Stephen King Credited A David Lynch Classic For CBS Greenlighting His TV Series Golden Years

The Log Lady and the King of Horror have more to do with each other than you might first think.

Horror author Stephen King has had TV shows based on his writing for years, HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” among the latest. Back in 1991, he and Josef Anderson co-wrote “Golden Years” (also known as “Stephen King’s Golden Years“), a sci-fi one-season wonder that aired on CBS. The story follows an elderly janitor who gets caught up in an explosion and begins aging in reverse, making him the target of a secret government agency known as The Shop. It’s a fascinating premise,…