TCM Schedule for Monday May 4, 2026 - Senior Year

Daytime features 50's sci-fi.

(all times Eastern)

6:00 AM Queen of Outer Space (1958)
1h 20m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
While on a space mission to Venus, explorers discover a society of Amazons.
Director: Edward Bernds. Cast: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Lisa Davis

7:30 AM Satellite in the Sky (1956)
1h 25m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
Astronauts are trapped on a space station with a ticking bomb.
Director: Paul Dickson. Cast: Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit

9:00 AM The Black Scorpion (1957)
1h 28m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
Giant prehistoric scorpions terrorize the Mexican countryside.
Director: Edward Ludwig. Cast: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas

10:30 AM The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
1h 20m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
Nuclear tests set a dormant prehistoric monster on a path of destruction.
Director: Eugène Lourié. Cast: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway

12:00 PM Forbidden Planet (1956)
1h 38m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors. A futuristic version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen

1:45 PM The Invisible Boy (1957)
1h 25m | Science Fiction | TV-g
A boy's robot playmate is taken over by aliens.
Director: Herman Hoffman. Cast: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster

3:15 PM The Killer Shrews (1959)
1h 9m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A maniacal scientist creates a formula that turns your average shrew into a giant, man-killing beast.
Director: Ray Kellogg. Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis

4:30 PM Them! (1954)
1h 34m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Director: Gordon Douglas. Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness

6:30 PM Invaders from Mars (1953)
1h 18m | Science Fiction | TV-PG
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Director: William Cameron Menzies. Cast: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt

8:00 PM American Graffiti (1973)
1h 49m | Comedy | TV-MA
Four high-school seniors face an uncertain future as they try to live through their last big school dance.
Director: George Lucas. Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Charles Martin Smith

10:00 PM Cooley High (1975)
1h 47m | Comedy | TV-MA
African-American teens in Chicago prepare for life after high school.
Director: Michael Schultz. Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Garrett Morris

12:00 AM Our Very Own (1950)
1h 33m | Drama | TV-PG
The discovery that she's adopted shakes a young girl's sense of security.
Director: David Miller. Cast: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans

2:00 AM Lord Love a Duck (1966)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-14
A high-school misfit devotes his life to turning a bubbly blonde into a social success.
Director: George Axelrod. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright

4:00 AM Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
1h 41m | Comedy | TV-G
After failing his final high school exam before heading off to college, Andy Hardy is given a second chance by an understanding faculty.
Diretor: George B. Seitz. Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden