8 Twilight Zone episodes you didn't know were written by the Waltons creator

TMC — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:53:44 GMT

https://www.metv.com/lists/8-twiligh...altons-creator

The man who gave us The Waltons also gave us aliens, angels, and a shape-shifting leopard.

H&I Rod, White & Blue: The Twilight Zone Marathon (2026)

Marcus2026 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:31:52 GMT

Starting July 2nd, H&I will present 4 days of The Twilight Zone!
It'll feature various episodes from the original 1959 series with Rod Serling, alongside some episodes of The New Twilight Zone aka the 1985 revival.

Here's the list of episodes that will be airing in the marathon, all times Eastern-

July 2nd:

6am-The New Twilight Zone: "Shadow Play" (S1E23A, OAD: April 4, 1986)
6:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Nightcrawlers" (S1E4C, OAD: October 4, 1985)
7am-The New Twilight Zone: "Teacher's Aide; Children's Zoo" (S1E3B&E7A, OADs: October 11 & November 8, 1985)
7:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Paladin of the Lost Hour" (S1E7B, OAD: November 8, 1985)
8am-The New Twilight Zone: "A Message from Charity (Part 1)" (S1E6B, OAD: November 1, 1985)
8:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "A Message from Charity (Part 2)" (S1E6B, OAD: November 1, 1985)
9am-S4E9: "Printer's Devil" (OAD: February 28, 1963)
10am-S4E16: "On Thursday We Leave for Home" (OAD: May 2, 1963)
11am-S2E25: "The Silence" (OAD: April 28, 1961)
11:30am-S3E37: "The Changing of the Guard" (OAD: June 1, 1962)
12pm-S2E5: "The Howling Man" (OAD: November 4, 1960)
12:30pm-S1E5: "Walking Distance" (OAD: October 30, 1959)
1pm-S2E23: "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim" (OAD: April 7, 1961)
1:30pm-S1E36: "A World of His Own" (OAD: July 1, 1960)
2pm-S2E21: "The Prime Mover" (OAD: March 24, 1961)
2:30pm-S2E12: "Dust" (OAD: January 6, 1961)
3pm-S5E12: "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" (OAD: December 20, 1963)
3:30pm-S5E21: "Spur of the Moment" (OAD: February 21, 1964)
4pm-S5E2: "Steel" (OAD: October 4, 1963)
4:30pm-S1E31: "The Chaser" (OAD: May 13, 1960)
5pm-S1E4: "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" (OAD: October 23, 1959)
5:30pm-S5E10: "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms" (OAD: December 6, 1963)
6pm-S1E12: "What You Need" (OAD: December 25, 1959)
6:30pm-S1E21: "Mirror Image" (OAD: February 26, 1960)
7pm-S3E28: "The Little People" (OAD: March 30, 1962)
7:30pm-S1E1: "Where Is Everybody?" (OAD: October 2, 1959)
8pm-S4E8: "Miniature" (OAD: February 21, 1963)
9pm-S3E5: "A Game of Pool" (OAD: October 13, 1961)
9:30pm-S1E28: "A Nice Place to Visit" (OAD: April 15, 1960)
10pm-S3E27: "Person or Persons Unknown" (OAD: March 23, 1962)
10:30pm-S2E18: "The Odyssey of Flight 33" (OAD: February 24, 1961)
11pm-S1E2: "One for the Angels" (OAD: October 9, 1959)
11:30pm-S5E13: "Ring-a-Ding Girl" (OAD: December 27, 1963)
12am-S3E33: "The Dummy" (OAD: May 4, 1962)
12:30am-S1E23: "A World of Difference" (OAD: March 11, 1960)
1am-S1E15: "I Shot an Arrow into the Air" (OAD: January 15, 1960)
1:30am-S5E7: "The Old Man in the Cave" (OAD: November 8, 1963)
2am-S4E10: "No Time Like the Past" (OAD: March 7, 1963)
3am-S4E2: "The Thirty-Fathom Grave" (OAD: January 10, 1963)
4am-The New Twilight Zone: "But Can She Type?/The Star" (S1E13B&E13C, OAD: December 20, 1985)
4:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Beacon" (S1E11A, OAD: December 6, 1985)
5am-The New Twilight Zone: "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" (S1E11B, OAD: December 6. 1985)
5:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "A Game of Pool" (S3E20, OAD: February 4, 1989)

