THE NEW TWILIGHT ZONE MARATHON
Decades, 12:00 p.m. ET
The New Twilight Zone is the title under which Decades is presenting this weekend’s marathon – but back when CBS mounted this first revival reboot of Rod Serling’s classic anthology series, back in 1985, it was called, simply, The Twilight Zone (as is the current CBS All Access version). Two episodes, in particular, should be watched for, and watched, from today’s crop. The series premiere, shown at noon ET, includes the segment Shatterday,which stars Bruce Willis (pictured) as a man who phones home – and hears himself picking up and saying hello on the other end of the line. It’s a segment directed by Wes Craven, and based on a short story of the same name by the brilliant, recently departed Harlan Ellison. Then, at 5:30 p.m. ET, there’s another segment based on an Ellison story – but for this one, he wrote the teleplay as well. It’s called Paladin of the Lost Hour, and stars Danny Kaye, making his penultimate acting performance. (His last, for the record, was the following year, as a guest star on NBC’s The Cosby Show.)