... the showing of the final episode in the too-short-lived series Masters of Science Fiction on ABC.

It's too-short-lived, for one thing, because there were six stories filmed and only four aired. It's too-short-lived, for another, because clearly the network has no interest in it or in a possible second series. It's too-short-lived, for another, because ...

Oh, never mind. Heck, why gripe? It's even shorter-lived for some (in Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, Ariz., for example) who won't get to see the episode at all during prime time. Phoenix will apparently get it at something like 4 a.m., if anybody is told about it in time to record it. But D.C.'s apparently out of luck, unless it can get a Baltimore feed.

Thing is tonight's show is an adaptation of Harlan Ellison's "The Discarded." It was originally published in 1959, and this adaptation is, at a guess, well worth watching. Hey, Harlan's got a guest appearance, sporting a revolting goiter. What can I say?

I'll say I'll be hitting "Record" on the VCR at 10 p.m. Eastern time: That's what I'll say.