June 23, 2013 by The Sumter Item

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By Dan Rice © 2013 FYI Television, Inc. Isolation takes on a whole new meaning when the townsfolk of Chester's Mill are suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world - trapped by unseen forces beneath an enormous, transparent cover - as small-town life rapidly disintegrates into a post-apocalyptic battle for survival "Under the Dome," a serialized drama based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, premiering Monday at 10 p.m. on CBS. The mystery series was produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, while acclaimed director Niels Arden Oplev directs the first episode, which stars Mike Vogel, Rachel Lefevre, Natalie Martinez, Britt Robertson, Aisha Hinds and Dean Norris. "The town of Chester's Mill, trapped under a dome. Nobody can get in, nobody can get out," King breaks it down. "Niels Arden Oplev directed "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and he's got a tremendous visual sense people's eyes are going to bug out of their heads when they see it. 'Under the Dome' is going to be an innovative, exciting, 13-week event. It's going to be riveting TV." Published in 2009, the source book is a reworking of an unfinished novel King had tried to complete in the late 1970s and then in the early 1980s. Originally titled "The Cannibals," the tome debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List at No. 1., and ended up being the longest novel King had authored since "It" in 1986. "Under the Dome" also holds the distinction of sharing its central premise with one of the more memorable plot elements of "The Simpsons Movie," which was released two years earlier in 2007. Naturally, that similarity sparked a storm of controversy on the Internet,

Julia Shumway (Rachelle Lefevre) and the residents of Chester's Mill find themselves suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world on the new CBS drama "Under the Dome," premiering Monday at 10 p.m. SUNDAY DAYTIME JUNE 23 8 AM

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Rachelle Lefevre stars as Julia Shumway in the new CBS drama “Under the Dome,” premiering at 10 p.m. Monday.

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