| Lost | |
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 Lost title screen | |
| Genre | Drama Thriller Science fiction Adventure Mystery |
| Created by | Jeffrey Lieber J.J. Abrams Damon Lindelof |
| Directed by | Jack Bender Stephen Williams Eric Laneuville |
| Starring | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Naveen Andrews Henry Ian Cusick Jeremy Davies Emilie de Ravin Michael Emerson Matthew Fox Jorge Garcia Maggie Grace Josh Holloway Malcolm David Kelley Daniel Dae Kim Yunjin Kim Ken Leung Evangeline Lilly Rebecca Mader Elizabeth Mitchell Dominic Monaghan Terry O'Quinn Harold Perrineau Michelle Rodriguez Kiele Sanchez Rodrigo Santoro Ian Somerhalder Cynthia Watros |
| Composer(s) | Michael Giacchino |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. Dramatic programming is Television content that is scripted and (normally fictional The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Science fiction first appeared on Television during the Golden age of science fiction, first in Britain (UK and then in the United States Adventure Film is a Film genre. History The adventure film reached its peak of popularity in 1930s and Jeffrey Lieber is a Screenwriter for both Television and Film. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24 1973) is an American Television writer and executive most recently noted as the co-creator and executive producer Jack Bender is an American film and Television director and also an Actor. Stephen Williams is a Canadian film and Television director. Williams has directed several modern day television programs including work as a regular director Eric Laneuville (b July 14 1952) is an American Television director and Actor. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 22 August 1967 is an English Actor, Solicitor and former male fashion model. Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. Henry Ian Cusick (born Henry Ian Cusick Chávez; April 17, 1967) There he attended Presentation College Jeremy Davies (born October 8 1969) is an American film and television actor Emilie de Ravin (pronounced də ˈrævɪn (born 27 December 1981 is an Australian actress. Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American Actor of the stage and screen. Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American Comedian and Actor. Margaret Grace Denig (born September 21, 1983) better known as Maggie Grace, is an American actress. Josh Holloway, (born July 20, 1969) in San Jose California is an American Actor best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Malcolm David Kelley (born May 12, 1992) is an American Child actor. Daniel Dae Kim (born August 4, 1968) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American Film and Theatre actress, best known in the English Ken Leung (born January 21, 1970) is an American Actor. Who is best known for his roles in popular movies such as Shanghai Kiss Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian Golden Globe -nominated actress. Rebecca Mader (born Coldham's Lane, Cambridge, 1977 is an English Actress who has appeared on several American Television Elizabeth Mitchell may refer to Elizabeth Mitchell (actress (b Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. Terrance " Terry " O'Quinn (born July 15, 1952) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Mayte Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978) better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American Actress, known for starring in films Kiele Sanchez (pronounced kee -lee born October 13 1977) is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister Anne a therapist Rodrigo Santoro (born August 22, 1975 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian Actor. Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American Actor, male fashion model and producer, probably most notable for playing Cynthia Michele Watros (born September 2, 1968) is an Emmy-Award winning American Television actress, who also starred Michael Giacchino ( Italian Pronunciation) (born 1967 Riverside Township, New Jersey) is an Academy Award - nominated American The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 83 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Damon Lindelof Carlton Cuse Bryan Burk Jack Bender J. J. Abrams |
| Location(s) | Oahu, Hawaii |
| Running time | approx. The following is a complete episode list for the Serial drama series Lost, which began airing on September 22 2004 Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24 1973) is an American Television writer and executive most recently noted as the co-creator and executive producer Carlton Cuse (born 22 March 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) Although born in Mexico City Carlton Cuse grew up in Boston and Orange Bryan "Burky" Burk is an American Television producer, born on 30 December, 1968. Jack Bender is an American film and Television director and also an Actor. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the 43 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) ABC HD 1080i (HDTV) Sky HD, Premiere HD |
| Original run | September 22, 2004 – present |
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Critically-acclaimed and a popular success, Lost garnered an average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC during its first year. It has won numerous industry awards including the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005,[5] Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005, the Golden Globe for Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. This page lists the winners and nominees for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951 The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Documentary series and mini-series are also eligible for this award as shown by the consecutive awards to Rich Man Poor Man, Roots, and 60 Minutes.