July 3rd:

6am-The New Twilight Zone: "Wordplay; Personal Demons" (S1E2A&E18B, OADs: October 4, 1985 & February 14, 1986)
6:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Chameleon" (S1E2C, OAD: October 4, 1985)
7am-The New Twilight Zone: "Healer" (S1E3A, OAD: October 11, 1985)
7:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Little Boy Lost" (S1E4A, OAD: October 18, 1985)
8am-The New Twilight Zone: "Shatterday" (S1E1A, OAD: September 27, 1985)
8:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "A Little Peace and Quiet" (S1E1B, OAD: September 27, 1985)
9am-S4E13: "The New Exhibit" (OAD: April 4, 1963)
10am-S4E3: "Valley of the Shadow" (OAD: January 17, 1963)
11am-S1E24: "Long Live Walter Jameson" (OAD: March 18, 1960)
11:30am-S5E19: "Night Call" (OAD: February 9, 1964)
12pm-S5E17: "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" (OAD: January 24, 1964)
12:30pm-S1E25: "People Are Alike All Over" (OAD: March 25, 1960)
1pm-S2E26: "Shadow Play" (OAD: May 5, 1961)
1:30pm-S5E30: "Stopover in a Quiet Town" (OAD: April 24, 1964)
2pm-S5E8: "Uncle Simon" (OAD: November 15, 1963)
2:30pm-S1E33: "Mr. Bevis" (OAD: June 3, 1960)
3pm-S3E12: "The Jungle" (OAD: December 1, 1961)
3:30pm-S2E3: "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" (OAD: October 14, 1960)
4pm-S1E27: "The Big Tall Wish" (OAD: April 8, 1960)
4:30pm-S5E33: "The Brain Center at Whipple's" (OAD: May 15, 1964)
5pm-S1E17: "The Fever" (OAD: January 29, 1960)
5:30pm-S3E32: "The Gift" (OAD: April 27, 1962)
6pm-S2E6: "Eye of the Beholder" (OAD: November 11, 1960)
6:30pm-S5E3: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (OAD: October 11, 1963)
7pm-S3E24: "To Serve Man" (OAD: March 2, 1962)
7:30pm-S2E29: "The Obsolete Man" (OAD: June 2, 1961)
8pm-S3E14: "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" (OAD: December 22, 1961)
8:30pm-S1E34: "The After Hours" (OAD: June 10, 1960)
9pm-S3E10: "The Midnight Sun" (OAD: November 17, 1961)
9:30pm-S1E11: "And When the Sky Was Opened" (OAD: December 11, 1959)
10pm-S2E7: "Nick of Time" (OAD: November 18, 1960)
10:30pm-S3E16: "Nothing in the Dark" (OAD: January 5, 1962)
11pm-S3E18: "Dead Man's Shoes" (OAD: January 19, 1962)
11:30pm-S1E6: "Escape Clause" (OAD: November 6, 1959)
12am-S1E10: "Judgment Night" (OAD: December 4, 1959)
12:30am-S1E29: "Nightmare as a Child" (OAD: April 29, 1960)
1am-S3E17: "One More Pallbearer" (OAD: January 12, 1962)
1:30am-S1E19: "The Purple Testament" (OAD: February 12, 1960)
2am-S4E14: "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" (OAD: April 11, 1963)
3am-S4E7: "Jess-Belle" (OAD: February 14, 1963)
4am-The New Twilight Zone: "If She Dies" (S1E5A, OAD: October 25, 1985)
4:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Ye Gods" (S1E5B, OAD: October 25, 1985)
5am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Little People of Killany Woods; A Matter of Minutes" (S1E14B&E15C, OADs: January 3 & 24, 1986)
5:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Misfortune Cookie; A Small Talent for War" (S1E14C&E15B, OADs: January 3 & 24, 1986)

