SYFY Celebrates End of Summer with Labor Day Weekend Programming Festival

Syfy will celebrate the unofficial end of summer with a Labor Day weekend programming festival highlighted by a two-day Stephen King movie marathon, concluding on the holiday with seven episodes of Destination Truth from 8:30AM-2:30PM (ET/PT).

The Friday Stephen King movies include The Langoliers (3-7PM) and The Tommy Knockers (7-11PM), while on Saturday, Syfy will present The Stand (3-9PM) along with Desperation at 11PM.

On Thursday, September 9, at 9PM (ET/PT), Destination Truth returns for season four -- as anchor of the new Thursday night reality block -- with host Josh Gates taking viewers around the globe in eight all-new episodes, traveling to the farthest corners of the earth in search of answers behind some of the world's most intriguing unanswered mysteries. The crew's itinerary will include investigations in Madagascar, Tanzania, Guam, Kenya and Cambodia. The team will also conduct the first underwater paranormal investigation when they travel to a remote Micronesian island to search for the spirits dwelling in a sunken fleet. The season kicks off with a trip to Pompeii, where Josh and crew conduct the very first overnight paranormal investigation in the famous ancient city.

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