Reflecting its devoted fan base, the show has become a part of American popular culture with references to the story and its elements appearing in other television shows,[6] commercials, comic books,[7][8] webcomics, humor magazines, a video game[9][10] and song lyrics. Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are Comics Published on a Website, often exclusively providing easy access to an A humor magazine is a Magazine specifically designed to deliver Humorous content often in the form of Satire, to its readership A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing The show's fictional universe has also been explored through tie-in novels, board and video games, and alternative reality games, The Lost Experience and Find 815. A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science A tie-in is an authorized product based on a media property a company is releasing such as a movie or Video / DVD, Computer game, Video game A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. An alternate reality game ( ARG) is an interactive Narrative that uses the real world as a platform often involving multiple media and game elements to tell The Lost Experience was an Alternate reality game that was part of the American television drama ''Lost''. Find 815 is the second Alternate reality game (ARG for the American Broadcasting Company 's serial drama television series [11]
In May 2007, it was announced that Lost would continue for its fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons, concluding with the 117th produced episode in May 2010. These three final seasons were planned to consist of 16 episodes each, running weekly in the spring uninterrupted by repeats. However, due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the fourth season was shortened to 14 episodes, including a three-hour season finale (set over different nights not to clash with the season finales of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy). The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East Ugly Betty is an American television Comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role along with Eric Mabius Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. [12] The fourth season premiered in the United States on January 31, 2008,[13] and concluded on May 29, 2008. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common An additional consequence of the strike has been ABC's decision to extend the final two seasons of Lost by adding a seventeenth episode to each remaining season. [14]
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Production
Conception
The series began development in January 2004, when Lloyd Braun, head of ABC at the time, ordered an initial script from Spelling Television based on his concept of a cross between the novel Lord of the Flies, the movie Cast Away, Gilligan's Island, and the popular reality show Survivor. Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience Lloyd Braun (born 1958 has been a creative force behind a number of successful television programs Founded by television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television Inc Lord of the Flies is an allegorical Novel by Nobel Prize -winning author William Golding. Cast Away is a 2000 Film by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks about a modern day Robinson Crusoe, a FedEx employee Gilligan's Island is an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. Survivor is a popular Reality television Game show format produced in many countries throughout the world Gadi Pollack notes that some of "the influences of Lost came from. . . the game Myst. Myst is a graphic adventure Video game designed and directed by the brothers Robyn and Rand Miller. "[15] Jeffrey Lieber was hired and wrote Nowhere, based on his pitch to write the pilot. Jeffrey Lieber is a Screenwriter for both Television and Film. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. [16] Unhappy with the result and a subsequent rewrite, Braun contacted J. J. Abrams, who had a deal with Touchstone (now ABC Studios), and was also the creator of the TV series Alias, to write a new pilot script. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director ABC Studios is the Television production division of Disney-ABC Television Group. Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J Although initially hesitant, Abrams warmed up to it on the condition that the show have a supernatural angle to it, and collaborated with Damon Lindelof to create the series' style and characters. Damon Laurence Lindelof (born April 24 1973) is an American Television writer and executive most recently noted as the co-creator and executive producer [17] Together, Abrams and Lindelof also created a series "bible", and conceived and detailed the major mythological ideas and plot points for an ideal five to six seasons run for the show. [18][19] The development of the show was constrained by tight deadlines, as it had been commissioned late in the 2004 season's development cycle. Despite the short schedule, the creative team remained flexible enough to modify or create characters to fit actors they wished to cast. [20]
Lost's two-part pilot episode was the most expensive in the network's history, reportedly costing between US $10 and US $14 million,[21] compared to the average cost of an hour-long pilot in 2005 of US $4 million. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been [22] The show, which debuted on September 22, 2004, became one of the biggest critical and commercial successes of the 2004 television season. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The year 2004 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 2004. Along with fellow new series Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy, Lost helped to reverse the flagging fortunes of ABC. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. [23] Yet, before it had even been aired, Lloyd Braun was fired by executives at ABC's parent company, Disney, because he had greenlighted such an expensive and risky project. Lloyd Braun (born 1958 has been a creative force behind a number of successful television programs Termination of employment is the end of an Employee 's duration with an Employer. [17]
The world premiere of the pilot episode was on July 24, 2004 at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden [24]
Episode format
Episodes have a distinct structure: following a recap of events relevant to the upcoming narrative, each show begins with a cold open. A cold open (also referred to as a teaser) in a Television program or movie is the technique of jumping directly into a story at the beginning Often a close up of a character's eye will follow. At a dramatic juncture, the screen cuts to black and the title graphic, slightly out-of-focus, glides towards the viewer accompanied by an ominous, discordant sound. Graphics (from Greek grc [[wiktγραφικός γραφικός]] see -graphy) are Visual presentations on some surface such as a wall The opening credits generally appear alphabetically by last name over the scenes that immediately follow. Opening credits, in a television program motion picture or videogame are shown at the beginning and list the most important members of the production While there is a continuous story arc, each episode relates events concurrently with off-island flashbacks and later, flashforwards, centered on a particular character. A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as Television, Comic books Comic strips In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current In literature film television and other media a flashforward or flash-forward (also called Prolepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the Narrative The majority of episodes end with a suspenseful twist or cliffhanger, revealed just seconds before a smash cut to black and the title graphic. A twist ending or surprise ending is an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of Fiction, and which often contains Irony or causes the A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a Plot device in which a movie, Novel, or other work of fiction contains an abrupt ending often leaving Smash Cut is a Canadian Slasher film in production for 2009 release by Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks, to be distributed by Others, following a plot resolution, will finish with a reflective closing scene that precedes a simple fade to black, and in particularly tragic or heart-felt closing scenes, the booming noise that accompanies the title graphic will be silenced, amplifying the impact of the event.
