‘The Stand’

After both “It” and “The Tommyknockers” scored high ratings for ABC, the network agreed to green-light an ambitious adaptation of “The Stand,” King’s 1978 epic about the survivors of an infectious disease that has killed more than 99% of the human race. Adapted by King himself and directed by his friend and frequent collaborator Mick Garris, the result, released in 1994, is faithful and cohesive; the author likened it to other shows born of singular creative visions, like

“Storm of the Century” is not an adaptation but an original miniseries King wrote for NBC that appeared in 1999. It’s also, he said, his crowning television achievement.

“That is my absolute favorite of all of them,” he said.

Colm Feore stars as Andre Linoge, a nefarious demon who terrorizes a small Maine island town in the throes of a brutal blizzard.

“I loved Colm Feore as Linoge, and I loved the story,” King said. “They filmed it in Southwest Harbor in Maine in the wintertime, and they got the snow, so you get the sense of this awesome blizzard and the people trapped in it. They did a terrific job.”

‘Rose Red’

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King’s novel from 2009 has an irresistible premise: A small town is inexplicably trapped inside a giant impenetrable dome. The CBS series adaptation, which debuted in 2013 and starred Dean Norris of “Breaking Bad” as town Councilman James “Big Jim” Rennie, had a promising start.

“The first few episodes were great,” King said. “But the thing was, what CBS wanted was basically meatloaf — nothing too challenging, something to just fill some hours.”

As the series progressed, “it went off the rails,” he said, and ultimately “descended into complete mediocrity.” Not that he was particularly troubled by it.

Hulu’s “Castle Rock,” much of which was filmed in around Devens, differs from other King TV shows in that it is not a straightforward adaptation of any one of his stories but a kind of amalgamation of his characters, themes and settings.

“J.J. Abrams approached me and said he wanted to use the fictional town of Castle Rock as a