''Kingdom Hospital'' (sometimes known as ''Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital'') is a thirteen-episode television series based on

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's '' The Kingdom'' (

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title: ''Riget''), developed by horror writer

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in 2004 for American television. While initially conceived as a

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, it was later changed into a regular television series (albeit one that lasted one season). It was first aired on

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on March 3 and concluded on July 15, 2004 after being put on hold during NBA playoffs. ''Kingdom Hospital'' has been compared to the paranormal hospital drama series '' All Souls'', another production which had been inspired by Von Trier's ''The Kingdom.''

Plot

The story tells of the fictional Kingdom Hospital located in

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, built on the site of a mill that manufactured military uniforms during the

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. Previously, a hospital known as the "Old Kingdom" had been built on the site, but it burned down. The current hospital is known as the "New Kingdom". The hospital's "turbulent" nature seems to reflect its ominous logo, a crimson stylized dagger, predicting what will come. A psychic named Mrs. Druse has checked into the hospital numerous times and is taken by the staff to be a hypochondriac. She asks for the assistance of the cynical yet compassionate Dr. Hook to uncover the truth about the hospital and the mysterious spirits who haunt it – including a sinister teenage boy, a young girl who had died in the fire that burned the original hospital down, and a strange animal that follows and protects the young girl, who calls it Antubis (it is similar to a

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, but whose long snout opens up to a set of jagged teeth). Elsewhere, Peter Rickman, a painter who is admitted to the hospital following a road accident (with severe injuries to his

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and spine) begins to discover the ghastly goings-on while he lies comatose in room 426. Other subplots included the initiation of arrogant chief of surgery Dr. Stegman into the secret society known as the 'Keepers', and the challenged-at-every-turn flirtation between young Dr. Elmer Traff and sleep doctor Dr Lona Massingale.

Cast

The hospital staff

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as Dr. Hook, the handsome surgeon who has made it his life's work to destroy incompetence among doctors. *

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as Dr. Stegman, the arrogant, egotistical

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who is on the verge of being initiated into the secret society of Kingdom Hospital, despite his numerous

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suits. He is given to repetitive bragging of his "great career" in

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, Massachusetts. *

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as Dr. Brenda Abelson, Steg's only true friend in the hospital, an ambitious woman who would stop at nothing for what she wants. * Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Jesse James, Kingdom Hospital's Chief of Staff and member of the 'Keepers' – the Secret Society, who spends his time initiating "Operation: Morning Air". * Jamie Harrold as Dr. Elmer Traff, a young surgeon whose father is an important man in the hospital. He is smitten with Dr. Massingale and pursues her romantically. *

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as Dr. Lona Massingale, the enigmatic sleep doctor, and love interest of Elmer, despite her determination not to get involved with "a child". *

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as Dr. Christine Draper, Kingdom Hospital's friendliest doctor, who has a romantic interest in Dr. Hook. * William Wise as Dr. Louis Traff, the leader of the Keepers, and also an important doctor at Kingdom Hospital; its longest serving member. * Lena Georgas as Nurse Carrie von Trier, Peter's nurse, who is afraid of blood. * Brandon Bauer as Abel Lyon, an

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with

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, who sneaks around Kingdom Hospital with his friend Christa, being a trickster. Both he and Christa have an uncanny knack of knowing all the hospital's goings-on, including those of the otherworld. * Jennifer Cunningham as Christa Mendelson, Abel's partner-in-crime, who also has Down syndrome. Abel and Christa show a strange affinity for the hospital's mechanical workings. *

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as Otto, the all-purpose man of Kingdom, who regularly watches the security feeds. Otto is accompanied by Blondi, an intelligent German Shepherd Dog. Blondi has on several occasions shown self-consciousness and actual thought capabilities; as an in-joke, he thinks in a

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. Blondi's name is a reference to

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's favorite German Shepherd Dog, also named

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. * Del Pentecost as Bobby Druse, Mrs. Druse's son, and an orderly at the hospital.

Patients, past and present

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as Sally Druse, a professed

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, who regularly checks into Kingdom Hospital for all sorts of complaints, and who is determined to discover the truth lurking in the hospital's depths. * Jack Coleman as Peter Rickman, a comatose painter who is discovering the past and future of Kingdom Hospital. He has latent psychic abilities that are triggered after his near death experience and proceed to develop through the season allowing him to perceive ghosts and travel between the human and spirit world. * Suki Kaiser as Natalie Rickman, Peter's wife, determined not to believe in the phenomena plaguing Kingdom Hospital. *

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as Mary Jensen, the ghost of a girl murdered to cover up the arson of the mill in the 1860s; she is a symbol of death in Kingdom Hospital. *

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as Paul Morlock, Dr. Gottreich's young assistant, who haunts the hospital as a figure of evil.

