CBS Orders 13 Episodes of Stephen King's Under the Dome

CBS has placed a 13-episode order for Under the Dome, a drama based on the Stephen King best-seller by the same name that will air next summer on television's most-watched network.

It will be produced by King and Steven Spielberg.

Under the Dome focuses on a small New England town that is suddenly becomes sealed off from the rest of the world by via a giant dome. Its citizens are then forced to deal with post-apocalyptic conditions, all while trying to figure out what the heck is going on and when their lives will return to normal.

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