Overview
- The series debuts October 26 on HBO and Max at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, with new episodes released every Sunday.
- Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise, joined by Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Madeleine Stowe and Rudy Mancuso.
- Positioned as canon to the films, the show weaves in King’s macroverse through Dick Hallorann and nods such as Maturin and Shawshank.
- Early critical response skews mixed-to-favorable, with reported aggregates near 80% on Rotten Tomatoes and 61 on Metacritic.
- Reporting diverges on episode count—eight versus nine—and on the certainty of multi‑season plans, which some outlets describe as unconfirmed.