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Mini-Series: 3 parts. Debut: The 1977 bestseller comes to TV as a riveting three-part miniseries. King's adaptation is more faithful to his novel than Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, and the horrormeister consistently delivers on his promise of "a scary ride" without skimping on characterization. In Part 1, Jack Torrance (Steven Weber), a struggling writer and violent alcoholic, takes his wife (Rebecca De Mornay) and their clairvoyant son (Courtland Mead) to a sinister Colorado hotel. He's been hired as the property's winter caretaker, and for seven long months the Torrances will be the only people at the snowbound resort. Steven Weber

Mini-Series: 3 parts. Debut: The 1977 bestseller comes to TV as a riveting three-part miniseries. King's adaptation is more faithful to his novel than Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, and the horrormeister consistently delivers on his promise of "a scary ride" without skimping on characterization. In Part 1, Jack Torrance (Steven Weber), a struggling writer and violent alcoholic, takes his wife (Rebecca De Mornay) and their clairvoyant son (Courtland Mead) to a sinister Colorado hotel. He's been hired as the property's winter caretaker, and for seven long months the Torrances will be the only people at the snowbound resort.