he were the enemy. Causarano: Albert Salmi. Watkins: Rayford Barnes. Hansen: Leonard Nimoy. Hanacheck: Ralph Votrian. Japanese Soldier: Dale Ishimoto. Japanese Captain: Jerry Fujikawa.

3:10am — The Hunt (Season 3, Episode 19)
A mountain man and his dog return from a raccoon hunt to find folks think the man is dead. Written by “The Waltons” creator Earl Hamner Jr., the first of his eight scripts for “The Twilight Zone.” Simpson: Arthur Hunnicut. Rachel: Jeanette Nolan. Gatekeeper: Robert Foulk. Messenger: Dexter Dupont. Tillman: Orville Sherman. Rev. Wood: Charles Seel. Wesley: Titus Moede.

3:35am — Kick the Can (Season 3, Episode 21)
A nursing-home resident tries to convince others that a youthful mind means age doesn’t matter. But his lifelong friend is disdainful. Whitley: Ernest Truex. Ben: Russell Collins. Cox: John Marley. Frietag: Hank Patterson. Agee: Earle Hodgins. Mrs. Summers: Marjorie Bennett. Mrs. Densley: Lenore Shanewise. Mrs. Wister: Anne O’Neal.

4:00am — A Piano in the House (Season 3, Episode 22)
Barry Morse (Lt. Gerard in “The Fugitive”) as a cynic who takes advantage of a player piano that reveals listeners’ hidden selves. Written by Earl Hamner Jr. (“The Waltons”). Esther: Joan Hackett. Marge: Muriel Landers. Walker: Don Durant. Throckmorton: Phil Coolidge. Marvin: Cyril Delevanti. Rod Serling is the host.

4:30am — The Little People (Season 3, Episode 28)
On a seemingly barren planet, two space pilots discover a Lilliputian civilization, to which one proclaims himself a god. Craig: Joe Maross. Fletcher: Claude Akins. Spaceman No. 1: Michael Ford. Spaceman No. 2: Robert Eaton. Host: Rod Serling.

5:00am — The Trade-Ins (Season 3, Episode 31)
An elderly couple want to have their bodies rejuvenated, but can afford the process for only one of them. John: Joseph Schildkraut. Marie: Alma Platt. Vance: Noah Keen. Farraday: Theodore Marcuse. Young John Holt: Edson Stroll. Receptionist: Mary McMahon. Rod Serling is the host.

5:30am — A Kind of Stopwatch (Season 5, Episode 4)
A nonstop talker (Richard Erdman) acquires a stopwatch that halts time and motion, except for himself. Potts: Leon Belasco. Bartender: Herbie Faye. Secretary: Doris Singleton. Cooper: Roy Roberts.

6:00am — A Most Unusual Camera (Season 2, Episode 10)
Thieves find their latest heist includes a camera that snaps pictures of the future. Chester: Fred Clark. Paula: Jean Carson. Woodward: Adam Williams. Waiter: Marcel Hillaire. Racetrack Tout: Artie Lewis.

6:30am — Back There (Season 2, Episode 13)
Russell Johnson (“Gilligan’s Island”) plays a modern man suddenly transported to the date of Lincoln’s assassination. Police Sergeant: Paul Hartman. Millard: Raymond Bailey. William: Bartlett Robinson. Wellington: John Lasell. Patrolman: James Lydon. Host: Rod Serling.

7:00am — The Whole Truth (Season 2, Episode 14)
A used-car dealer can’t tell a lie after buying a jalopy from an old man who claims it’s haunted. Hunnicut: Jack Carson. Grimbley: Loring Smith. Young Man: Jack Ging. Young Woman: Nan Peterson. Old Man: George Chandler. Host: Rod Serling.

7:30am — A Penny For Your Thoughts (Season 2, Episode 16)
A bank clerk (Dick York) finds that he’s able to hear other people’s thoughts, which leads to trouble. Miss Turner: June Dayton. Mr. Bagby: Dan Tobin. Smithers: Cyril Delevanti. Sykes: Hayden Rorke. Driver: Frank London.

8:00am — Twenty-Two (Season 2, Episode 17)
Confined to a hospital, a dancer (Barbara Nichols) continually imagines being led to the morgue—where there’s a vacancy. Doctor: Jonathan Harris. Barney: Fredd Wayne. Morgue Nurse: Arline Sax. Day Nurse: Mary Adams. Night Nurse: Norma Connolly. Airline Agent: Wesley Lau. Ticket Clerk: Joseph Sargent. Rod Serling is the host.

8:30am — The Odyssey of Flight 33 (Season 2, Episode 18)
After a freak acceleration through the sound barrier, a passenger-flight crew loses all radio contact. Captain: John Anderson. Craig: Paul Comi. Hatch: Sandy Kenyon. Purcell: Harp McGuire. Jane: Beverly Brown.