Recurring cast

* Ron Selmour as the firecracker man *

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as Dr. Sonny Gupta *

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as Nurse Brick Bannerman *

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as Reverend Jimmy Criss, a "miracle worker" *

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as Lenny Stillmach, an elderly patient * Michael Lerner as Sheldon Fleischer, a scheming attorney *

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as Dr. Gottreich, a ghostly

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expert *

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as Celeste Daldry, a reporter for Channel 9 *

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as Danny, an EMT *

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as Dr. Richard Shwartzon, a seismologist *

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as Frank Schweigen, a

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who falls victim to Steg's incompetence and Elmer's pranks *

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as Ollie, Danny's fellow EMT *

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as Dave Hoonan, Peter's

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driver *

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as Dr. Henry Havens * Jim Shield as Rolf Pedersen, a

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in the hospital *

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as Mona Klingerman, a young girl with irreparable brain damage due to Steg's incompetence *

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as Nurse Liz Hinton *

as Antubis, the giant anteater-like companion of the ghost of Mary Jensen. Near the end of the season, he reveals his true name is

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, but accepts Mary's mispronunciation of his name without any problems.

Guest stars

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("writer") all have guest appearances.

Production

King and producer Mark Carliner discovered the source material, the five-hour Danish television movie called ''Riget'' (''Kingdom'' in English), while searching through a video store during the making of the 1997 TV miniseries adaptation of King's novel '' The Shining''. They tried to buy the rights to the Danish original, only to learn that

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had acquired them and intended to make a theatrical movie. After five years, Columbia concluded the work could not be adapted in two-hour form and sold the rights in exchange for the rights to King's novella from the 1990 book ''

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'' called ''

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''. This was the first time he had adapted someone else's work rather than his own from scratch. King kept most of the characters and dark humor in place, but added a new central character named Peter Rickman who was based on his own personal experience after being hit by a

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. King described the finished product as "the thing I like best out of all the things I've done." The series is known for its tangential plots and characters who recur throughout, as King called it a "novelization for television". King committed to write the story line for the following year, should ABC decide to continue the series. While written as a miniseries, many fans wanted it to be renewed for a second season, and Stephen King had a storyboard written out for one. After incredibly successful ratings for the first episode, the highest rating drama debut of the year on

, ratings plummeted thereafter. Despite being cancelled, the series did receive

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nominations for Special Visual Effects for a Series and Main Title Design.

Episodes

Reception

The show received mixed reviews from critics. ''

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'' review argued that the "plot unfolds disjointedly and without enough suspense."

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felt the premiere was promising and the "jittery pacing and oddball sensibility" were reminiscent of ''

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.'' The ''

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'' review stated that the show "does have a few frightening moments, but they don't compensate for the lackluster performances, the absence of character development, humor or pacing, or the wild fluctuations in tone." The review aggregation website

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gave the series a 46% approval rating based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 5.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Stephen King may bring autobiographical flourishes to this remake of a Danish series, but the self-indulgent ''Kingdom Hospital'' lacks the horror maestro's penchant for good scares."

Music

Distribution

Broadcasters

* Australia:

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* Argentina:

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* Belgium: VT4 * Bolivia: Red ATB/Red PAT (2015) * Brazil:

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* Canada:

* Chile: RED TV * Denmark: TV3 * Finland:

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* France: M6 * Germany: Kabel 1 * Greece:

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* Hong Kong:

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* Hungary: AXN Sci Fi /

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* Honduras:

* Italy:

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* Poland: TVP2 / AXN

Home video

The entire series was released on DVD. The DVD includes four short featurettes that cover the making of the miniseries: *''Patients and Doctors: The Cast of Kingdom Hospital'' is a segment running approximately 14 minutes that takes a look at the 'whys' and 'wherefores' of the casting decisions. *''Inside The Walls: The Making of Kingdom Hospital'' is a segment running a quarter of an hour that gives us a look at the thought process behind getting the actual miniseries made from its origins as Von Trier's original Danish production through King's 're-imagining' of that work. *''Designing Kingdom Hospital: A Tour'' is a seven-minute piece on the set design. *''The Magic of Antubis'' is an eight-minute look at the creation of the anteater with thoughts from the director and the chief effects supervisor. In addition to the four featurettes, there is also a commentary track on the first episode with King, director Craig Baxley, producer Mark Carliner and visual effects supervisor James Tichenor.

References

External links

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''Kingdom Hospital'' series page
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