# Carrie (miniseries)

> Prime Video's Carrie drew casting jokes on X and 199,079 Wikipedia views in one day.

- Owner: Prime Video; Mike Flanagan (showrunner)
- Kind: Series
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2026-10-07
- Peak date: 2026-10-11
- Spread Score: 57 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Controversy, Press loop

## Summary

Prime Video released Mike Flanagan's Carrie on Oct. 7, 2026. That day an X user shared a scene, and over the next days posts mocked the casting because Carrie and her bully looked alike. Reddit users discussed it too, and Wikipedia views hit 199,079 on Oct. 11.

## Timeline

- 2024-10-21 — Deadline (Press) — Deadline reported Carrie as an Amazon series with Mike Flanagan as showrunner.
- 2026-07-30 — CinemaBlend (Press) — CinemaBlend reported first reactions after critics screened the first two episodes.
- Sep 2026 — Stephen King (Threads) — Stephen King, an executive producer, called the adaptation "brilliant" on Threads.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/carrie-miniseries

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Carrie (miniseries).” Case HIS-00444. Spread Score v1.2: 57/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00444