9:00am — Mr. Dingle, The Strong (Season 2, Episode 19)
Burgess Meredith plays a meek man turned strong thanks to a Martian experiment. Bettor: Don Rickles. Bartender: James Westerfield. Callahan: Edward Ryder. Martian No. 1: Douglas Spencer. Venusian No. 1: Donald Losby. Venusian No. 2: Greg Irvin. Written by Rod Serling.

9:30am — Static (Season 2, Episode 20)
A radio recaptures the “good old days” for an elderly man (Dean Jagger). Vinnie: Carmen Mathews. Ackerman: Robert Emhardt. Roscoe Bragg: Arch Johnson. Rod Serling is the host.

10:00am — The Prime Mover (Season 2, Episode 21)
A grandmother dies after giving her grandson (Billy Mumy) a toy telephone, but it turns out she may only be a phone call away. Chris: Philip Abbott. Sylvia: Patricia Smith. Grandma: Lili Darvas. Peterson: Reid Hammond. Doctor: Henry Hunter. Rod Serling is the host.

10:30am — A Hundred Yards Over the Rim (Season 2, Episode 23)
Cliff Robertson stars as an exhausted 1847 westward pioneer whose scouting ahead takes him into the 20th century. Mary Lou: Evans Evans. Joe: John Crawford. Doctor: Ed Platt. Martha: Miranda Jones.

11:00am — The Rip Van Winkle Caper (Season 2, Episode 24)
Thieves emerge from suspended animation to spend the gold they pilfered 100 years before. Farwell: Oscar Beregi. DeCruz: Simon Oakland. Brooks: Lew Gallo. Erbie: John Mitchum. Man on Road: Wallace Rooney. Woman on Road: Shirley O’Hara.

11:30am — The Silence (Season 2, Episode 25)
An aristocrat (Franchot Tone) bets $500,000 that a talkative acquaintance can’t keep quiet for a year. Tennyson: Liam Sullivan. George: Jonathan Harris. Franklin: Cyril Delevanti. Written by Rod Serling.

12:00pm — Shadow Play (Season 2, Episode 26)
No one believes a convicted murderer (Dennis Weaver), who insists that events are only part of his recurring nightmare. Ritchie: Harry Townes. Carson: Wright King. Priest: Mack Williams. Jiggs: William Edmondson. Carol: Anne Barton. Coley: Bernie Hamilton. Phillips: Tommy Nello.

12:30pm — The Mind and the Matter (Season 2, Episode 27)
Shelley Berman plays a man who’s fed up with society and uses mind power to effect changes, which bring second thoughts. Henry: Jack Grinnage. Landlady: Jeane Wood. Rogers: Chet Stratton.

1:00pm — Two (Season 3, Episode 1)
Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson have minimal dialogue as enemy survivors of a devastating war. Rod Serling is the host.

1:30pm — The Arrival (Season 3, Episode 2)
A routine passenger flight arrives without a single person onboard, and three men investigating each see a different plane. Sheckly: Harold J. Stone. Malloy: Fredd Wayne. Bengston: Noah Keen. Ramp Attendant: Bing Russell. Tower Operator: Robert Brubaker. Dispatcher: Jim Boles.

2:00pm — The Shelter (Season 3, Episode 3)
A man whose bomb shelter has just enough room for his family is besieged by neighbors when an alert sounds. Stockton: Larry Gates. Grace: Peggy Stewart. Paul: Michael Burns. Harlowe: Jack Albertson. Henderson: Sandy Kenyon. Mrs. Henderson: Mary Gregory. Host: Rod Serling.

2:30pm — The Passersby (Season 3, Episode 4)
In the aftermath of the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier (James Gregory) meets an aristocrat unsure of her husband’s fate. Lavinia: Joanne Linville. Jud: Warren Kemmerling. Lieutenant: David Garcia. Charlie: Rex Holman.

3:00pm — The Mirror (Season 3, Episode 6)
A deposed dictator warns his successor (Peter Falk) that the faces of his enemies will appear in the palace mirror. DeCruz: Will Kuluva. Priest: Vladimir Sokoloff. Cristo: Tony Carbone. D’Allesandro: Richard Karlan. Tabal: Arthur Batanides. Garcia: Rodolfo Hoyos.

3:30pm — The Grave (Season 3, Episode 7)
A dying outlaw vows revenge from the grave against the gunman (Lee Marvin) who had pursued him. Johnny Rob: James Best. Mothershed: Strother Martin. Ione: Ellen Willard. Gambler: Lee Van Cleef.

