Stephen King book of the same name, premiered in January to solid reviews. Many fans and critics praised the show for its writing, acting, and ability to suss out some of the murkier details in the original source material.
With just ten episodes, The Outsider is a self-contained mini-series that will no doubt leave many a true crime and supernatural fan looking for more content to consume. Luckily, The Outsider isn't the only television adaptation of King's work. Here are ten television shows adapted from his novels that are perfect for fans of The Outsider.
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The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone was also turned into a movie in the early eighties, but it is the show that most people . It follows a man named Johnny Smith, played by Anthony Michael Hall, who wakes up from a coma with psychic abilities. He starts to help the police with some of their more difficult crimes, and he and Sheriff Walt Bannerman (who happens to be Smith's ex-wife's husband), team up to solve the crimes.
The show ran for six seasons, giving fans of King plenty of content to binge. While the show has been in the news lately for its apparent prediction of a deadly virus spread from China, The Dead Zone was one of the USA Network's more popular shows.
The Stand
While a show about a pandemic that wipes out the majority of the human race may be a tough subject, The Stand is a compelling look at human nature and the struggle of good and evil. This four-part miniseries follows a handful of survivors as they travel the nation to with Mother Abagail or with the sinister Randal Flagg. What follows is a battle between good and evil amongst the last remaining humans in the world. In addition to this miniseries, which came out in 1994, The Stand has also been rebooted. The reboot features Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgaard, Greg Kinnear, and Marilyn Manson.
Haven
This underground TV show follows a police detective as she tries to help the residents of Haven, Maine combat a series of supernatural occurrences. The show is an easy-to-watch supernatural crime procedural, and it mixes the mystery and thrill with moments of levity. It is not a particularly gory show, so fans of supernatural shows without a ton of blood and guts will enjoy it. Haven is based on King's novella The Colorado Kid and has five seasons for King fans to binge-watch.
Under The Dome
This CBS show Under The Dome is set in a small town in Maine where the citizens suddenly find themselves cut off from the rest of the world after a large dome appears over their town. A man named Dale Barbara steps up to try to lead the town as they work to discover where the dome came from, and how to get rid of it. The show balances the mystery of the dome with the day-to-day lives of the townsfolk. Though there were many fans of the book who felt the show deviated substantially from the book, King himself said it was a "very good" adaptation of his novel.
Mr. Mercedes
This show follows retired detective Bill Hodges as he struggles to deal with the trauma of a case he couldn't solve -- that of Mr. Mercedes, a man who drove a car into a building, killing 16 people. That man, a psychic named Harry Treadaway, hasn't gotten over Hodges either and soon begins a cat-and-mouse game with the detective.
The show lasted for three seasons and featured many of the plot points and characters from the novels, including Holly Gibney, the brilliant yet eccentric private investigator who is also a major character in The Outsiders book and show.
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11.22.63
This mini-series starred James Franco as a man named Jake Tapping who is given the chance to go back in time to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While in 1960, however, Tapping starts to settle into the life he creates in the past, to the detriment of his original mission. 11.22.63 was praised by audiences and critics alike, who felt that the show's performances and plotline made for a thrilling ride. All eight episodes of the show are currently on Hulu, where fans can enjoy this adaptation.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones features one of King's popular character archetypes -- the struggling male writer. It follows Mike Noonan as he retreats to his family cabin at Dark Score Lake after the death of his wife. There he meets a woman named Mattie and her daughter Kyra but is soon set upon by Mattie's grandfather, Max.
While also at the lake house, Noonan realizes his cabin is haunted by a woman named Sara Tidwell, who placed a curse on some of the men in Dark Score. The two-part series stars Pierce Brosnan as Mike Noonan, and it does a good job of presenting an interesting and scary tale from one of the greatest names in horror.
Salem's Lot
The show follows a man named Ben Mears after he goes back to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot, known to locals as Salem's Lot, with the intention of writing a book. He intends to buy the Masten House but is unsuccessful after a pair of antique dealers named Richard Straker and Kurt Barlow buy it instead. Soon after, children start to disappear and become vampires. Mears s forces with other townsfolk to start hunting Starker and Barlow, who they believe are vampires. The show starred some big names -- Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, and James Cromwell -- and it does a great job at adapting the novel and keeping it scary.