July 4th (Independence Day):

6am-The New Twilight Zone: "Act Break; Lost and Found" (S1E8A&S2E4B, OADs: November 15, 1985 & October 18, 1986)
6:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Burning Man; The Elevator" (S1E8B&E16A, OADs: November 15, 1985 & January 31, 1986)
7am-The New Twilight Zone: "Dealer's Choice" (S1E8C, OAD: November 15, 1985)
7:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" (S1E9B, OAD: November 22, 1985)
8am-The New Twilight Zone: "Her Pilgrim Soul (Part 1)" (S1E12A, OAD: December 13, 1985)
8:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Her Pilgrim Soul (Part 2)" (S1E12A, OAD: December 13, 1985)
9am-S4E6: "Death Ship" (OAD: February 7, 1963)
10am-S4E11: "The Parallel" (OAD: March 14, 1963)
11am-S2E15: "The Invaders" (OAD: January 27, 1961)
11:30am-S1E7: "The Lonely" (OAD: November 13, 1959)
12pm-S1E14: "Third from the Sun" (OAD: January 8, 1960)
12:30pm-S2E16: "A Penny for Your Thoughts" (OAD: February 3, 1961)
1pm-S3E26: "Little Girl Lost" (OAD: March 16, 1962)
1:30pm-S3E19: "The Hunt" (OAD: January 26, 1962)
2pm-S5E28: "Caesar and Me" (OAD: April 10, 1964)
2:30pm-S2E1: "King Nine Will Not Return" (OAD: September 30, 1960)
3pm-S2E19: "Mr. Dingle, the Strong" (OAD: March 3, 1961)
3:30pm-S3E11: "Still Valley" (OAD: November 24, 1961)
4pm-S5E36: "The Bewitchin' Pool" (OAD: June 19, 1964)
4:30pm-S3E6: "The Mirror" (OAD: October 20, 1961)
5pm-S3E34: "Young Man's Fancy" (OAD: May 11, 1962)
5:30pm-S2E4: "A Thing About Machines" (OAD: October 28, 1960)
6pm-S1E22: "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (OAD: March 4, 1960)
6:30pm-S1E8: "Time Enough at Last" (OAD: November 20, 1959)
7pm-S5E6: "Living Doll" (OAD: November 1, 1963)
7:30pm-S3E3: "The Shelter" (OAD: September 29, 1961)
8pm-S2E24: "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" (OAD: April 21, 1961)
8:30pm-S3E21: "The Trade-Ins" (OAD: April 20, 1962)
9pm-S2E10: "A Most Unusual Camera" (OAD: December 16, 1960)
9:30pm-S3E22: "A Piano in the House" (OAD: February 16, 1962)
10pm-S2E13: "Back There" (OAD: January 13, 1961)
10:30pm-S1E20: "Elegy" (OAD: February 19, 1960)
11pm-S3E21: "Kick the Can" (OAD: February 9, 1962)
11:30pm-S5E32: "Mr. Garrity and the Graves" (OAD: May 8, 1964)
12am-S5E23: "Queen of the Nile" (OAD: March 6, 1964)
12:30am-S3E25: "The Fugitive" (OAD: March 9, 1962)
1am-S5E15: "The Long Morrow" (OAD: January 10, 1964)
1:30am-S3E4: "The Passerby" (OAD: October 6, 1961)
2am-S4E5: "Mute" (OAD: January 31, 1963)
3am-S4E12: "I Dream of Genie" (OAD: March 21, 1963)
4am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Shadow Man" (S1E10A, OAD: November 29, 1985)
4:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Opening Day" (S1E10C, OAD: November 29, 1985)
5am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Toys of Caliban" (S2E6, OAD: December 4, 1986)
5:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Card" (S2E8, OAD: February 21, 1987)

