The Institute premiered on July 13, 2025, and comprises eight episodes. Along with Freeman, the series also stars Mary-Louise ...

Stephen King's 2019 horror novel gets the TV treatment courtesy of MGM+ — and is streaming now. Read the Empire review.

Fionn Laird portrays Nick Wilholm, a brave and rebellious kid who teams up with Luke to escape the Institute. He has made some strong connections at the facility and is in a relationship with his ...

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Stephen King's The Institute kicks off on MGM+ with mystery, mind games, and moral questions. Here's our take on Episodes 1 ...

That said, we’d argue that fans of Apple TV+ hit Severance may also enjoy the new King series. This is because the two shows are about people trapped in a building and forced to do mysterious work for ...

The Institute, the latest Stephen King novel to get the small-screen treatment, comes from two creatives who are more familiar than most with the author’s work. Writer Benjamin Cavell previously ...

This week, you’ll find 15 series premieres (including The Institute and Untamed ), 11 returning series (including The Summer ...

New eight-part thriller dubbed "extremely addictive and compelling" by critics (via Rotten Tomato) has also been highly ...

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The Institute season 1 is based on a 2019 novel by Stephen King. The series premiered on July 13, 2025, on MGM+, and it closely follows the plot of Stephen King's book.