ABC set to announce end date [merged]

cooker3 · 07-05-2007 08:23PM

I think this is outstanding news, fair play to abc for allowing the producers to decide the end. Now they have an end-point, this makes such a huge differance.
I like the fact it is over 3 season purely because it gives more time to talk and think about what will happen which is half the fun imo.

ZiabR · 08-05-2007 12:09AM

Haven't a Clue wrote:

Yeah, not mad about this. It's a hell of a long wait from May until the next February until each season starts.

Agreed, way too long in my opinion.

Star Lord · 08-05-2007 11:25AM

Anima wrote:

I thought they knew were the story was going, why do they need this extra time to write the remaining episodes?

Just because they know where they are going with it doesn't mean they know what they want to happen in each episode yet!

ZiabR · 08-05-2007 11:45AM

Aye true, but going from 20 million viewers to 12 million viewers in the USA tells alot. I really feel that running until 2010 is too long for the show and will damage it.

Of course i hope i am wrong.

Check below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6633863.stm

Sad Professor · 08-05-2007 12:49PM

More from Kristin on the deal:

I'm told by multiple sources inside ABC that the initial plan was to do two more seasons of Lost, with 24 episodes each; however, because of international deals already in place, Lost's producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse agreed to divvy up those remaining 48 episodes over three seasons. (A TV season must be a minimum of 16 episodes.)

Source: http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=b6dce704-4199-4599-8dbc-8feb872132e0

User45701 · 08-05-2007 01:59PM

3 more seasons is a fair bit, TBH i think i might wait till all 3 are fin then just watch it all back 2 back much more enjoyable

ZiabR · 08-05-2007 02:47PM

Wait till 2010 to watch the show again? Thats mental.

cooker3 · 08-05-2007 03:47PM

I can bearly wait to Thuraday for the next episode, never mind to 2010, that is mad.
and you miss the excitement and anticpation for each episode. Each episode to me feels like an event but when you watch them together, they all blur into each other.

ZiabR · 08-05-2007 04:16PM

cooker3 wrote:

I can bearly wait to Thuraday for the next episode, never mind to 2010, that is mad.
and you miss the excitement and anticpation for each episode. Each episode to me feels like an event but when you watch them together, they all blur into each other.

Yeah my feelings exactly.

Sad Professor · 08-05-2007 07:41PM

Here's an interview Damon and Carlton just did with EW where they talk about the 3/16 deal. Warning, the 3rd page contains some minor spoilers about the finale.

Good interview and the guys explain their reasons:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20038202,00.html

ZiabR · 08-05-2007 08:34PM

Sad Professor wrote:

Here's an interview Damon and Carlton just did with EW where they talk about the 3/16 deal. Warning, the 3rd page contains some minor spoilers about the finale.

Good interview and the guys explain their reasons:

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20038202,00.html

Very nice, thanks

arcade1 · 09-05-2007 12:40AM

Anima wrote:

I'd rather they just did two seasons and finished it there. Three seasons of 16 episodes sounds pretty lame to me. Having to wait months on end for the beginning of the season, only to have to wait an even longer amount of time for the beginning of the next season. If its only 16 episodes week after week, then the season will end around April/May. That leaves 8 months to wait for the next season, if it starts in January again. **** sake

you are obviously not a sopranos fan:
1.5 years between seasons 4 and 5
2 years between 5 and 6 part1
1 year between 6 part1 and part2

hardcore lost fans have it much easier than hardcore sopranos fans, and we have to deal with it being over this year!!
Now thats unfair!

Anima · 09-05-2007 02:54AM

Ouch

Sad Professor · 09-05-2007 03:04AM

arcade1 wrote:

you are obviously not a sopranos fan:
1.5 years between seasons 4 and 5
2 years between 5 and 6 part1
1 year between 6 part1 and part2

hardcore lost fans have it much easier than hardcore sopranos fans, and we have to deal with it being over this year!!
Now thats unfair!

Yup, HBO love to drag things out as long as possible. Deadwood is still lying in limbo. Permanent from the looks of it.

Lost won't have any problems getting the viewers back after 9 months. They may not remember what happened in the first season anymore but that's already the case. As long as there's the same dramatic momentum they'll be drawn right in again.

ZiabR · 09-05-2007 10:39AM

Sad Professor wrote:

Lost won't have any problems getting the viewers back after 9 months. They may not remember what happened in the first season anymore but that's already the case.

Well put :P

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 10-05-2007 12:36AM

I like the sounds of 3:16 structure, especially since they said they need less episodes to deliver better quality, they obviously realised, fans weren't happy with a lot of episodes this season. 3 years, seems like a long time, but it really isn't. The break between each series will be a killer, but again that's the beauty of LOST.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 10-05-2007 12:36AM

I like the sounds of 3:16 structure, especially since they said they need less episodes to deliver better quality, they obviously realised, fans weren't happy with a lot of episodes this season. 3 years, seems like a long time, but it really isn't. The break between each series will be a killer, but again that's the beauty of LOST.

the_syco · 10-05-2007 12:37AM

Lost will end in 48 episodes, 3 seasons

ABC has set an end date for "Lost."

The Emmy-winning adventure series will run for 48 more episodes over three seasons. Each season will consist of 16 episodes, which will air uninterrupted.

"Lost" executive producers/showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, who have been vocal about setting up an endgame for the show, have signed on to stay for the remainder of the series' run. Their separate new eight-figure deals with "Lost" producer ABC TV Studio include their services on the show as well as multiyear development pacts set to kick in when "Lost" bows out during the 2009-10 season.

Gives you some idea of how long more it'll be dragged out...:rolleyes:

cooker3 · 10-05-2007 01:51AM

lol, the thread literally below you has already discussed this in fair amount of detail

ZiabR · 10-05-2007 09:53AM

CaptainNegative wrote:

I like the sounds of 3:16 structure, especially since they said they need less episodes to deliver better quality, they obviously realised, fans weren't happy with a lot of episodes this season. 3 years, seems like a long time, but it really isn't. The break between each series will be a killer, but again that's the beauty of LOST.

The idea behind it is, not to have any "filler" eps in the new seasons

ZiabR · 10-05-2007 10:00AM

Just go the the ABC announce a date thread

Sad Professor · 10-05-2007 01:53PM

Here's another good interview with Cuse and Lindelof about the new 3/16 format. There's some minor spoilerish discussion at the end about how many deaths to expect and a tease for the finale but nothing major.

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2007/05/lost_producers_.html

ZiabR · 10-05-2007 02:03PM

Another nice interview alright, cheers Prof.

Narcissus · 10-05-2007 02:34PM

I think this is great news. The breaks may be 8 months or whatever but as mentioned above the sopranos had full year gaps and more between some seasons, so it won't bother me too much. Just look at how fast season 3 has passed by. At the end of the 6th episode I was dreading the wait but it flew by. I'm enjoying Lost more now than ever and the fact that they're doing three more seasons is fantastic.

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