Frank Herbert's Dune is a 2000 science fiction television miniseries. It is based on the 1965 novel of the same title by Frank Herbert. The series was first broadcast in three installments, beginning on December 3, 2000. It received generally positive reviews, and was praised by both critics and audiences for its faithfulness to Herbert’s novel. A 2003 sequel miniserie titled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune continues the story, adapting the second and third novels.