4:00pm — It’s a Good Life (Season 3, Episode 8)
The townspeople of Peaksville bow in fear before a six-year-old (Billy Mumy), who has the power to create and destroy at will. Fremont: John Larch. Mrs. Fremont: Cloris Leachman. Soames: Tom Hatcher. Aunt Amy: Alice Frost. Dan: Don Keefer. Ethel: Jeanne Bates. Thelma Dunn: Lenore.

4:30pm — Deaths-Head Revisited The Grave (Season 3, Episode 9)
An unrepentant former Nazi officer (Oscar Beregi) visits the ruins of the concentration camp where he had been posted. Becker: Joseph Schildkraut. Innkeeper: Karen Verne. Taxi Driver: Robert Boone. Doctor: Ben Wright. Victim: Chuck Fox.

5:00pm — Still Valley (Season 3, Episode 11)
A Confederate scout (Gary Merrill) searching for Yankee soldiers finds them—frozen like statues. Old Man: Vaughn Taylor. Dauger: Ben Cooper. Lieutenant: Mark Tapscott. Mallory: Jack Mann. Host: Rod Serling.

5:30pm — The Jungle (Season 3, Episode 11)
An engineer scoffs at a curse put on him by natives opposed to his building a dam on their ancestral land. Richards John Dehner. Doris: Emily McLaughlin. Cooper: Walter Brooke. Templeton: Hugh Sanders. Hardy: Howard Wright. Sinclair: Donald Foster. Rod Serling is the host.

6:00pm — Long Distance Call (Season 2, Episode 22)
A grandmother dies after giving her grandson (Billy Mumy) a toy telephone, but it turns out she may only be a phone call away. Chris: Philip Abbott. Sylvia: Patricia Smith. Grandma: Lili Darvas. Peterson: Reid Hammond. Doctor: Henry Hunter. Rod Serling is the host.

6:30pm — Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? (Season 2, Episode 28)
An alien tracked to a diner could be any one of seven snowbound bus passengers. Ross: John Hoyt. Ethel: Jean Willes. Avery: Jack Elam. Perry: Morgan Jones. Padgett: John Archer. Haley: Barney Phillips. Kramer: Bill Erwin. Rose: Gertrude Flynn.

7:00pm — The Obsolete Man (Season 2, Episode 29)
In a bookless society, a librarian (Burgess Meredith) is condemned to death for being obsolete. But he may not go alone. Chancellor: Fritz Weaver. Guard: Harry Fleer. Subaltern: Joseph Elic. Rod Serling is the host.

7:30pm — A Game of Pool (Season 3, Episode 4)
Jonathan Winters is a late legendary pool player who comes back to life to play pool shark Jack Klugman, with the shark’s life as the stakes. Rod Serling is the host.

8:00pm — The Midnight Sun (Season 3, Episode 10)
Two women struggle to survive after Earth leaves its orbit and begins moving toward the sun. Norma: Lois Nettleton. Mrs. Bronson: Betty Garde. Doctor: William Keene. Repairman: Ned Glass. Neighbor: Jason Wingreen. Neighbor’s Wife: June Ellis.

8:30pm — Five Characters in Search of an Exit (Season 3, Episode 14)
A dancer, a major, a clown, a tramp and a bagpipe player are trapped inside a cylinder. Major: William Windom. Dancer: Susan Harrison. Clown: Murray Matheson. Tramp: Kelton Garwood. Bagpipe Player: Clark Allen. Woman: Carol Hill. Girl: Mona Houghton.

9:00pm — To Serve Man (Season 3, Episode 24)
Apparently altruistic aliens arrive and abolish all adversity. Key word: apparently. Kanamit: Richard Kiel (“Jaws” of the James Bond films). Chambers: Lloyd Bochner. Pat: Susan Cummings. Gregori: Theodore Marcuse. Secretary General: Hardie Albright. Reporter No. 1: Will J. White.

9:30pm — The Dummy (Season 3, Episode 33)
Cliff Robertson plays a ventriloquist who thinks his dummy is alive—and evil. Frank: Frank Sutton. Georgie: John Harmon. Noreen: Sandra Warner. Doorkeeper: Ralph Manza. Emcee: Rudy Dolan. Chorus Girl No.1: Bethelynn Grey. Chorus Girl No. 2: Edy Williams. Rod Serling is the host.

10:00pm — Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Season 5, Episode 3)
William Shatner plays a salesman recovering from a breakdown—until he sees a creature on the wing of his plane. Directed by Richard Donner (“Superman”). Ruth: Christine White. Flight Engineer: Edward Kemmer. Stewardess: Asa Maynor. Host: Rod Serling.

10:30pm — Living Doll (Season 5, Episode 6)
Telly Savalas as an unpleasant man who’s threatened—literally—by his stepdaughter’s new talking doll, voiced by June Foray, alter ego of Rocky the Flying Squirrel. Annabelle: Mary LaRoche. Christie: Tracy Stratford.

