Overview
- The eight-episode first season concluded on December 14 with the finale streaming on Max and airing on HBO.
- The closing chapter features new ties to the IT films and broadens the series’ mythology without resolving every thread.
- Coverage highlights strong weekly engagement and sustained viewership for HBO/Max throughout the season.
- Andy and Bárbara Muschietti and showrunner Jason Fuchs outline a reverse-chronology plan across three seasons, with the next intended to be set in 1935.
- Max has not confirmed a renewal, though outlets report signals of future chapters and audience momentum that suggest a return is likely.