The most important TV shows in my life

[MikeWaters]

Lost is groundbreaking and critically acclaimed as well as very popular.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(TV_series)#Ratings

The third season premiere brought in 18.8 million viewers. The seventh episode of the series, back from a three-month hiatus, saw a drop to 14.5 million. Over the course of the spring season, ratings would plunge to as low as 11 million viewers before recovering to near 14 million for the season finale. The ratings drop was partially explained when Nielsen released DVR ratings, showing Lost as the most recorded series on television. However, despite overall ratings losses, Lost still won its hour in the crucial 18–49 demographic and put out the highest 18–49 numbers in the 10pm time slot ahead of any show on any network that season. The fourth season premiere of Lost saw an increase from the previous episode to 16.1 million viewers,[82] though by the eighth episode, viewers had decreased to a series low of 11.461 million.[83]

The series was ranked number 1 several times in the "Best of 2005 TV Coverage: Critic Top Ten Lists" by Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, Tom Gliatto of People Weekly, Charlie McCollum of the San Jose Mercury News and Robert Bianco of USA Today.[86]

Time magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 Returning Series of 2007, ranking it at #2.[87] Also that year, Lost made Time's list of the 100 Greatest Shows of All Time.[88]

Bill Carter, television reporter of The New York Times, defined Lost as "the show with perhaps the most compelling continuing story line in television history".[89]

Lost is too slow, too psychological for a lot of people.

If you love character development, if you love moral dilemmas, if you love great acting and great writing, you will love Lost.