THE TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON
Syfy, 8:00 a.m. ET
The annual Twilight Zone Syfy marathon takes off at 8 a.m. ET, and today’s lineup includes many of the show’s durable, lovable, iconic classics. Two of the best are written by the prolific and inventive Richard Matheson, who died last month, leaving behind a durable legacy of fantasy film and TV offerings. (For a Top 10 list of Matheson’s finest TV achievements, see Bianculli’s Blog.) Matheson is the writer behind “The Invaders” (5:30 p.m. ET), in which Agnes Moorehead silently defends her remote farmhouse from tiny visitors from outer space, and the even more famous “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (9:30 p.m. ET, pictured), in which William Shatner’s flying anxiety takes wing. Others in the lineup, by other TZ contributors, include “Living Doll” (6:30 p.m. ET), “Time Enough at Last” (7:30 p.m. ET), “Eye of the Beholder” (8:30 p.m. ET), “To Serve Man” (9 p.m. ET), and “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” (10:30 p.m. ET). If you don’t know those shows by their titles – you should, so watch.