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  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • ABC
  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • ABC
Stephen King's The Stand

Summary A government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly superflu and the world's population is decimated. However, there are some survivors, who begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a scary man. Stephen King's terrifying adaptation of post-apocalyptic America is a mini-series that hooks you in and imprints itself...

  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • ABC
  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • ABC

Stephen King's The Stand

Season 1 Premiere: May 8, 1994
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary A government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly superflu and the world's population is decimated. However, there are some survivors, who begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a scary man. Stephen King's terrifying adaptation of post-apocalyptic America is a mini-series that hooks you in and imprints itself...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
9 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
18% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
9 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
18% Negative
3 Reviews

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90
Apr 14, 2021
I've seen the first six hours, and if I weren't here writing this, I'd be home watching the finale. I'm that hooked. [8 May 1994, p.6C]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 14, 2021
If The Stand itself isn’t the perfect King adaptation, that doesn’t really matter, because perfection isn’t what a pop-culture omnivore like King aims for anyway. He’s after glorious excess, and The Stand has that in spades.
By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.1
63% Positive
10 Ratings
31% Mixed
5 Ratings
6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.1
63% Positive
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31% Mixed
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6% Negative
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75
Apr 14, 2021
Entertaining. But is it worth eight hours of your attention? Not unless you’re laid up with a bad flu bug you just can’t seem to shake.
By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 14, 2021
But score a couple of solid hits for the good folks. Ray Walston is crustily effective as an elderly artist. And in the movie's most tender relationship, Rob Lowe, whose character can neither hear nor speak, and Bill Fagerbakke, as a mildly retarded Li'l Abner-type country boy, are outstanding.
By John J. O'Connor FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 14, 2021
The Stand is far superior to other miniseries based on King books -- IT and The Tommyknockers -- but at twice their lengths, it's a demanding, sometimes confounding epic. The first six hours unfold, oh so slowly, as an elaborate prelude to the rousing final two hours. ABC is betting you'll still be around by Thursday night, to see divine intervention, spectacularly hellish makeup and an explosive finale. [8 May 1994, p.1]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 14, 2021
Be prepared not to be scared, though. Or even to be stimulated. The Stand is for viewers with time on their hands. Lots of it. And for viewers with patience. Lots of it...Despite its creepshow pretensions, much of it is flat-out dull.
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
20
Apr 14, 2021
This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a lot of bad acting. Oh, and plenty of bad writing, too. That horrible Stephen King is back with another dreadful ABC miniseries: The Stand.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • Greengrass Productions
  • Laurel Entertainment Inc.
Initial Release Date: May 8, 1994
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: Not Rated
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 1 Nomination

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