Stephen King's Kingom Hospital is a thirteen-episode miniseries based on Lars von Trier's "The Kingdom" (aka Riget), which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. It was first aired on ABC on March 3 and was scheduled to conclude on July 15, 2004. The show airing was put on hold during NBA playoffs half way through, but resumed airing on June 24, and concluded mid-August.