Overview

• Episode 1 debuts Sunday, Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO with streaming on HBO Max, with weekly releases toward a reported Dec. 14 finale.
• Stephen King posted that the series is "amazing" and called the first episode "terrifying," offering a high-profile early endorsement.
• It returns to Derry decades before the films to expand the mythology of Pennywise and answer long-standing questions about the entity’s purpose.
• Bill Skarsgård reprises Pennywise alongside Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Madeleine Stowe and Stephen Rider.
• Producers say the story is planned across three seasons moving backward in time, with seasons set in 1962, 1935 and 1908.