Monday, May 07, 2007

"Lost" - 48 episodes


ABC officially put a time limit on "Lost": 48 more episodes spread over three seasons.

Executive producers Damon Lindelhof and Carlton Cuse have always said the series needed an ending point, and you have to think ABC is being pretty generous in giving them three season to wrap up the thicket of loose threads they've created.

I also think it's smart for ABC to shrink each season to 16 episodes and run them continuously. It makes the show event television.

I still wonder, however, whether "Lost's" ratings will be good enough to merit three more years. This is not a show that strives to bring new viewers up to date. So who's going to want to sign on now, at what it officially half-way through the story?


If you were a fan and you've drifted away, I remind you: The show's gotten good again. And now you have some reassurance that you'll see answers to your questions, if you can just wait a few more years.

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At 8:12 AM, May 08, 2007, Blogger Eli the Mad Man said...

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At 8:15 AM, May 08, 2007, Blogger Eli the Mad Man said...

I also think it's smart for ABC to shrink each season to 16 episodes and run them continuously.

Couldn't agree more. 'Bout time they took a pointer from "24" in just running the episodes uninterrupted.

I still wonder, however, whether "Lost's" ratings will be good enough to merit three more years.

Good point. But I think now that we all know there IS going to be an ending, and exactly when that end will occur, will actually bring more people into the fold.

This is not a show that strives to bring new viewers up to date. So who's going to want to sign on now, at what it officially half-way through the story?

True that, but we've managed to get 2 more people here at work hooked on the show this season by telling them to go rent the first few seasons on DVD.

The show's gotten good again.

Boy has it!!!!

 
At 9:21 AM, May 08, 2007, Blogger AndyW said...

What's up with that, Eli? We're never in complete agreement.

 
At 9:35 AM, May 08, 2007, Blogger Eli the Mad Man said...

Hahaha! Must be all the Jamaican "ire" I soaked up last week (while on vacation). Or maybe it was all the rum and Red Stripe. ;)

 

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