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Lost’s end in sight

May 7, 2007 By Mike Hickerson 4 Comments

lost_tv_show.jpg The good news for “Lost” fans is the series has an end in sight and the producers are promising to answer all the questions the series has posted.

The bad news–some of those answers won’t come until 2010.

The once-stellar hit drama “Lost” announced its end date. The series will continue for three more seasons on ABC before it ties everything up on 2010. The seasons will be sixteen episodes long (down from 24-25 per season in the first three) and shown in without repeats from February through May.

The block-scheduling of shows has worked well for FOX’s “24.” ABC tried an experiment with block-scheduling in the fourth season of Alias, which never produced the desired spike the ratings ABC was hoping for.

“Among fans there was an unease that they were making an investment in a show that’s complicated without any sense of where that’s going to lead them,” co-creator Damon Lindelof told “USA Today”. “From the very beginning, fans and even critics have been saying, ‘Are you making it up as you go along?’ ” which was “a legitimate question.”

Lindelof and executive producer Carleton Cuse say they can now turn their sights to bringing the end of the series into focus.

“It’s practically unprecedented in network TV to announce the end of a show this far out,” Cuse said.

Cuse is not worried the eight-month lag between seasons will turn off fans or cause the show to lose viewers.

“People wait longer than eight months for the next books and films in the Harry Potter story and they don’t seem to lose interest,” Cuse said. “We have faith that our audience, knowing exactly how much of the story we have left, is going to be with us for the rest of the ride.”

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Comments

  1. GazerBeam says

    May 7, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    I understand the “block” type scheduling, but do they also have to make shortened seasons?

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  2. Andy says

    May 8, 2007 at 2:25 am

    I, for one, am sick of the lengthy breaks. There is still anger about BSG being gone for so long.

    I think everyone had high hopes that this was the end of LOST with only one more season left. I know that I was hoping for the end to be close by so that they would do something with the friggin plot! Now that I know they will stretch the damn show to 3 more seasons, I’ll stop watching. No more dedicating my time to a show like this.

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  3. Jay Penney says

    May 8, 2007 at 2:40 am

    I’m not sure why they don’t do seasons of 24 episodes, but the wait and season length seems pretty similar to a lot of British programs.

    Hopefully it means the slot is available for other non-“reality” programming. I’m glad to see the networks starting to play with the scheduling more.

    Anyhow, “Lost” is still one of my favorite shows and I’m glad it’s actually going to last.

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  4. Alethia says

    December 14, 2008 at 11:42 pm

    i fracking love this show so many crazy stuff happends i cant stop watching. im excited to have 3 more seasons i cant believe it!!yoohoo.the waiting time sucks……….but its ok i love LOST so i can deal with it.
    i really would want episodes longer i dont understand why they would make them shorter:(
    LOST in my thoughts its the BEST Tv series EVER!!.
    and just to add on i love josh holloway!!!! and every other actor in it!

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