July 5th:

6am-Science Max (E/I)
6:30am-Think Big (E/I)
7am-All the Answers (E/I)
7:30am-Animal DNA (E/I)
8am-Heart of Heroes (E/I)
8:30am-Heart of Heroes (E/I)
9am-S4E1: "In His Image" (OAD: January 3, 1963)
10am-S4E17: "Passage on the Lady Anne" (OAD: May 9, 1963)
11am-S1E18: "The Last Flight" (OAD: February 5, 1960)
11:30am-S5E1: "In Praise of Pip" (OAD: September 27, 1963)
12pm-S1E9: "Perchance to Dream" (OAD: November 27, 1959)
12:30pm-S3E7: "The Grave" (OAD: October 27, 1961)
1pm-S5E29: "The Jeopardy Room" (OAD: April 17, 1964)
1:30pm-S2E2: "The Man in the Bottle" (OAD: October 7, 1960)
2pm-S5E20: "From Agnes – With Love" (OAD: February 14, 1964)
2:30pm-S5E5: "The Last Night of a Jockey" (OAD: October 25, 1963)
3pm-S2E27: "The Mind and the Matter" (OAD: May 12, 1961)
3:30pm-S5E18: "Black Leather Jackets" (OAD: January 31, 1964)
4pm-S5E34: "Come Wander with Me" (OAD: May 22, 1964)
4:30pm-S3E20: "Showdown with Rance McGrew" (OAD: February 2, 1962)
5pm-S1E35: "The Mighty Casey" (OAD: June 17, 1960)
5:30pm-S3E36: "Cavender Is Coming" (OAD: May 25, 1962)
6pm-S2E28: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (OAD: May 26, 1961)
6:30pm-S3E8: "It's a Good Life" (OAD: November 3, 1961)
7pm-S5E25: "The Masks" (OAD: March 20, 1964)
7:30pm-S1E30: "A Stop at Willoughby" (OAD: May 6, 1960)
8pm-S5E16: "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross" (OAD: January 17, 1964)
8:30pm-S3E1: "Two" (OAD: September 15, 1961)
9pm-S5E15: "You Drive" (OAD: January 3, 1964)
9:30pm-S5E4: "A Kind of a Stopwatch" (OAD: October 18, 1963)
10pm-S3E30: "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (OAD: April 13, 1962)
10:30pm-S5E26: "I Am the Night—Color Me Black" (OAD: March 27, 1964)
11pm-S1E26: "Execution" (OAD: April 1, 1960)
11:30pm-S3E11: "Once Upon a Time" (OAD: December 15, 1961)
12am-S5E9: "Probe 7, Over and Out" (OAD: November 29, 1963)
12:30am-S3E2: "The Arrival" (OAD: September 22, 1961)
1am-S3E35: "I Sing the Body Electric" (OAD: May 18, 1962)
1:30am-S1E3: "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" (OAD: October 16, 1959)
2am-S4E15: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" (OAD: April 18, 1963)
3am-S4E18: "The Bard" (OAD: May 23, 1963)
4am-The New Twilight Zone: "Extra Innings" (S3E2, OAD: October 1, 1988)
4:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "Dream Me a Life" (S3E5, OAD: October 22, 1988)
5am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Crossing" (S3E3, OAD: October 8, 1988)
5:30am-The New Twilight Zone: "The Hunters" (S3E4, OAD: October 15, 1988)

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A Look at The Obsolete Man (The Twilight Zone)

TMC — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:30:00 GMT

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In an evil dictatorship, a librarian is to be executed because books are now obsolete. Science fiction, of course, because the printed word is stronger than ever, I read that on the Internet!

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