11:00pm — The Masks (Season 5, Episode 25)
Ida Lupino directed this gripping tale of a dying millionaire who makes his heirs wear masks reflecting their inner natures. Foster: Robert Keith. Wilfred: Milton Selzer. Emily: Virginia Gregg. Paula: Brooke Hayward. Wilfred Jr.: Alan Sues. Doctor: Willis Bouchey. Butler: Bill Walker.

11:30pm — Jess-Belle (Season 4, Episode 7)
Anne Francis plays a mountain girl who wins back her fickle beau with the help of a witch (Jeanette Nolan), who exacts a high price for her love potion. Written by Earl Hamner Jr. (“The Waltons”). Billy-Ben: James Best. Ellwyn: Laura Devon. Ossie Stone: Virginia Gregg. Luther: George Mitchell. Mattie: Helen Kleeb.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2021 – TIMES: EST

12:30am — What’s in the Box? (Season 5, Episode 24)
Joan Blondell and William Demarest as unhappily marrieds whose troubles turn up on their newly repaired television. Repairman: Sterling Holloway. Doctor: Herbert C. Lytton. Woman: Sandra Gould. Judge: Howard Wright. Car Salesman: Ron Stokes.

1:00am — I Am the Night – Color Me Black (Season 5, Episode 26)
On the morning of a hanging, the sun fails to rise. The cast includes Michael Constantine (“Room 222”), George “Goober” Lindsey, Ivan Dixon (“Hogan’s Heroes”) and Paul Fix (“The Rifleman”). Jagger: Terry Becker. Ella: Eve McVeagh.

1:30am — Sounds and Silences (Season 5, Episode 27)
A man’s obsession with loud noises prompts his wife’s departure, which is followed by a radical change within himself. Directed by Richard Donner (“Superman,” “The Omen”). Flemington: John McGiver. Mrs. Flemington: Penny Singleton. Psychiatrist: Michael Fox. Doctor: Francis De Sales. Secretary: Renee Aubry. Conklin: William Benedict.

2:00am — Caesar and Me (Season 5, Episode 28)
Ida Lupino directed this gripping tale of a dying millionaire who makes his heirs wear masks reflecting their inner natures. Foster: Robert Keith. Wilfred: Milton Selzer. Emily: Virginia Gregg. Paula: Brooke Hayward. Wilfred Jr.: Alan Sues. Doctor: Willis Bouchey. Butler: Bill Walker.

2:30am — The Jeopardy Room (Season 5, Episode 29)
Jackie Cooper plays a struggling ventriloquist who turns to crime, on advice from his suddenly vociferous dummy. Susan: Suzanne Cupito (later to become Morgan Brittany). Mrs. Cudahy: Sarah Selby. Rod Serling is the host.

3:00am — The Encounter (Season 5, Episode 31)
A samurai sword stirs up feelings of hatred between a WWII veteran and a Japanese-American (George Takei). Rod Serling is the host.

3:30am — Mr. Garrity and the Graves (Season 5, Episode 32)
ITownsfolk grow apprehensive after a stranger (John Dehner) resurrects a dead dog and promises the same for the town cemetery. Jensen: Stanley Adams. Sheriff: Norman Leavitt. Gooberman: J. Pat O’Malley. Lapham: Percy Helton. Ace: John Mitchum.

4:00am — The Brain Center at Whipple’s (Season 5, Episode33)
Richard Deacon (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”) plays a factory owner determined to replace men with machines. Directed by Richard Donner (“Superman,” “The Omen”). Hanley: Paul Newlan. Technician: Jack Crowder. Bartender: Shawn Michaels. Watchman: Burt Conroy. Host: Rod Serling.

4:30am — Come Wander With Me (Season 5, Episode 34)
Gary Crosby plays a singing star who looks for an authentic folk tune in the hinterland, where he runs afoul of some locals. Directed by Richard Donner (“Superman,” “The Omen”). Mary: Bonnie Beecher. Rayford: John Bolt. Storekeeper: Hank Patterson. Rod Serling is the host.

5:00am — The Fear (Season 5, Episode 35)
A state trooper responds to a secluded woman’s reports of lights in the sky, and more strange incidents follow. Charlotte: Hazel Court. Franklin: Mark Richman. Written by Rod Serling.

5:30am — The Bewitchin’ Pool (Season 5, Episode 36)
Two children are offered escape from their quarreling parents by a child who appears in their swimming pool. Script by Earl Hamner Jr. (“The Waltons”). Sport: Mary Badham (Oscar nominated as Scout in “To Kill a Mockingbird”). Jeb: Tim Stafford. Whitt: Kim Hector. Aunt T: Georgia Simmons. Gloria: Dee Hartford. Gil: Tod Andrews.