Lost To End In 2010

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ABC has agreed to let the producers of Lost set an expiration date for 
the series: three years in the future, the network announced May 7.

Starting in the 2007-'08 season, Lost will air in uninterrupted arcs of 
16 episodes each, culminating in the show's finale sometime during the 
2009-'10 season.

Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse had said last summer 
that they wanted Lost to end after two more seasons as a way to focus 
the storytelling.

They agreed to the three shortened seasons as a condition of signing new 
multiyear deals with the ABC Television Studio, which produces the 
series. (The 48 episodes they'll produce over the next three years is 
the same number the show produced during its first two seasons.)

"In considering the powerful storytelling of Lost, we felt this was the 
only way to give it a proper creative conclusion," Stephen McPherson, 
president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement. "I always said that 
we would allow the series to grow and give viewers the most compelling 
hour possible. And, due to the unique nature of the series, we knew it 
would require an end date to keep the integrity and strength of the show 
consistent throughout and to give the audience the payoff they deserve."

It's unclear when the series will return next season in order to air the 
new episodes without repeats, but it will likely be around January.

"This is a bold and unprecedented move for ABC," Lindelof and Cuse said 
in their own statement. "The show would not be what it is without the 
vision and support we've received from Steve McPherson, Mark Pedowitz 
and everyone at ABC and ABC TV Studios. We always envisioned Lost as a 
show with a beginning, middle and end. By officially announcing exactly 
when that ending will be, the audience will now have the security of 
knowing that the story will play out as we've intended."

Lost is expected to kick into high gear at 9 p.m. ET/PT on May 23 with 
the broadcast of the two-hour third-season finale, "Through the Looking 
Glass," which is expected to change the show dramatically. Here's how 
ABC desccribes it: "Jack and the castaways begin their efforts to make 
contact with Naomi's rescue ship."


 
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