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SteelBlue · 09-18-2006, 07:10 PM

I have a source who tells me that there may only be 4 episodes this season with the season finale occuring in November. He is under the impression that this may be the last season as well.

Frank Ryan · 09-18-2006, 09:45 PM

I thought Lost had another 3 seasons or so to go.

Why would they end it so quick?

SteelBlue · 09-18-2006, 10:08 PM

He could be wrong but here's what he's telling me. He sells advertising for an ABC affiliate. He says LOST is of course one of the easiest shows to sell ads for. But he keeps getting programming change alerts. According to him, there are only 4 new episodes he can sell ad slots for and they are calling the last episode in November the "season finale". He's bummed because Lost sells itself.

jay santos · 09-18-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelBlue

He could be wrong but here's what he's telling me. He sells advertising for an ABC affiliate. He says LOST is of course one of the easiest shows to sell ads for. But he keeps getting programming change alerts. According to him, there are only 4 new episodes he can sell ad slots for and they are calling the last episode in November the "season finale". He's bummed because Lost sells itself.

Lost is going to four (or 6 but your 4 sounds right) episodes back to back starting in the fall. Then they are going to go off air until after the new year and start with the final 18 or so episodes of season 3 to go back to back. They won't stretch 22 episodes out over a 40 week season with reruns in between. They'll just go off the air for a while.

SteelBlue · 09-18-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

Lost is going to four (or 6 but your 4 sounds right) episodes back to back starting in the fall. Then they are going to go off air until after the new year and start with the final 18 or so episodes of season 3 to go back to back. They won't stretch 22 episodes out over a 40 week season with reruns in between. They'll just go off the air for a while.

This would go along perfectly with what he's told me. Why would they want to do it this way? Are they having trouble writing the show?

FarrahWaters · 09-18-2006, 11:05 PM

I heard that they're doing it that way because of all the fans that complained about the reruns last season.

UteStar · 09-18-2006, 11:14 PM

Farrah is correct...Lost had A LOT of unhappy fans last year because of the long re-runs during the middle of the year. It is not as extreme as what '24' does ('24' doesn't start till January and they run nonstop till the finish) but it is a way to limit the real long downtimes through the year. They are hoping to minimize it by doing it this way.

09-18-2006, 07:10 PM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	LOST fans I may have some bad news I have a source who tells me that there may only be 4 episodes this season with the season finale occuring in November. He is under the impression that this may be the last season as well.

09-18-2006, 09:45 PM	#2
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	Got to give us more than that I thought Lost had another 3 seasons or so to go. Why would they end it so quick?

09-18-2006, 10:08 PM	#3
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	He could be wrong but here's what he's telling me. He sells advertising for an ABC affiliate. He says LOST is of course one of the easiest shows to sell ads for. But he keeps getting programming change alerts. According to him, there are only 4 new episodes he can sell ad slots for and they are calling the last episode in November the "season finale". He's bummed because Lost sells itself. Last edited by SteelBlue; 09-18-2006 at 10:11 PM.

09-18-2006, 11:05 PM	#6
FarrahWaters Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,122	I heard that they're doing it that way because of all the fans that complained about the reruns last season.

09-18-2006, 11:14 PM	#7
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	Farrah is correct...Lost had A LOT of unhappy fans last year because of the long re-runs during the middle of the year. It is not as extreme as what '24' does ('24' doesn't start till January and they run nonstop till the finish) but it is a way to limit the real long downtimes through the year. They are hoping to minimize it by doing it this way.