May 8, 2007
Celebrity News
ABC is attempting to rescue once-hot “Lost” by ending the show — in 2010. Bowing to the fact that convention isn’t working for the drama about plane-crash survivors on a surreal island, the network is taking the unusual step of turning “Lost” into a limited-run series.
It will run for three shorter and uninterrupted seasons until its “highly anticipated and shocking finale” in the 2009-10 season, ABC said Monday.
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Jim and I have talked about this.
The problem with shows like Lost and Heroes is holding on to the audience. If you walk into the middle of the series you have no idea what is going on in the plot.
So basically the show never gains audience. Not like Friends anyway.
As the series goes on, the show loses audience naturally. But never gains audience. Bad recipe for the networks.
This deal sounds like a last ditch effort to hold on to the audience they already have, but I personally don’t think it is going to work. They just cut out the people who aren’t die hard fans because now those casual viewers will be hunting for the show or forget about it entirely. |
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Here’s the behind-the-scenes deal. The writers wanted to end the show in 2 seasons. ABC wanted to stretch it out to three. The comprimise? Shorter seasons. A regular season is 22 episodes. For the next 3 years, LOST will only have 16 episodes. Worse news for LOST fans… the episodes won’t air until JANUARY of the next 3 years. However, all 16 episodes every year will air in row, no repeats.
Okay… no shows till January? Aww man. That sucks. But it IS good news that the writers have an end date. Hopefully the next 48 episodes will all reveal SOMETHING each episode. |
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RJ IN TAMPA said
am May 8 2007 @ 8:53 am
the lost show,was alright the first season but now its too wacko.