Watch Svengoolie’s BOO-Nanza This Weekend for ‘Twilight Zone,’ Vincent Price & a Haunted Don Knotts
At 8pm ET on Saturday, October 12, Svengoolie will launch his second weekend of Svengoolie’s Halloween BOO-nanza, a monthlong programming block on MeTV. Each week, Sven and the gang will be presenting creepy cartoons, specials, classic Halloween TV, and Saturday night horror double features — all with extra spooky flair. Get ready for sitcoms, scary movies, and everything in between, from now until Halloween!
Here’s the schedule for the second weekend of programming — check back for more schedules as the month goes on!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024
Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie Double Feature (8pm-1am ET/PT)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (8-10:30pm ET/PT) and Fiend Without a Face (10:30pm-1am ET/PT).
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Kick off the night with Don Knotts’ classic 1966 haunted house comedy The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, in which a nervous typesetter with big dreams of becoming a reporter stumbles upon the story of a lifetime — but has to spend the night in a haunted house to get it.
Then, follow it up with Fiend Without a Face, a bizarro 1958 sci-fi tale about a scientist whose thoughts(!) turn into evil, brain-shaped monsters!
Svengoolie Uncrypted (1-2am ET/PT)
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This one-hour special celebrates Svengoolie and his 43-plus-year career as America’s longest-running horror host. The master horror host escapes his dungeon to journey far and wide, discovering a world of friends and new adventures. Fans across the country will want to tune-in for all this, plus the crypt-shaking special reveal.
The Twilight Zone (2am – 6am ET/PT)
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For the true night owls, get ready to enter a dimension not only of sight and sound, but also of mind with this four-hour block of classics.
“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (2-2:30am ET/PT)
“Living Doll” (2:30-3am ET/PT)
“The Shelter” (3-3:30am ET/PT)
“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” (3:30-4am ET/PT)
“The Eye of the Beholder” (4-4:30am ET/PT)
“The After Hours” (4:30-5am ET/PT)
“Nothing in the Dark” (5-5:30am ET/PT)
“To Serve Man” (5:30-6am ET/PT)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2024
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The Love Boat – “The Eyes of Love/Masquerade/Hollywood Royalty/The Caper: Part 1” (5-6pm ET/PT)
Former blind schoolmates reunite, but one has his sight. Hollywood couple Bill and Roz arrive with a big diamond that tempts crooks. Alan’s wife Barbara and mistress Cathy are both on board. A masquerade night moves the plots along.
Collector’s Call – “Meet Rudy Munis – Masks” (6:30-7pm ET/PT) Season 5 Finale!
Rudy Munis’s fascination with Halloween masks began when he was just a kid. As he got older, his interest in the masks grew. Today, he is the proud curator of a one-of-a-kind collection of vintage Halloween masks. Rudy will show Lisa a zombie doll mask, masks from the Halloween movies, and a Frankenstein mask. Rudy is joined by movie props and costumes expert Mark Short, who will shock him with the estimated value of his entire collection. Mark will also offer to trade his master mold for one of the most infamous horror movie characters in exchange for Rudy’s master mold of a science fiction icon.
M*A*S*H – “Trick or Treatment” (7-7:30 pm ET/PT)
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The 4077th’s Halloween celebrations are interrupted by the arrival of wounded soldiers, including one supposedly dead soldier who is comatose and clinging to life.
The Carol Burnett & Friends – “Guest Star Vincent Price” (10:30-11pm ET/PT)
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In Carol and Sis, Carol suspects her sister is pregnant and tries to figure out who the father is. Then, in George and Zelda, Carol sabotages a poker game on a riverboat. Finally, in Salute to Horror Movies, the gang parodies classic films, including The Mummy, The Wolf Man, and The Bride of Frankenstein.
The Dick Van Dyke Show – “It May Look Like A Walnut!” (11 pm-11:30pm ET/PT)
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Rob enjoys a scary televised sci-fi movie while Laura cowers in fear from it, but the next day, details of that movie, where Earthlings are being taken over, appear to be coming true.
The Dick Van Dyke Show – “The Ghost of A Chantz” (11:30pm – 12am ET/PT)
After a mixup by Mel for reservations at a lodge, Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy are forced to spend a frightening night in a cabin that has not been used in years and is rumored to be haunted.
For the full month of MeTV’s BOO-nanza schedule click here.
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