'Under The Dome' Season 2 Release Date News 2014, Stephen King Writing Premiere Episode for CBS

"Under the Dome" the popular CBS drama will be back for a second season. 

The shows current run on CBS is averaging 13.8 million viewers this season (Season 1). The series, to no surprise with those ratings, was renewed and Season 2 will air in 2014. 

Season 2 will actually see the premiere episode written by Stephen King himself, which the series was based off of his book Under The Dome. The series is about a large dome that drops over a small town and cuts it off from the rest of the world. 

Season 2 of "Under the Dome" will be 13 episodes long, no official air date for the premiere of Season 2 has been set yet. 

CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler released in a statement, "We're excited to tell more stories about the mystery of the dome and the secrets in Chester's Mill, and are thrilled to have the master storyteller himself, Stephen King, tell the first one of next season."

"Under the Dome" stars Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris and Britt Robertson. 

The series is produced by Stephen King, Neal Baer, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider, Jack Bender and Brian K. Vaughan.

"Under the Dome" airs on Monday nights at 10 p.m EST on CBS. 

Have you watch the new series? Are you excited that it has been renewed for Season 2?