根据斯蒂芬·金同名小说改编，由斯皮尔伯格及其电视制片公司开发的美剧《穹顶之下》日前首播，第一集收视喜人，收视达1350万观众，18-49岁年龄段收视率达3.3，创下了近年来夏季档的奇迹。
根据斯蒂芬·金同名小说改编，由史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格及其电视制片公司开发的夏季档美剧《穹顶之下》日前首播引起热议，创下了近年来夏季档的奇迹。
Millions tuned in to go "Under the Dome" on CBS Monday night. The new summer series, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, delivered big ratings for the network.
当地时间周一晚上，成百上千万的美国人观看了CBS电视台的新剧《穹顶之下》。这部夏季新剧改编自著名作家史蒂芬·金的同名小说，开播就获得了非常高的收视率。
In total live viewers, "Under the Dome" pulled in 13.5 million. In the key 18-49 demographic, the series had a 3.3 rating. That’s the most-watched summer debut on any network since NBC’s The Singing Bee in 2007.
《穹顶之下》首集获得了1350万的观众，18-49岁年龄段收视率达3.3，是自2007年NBC《合唱小蜜蜂》以来，在美国各大公共电视台收视率最高的夏季美剧首季。
Under the Dome also continued the apocalyptic-TV winning streak: AMC’s The Walking Dead, Revolution and now Dome – which isn’t about the end of the whole world, obviously, but tells an apocalypse story on a small-town scale.
《穹顶之下》继续了末日题材剧集的热度：AMC《行尸走肉》《灭世》再到如今的《穹顶之下》。不过这部美剧描述的并不是整个世界的末日，而在一个小镇将面临末日来临的故事。
《穹顶之下》剧情简介：
Set in the near future, Under the Dome tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill, who suddenly find themselves cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious, impenetrablebarrier that surrounds the town. As the town begins to tear itself apart through panic, a small group of people attempt to maintain peace and order while also trying to uncover the truth behind the barrier and how to escape from it.
故事设定在不久的将来一个名叫切斯特磨坊镇的小镇上，居民们突然发现他们的小镇被一个神秘的圆顶罩住，这层透明物体根本无法穿透，小镇就这样被与世界隔离。恐慌中的小镇居民四分五裂，还有一小群人在维持和平和秩序，他们也想揭开穹顶背后的真相逃离这里。