Music
Lost features incidental music performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra and composed by Michael Giacchino, whose score is orchestral, incorporating several recurring themes for events and characters. The following is a list of songs and Incidental music that have been featured on the hit TV show Lost. Incidental music is Music in a play, Television program Radio program Video game, film or some other form not primarily musical The Hollywood Studio Symphony is the credited name of the Symphony orchestra behind many major soundtracks, including The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Michael Giacchino ( Italian Pronunciation) (born 1967 Riverside Township, New Jersey) is an Academy Award - nominated American Giacchino achieved some of the sounds for the score using unusual instruments, such as striking suspended pieces of the plane's fuselage. The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped" is an Aircraft 's main body section that holds crew and passengers or Cargo [25]
On March 21, 2006, the record label Varèse Sarabande released the original television soundtrack for Lost's first season. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Varèse Sarabande is a Record label which specializes in Film scores and original cast recordings. [26] The soundtrack included select full-length versions of the most popular themes of the season and the main title, which was composed by series creator J. J. Abrams. [26] Varèse Sarabande released a soundtrack featuring music from the second season of Lost on October 3, 2006. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [27]
Pop culture songs have been used sparingly in the series, given the mainly orchestral score. When such songs are featured, they usually originate from a diegetic source. Diegesis is the (fictional world in which the situations and events narrated occur and telling recounting as opposed to showing enacting Examples are the various songs played on Hurley's portable CD player throughout the first season (until its batteries died in the episode "...In Translation"), which featured Joe Purdy's "Washed Away", or the use of the record player in the second season, which included Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" and Petula Clark's "Downtown" in the second and third season premieres respectively. Joe Purdy is an American Folk singer -songwriter who has recorded ten albums seven of which have been released to the public for purchase Cass Elliot ( September 19 1941 – July 29 1974) born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American Singer, best " Make Your Own Kind of Music " is a song most famously performed by "Mama" Cass Elliot on her 1969 album Bubblegum Lemonade and Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits " Downtown " is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch following a first-time visit to New York City. In two episodes, Charlie is shown on a street corner playing guitar and singing the Oasis song "Wonderwall". Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 In the third season's finale, Jack is driving down the street listening to Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice," right before he arrives to the Hoffs/Drawlar Funeral Parlor, and in the parallel scene in the fourth season's finale he arrives listening to "Gouge Away" by The Pixies. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Doolittle is the second Studio album from the American Alternative rock band Pixies, released in April 1989 on 4AD. Pixies are an American Alternative rock band formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1986 The third season also used Three Dog Night's Shambala on two occasions in the van. Three Dog Night is an American Rock band, best known for their music from 1968&ndash1975 but still making live appearances as of 2008 " Shambala " is a Song written by songwriter Daniel Moore. The only pop song that has ever been used without a source is Ann-Margret's "Slowly," in the episode "I Do". Ann-Margret (born April 28 1941 is a Swedish -born American actress singer " I Do " is the sixth episode of the third season of Lost.
In some international broadcasts, alternate music is used. For instance, in the Japanese broadcast of Lost, the theme song for season one is "Here I Am" by Chemistry, the theme song for season two is "Losin'" by Yuna Ito, and the theme song for season three is "Fire Walk With Me" by Fantômas. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. "losin'" is Yuna Ito 's 5th single This is her second single in her series of hot and cool singles limited to 70 000 copies is a American Japanese pop singer-songwriter and actress in Japan The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. Fantômas is an Avant-garde metal supergroup formed in 1998 in California, United States.
Filming locations
Lost is filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Panavision is a Motion picture equipment company specializing in Cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills California. 35 mm film is the basic Film gauge most commonly used for both still Photography and Motion pictures, and remains relatively unchanged since its Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē'ia Beach, near the northwest tip of the island. Mokulēia is a North Shore community and Census-designated place (CDP in the Waialua District on the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, City & County of Honolulu Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of the famous North Shore. The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Island of O{{okina}}ahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Ka{{okina}}ena Point and Cave scenes in the first season were filmed on a sound stage built at a Xerox parts warehouse, which had been empty since an employee mass shooting took place there in 1999. A sound stage is a soundproof Hangar -like structure building or room used for the production of theatrical motion pictures and Television shows Xerox Corporation ( (name ˈziːrɒks is a global document management company which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction The Xerox murders was an incident of Mass murder that occurred on November 2 1999 in a Xerox building in Honolulu, Hawaii, United [28] The sound-stage and production offices have since moved to the Hawaii Film Office-operated Hawaii Film Studio,[29] where the sets depicting Season 2's "Swan Station" and Season 3's "Hydra Station" interiors were built. Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience [30] Various urban areas in and around Honolulu are used as stand-ins for locations around the world, including California, New York, Iowa, Miami, South Korea, Iraq, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Paris, Thailand, Berlin and Australia. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For example, scenes set in a Sydney airport were filmed at the Hawaii Convention Center, while a World War II-era bunker was used as an Iraqi Republican Guard installation. Sydney Airport (also known as Kingsford Smith International Airport), is located in the Sydney suburb of Mascot. The Hawai'i Convention Center, located at 1801 Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu Hawai'i on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu in Waikiki, is the flagship civic World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Iraqi Republican Guard ( Arabic: الحرس العراقي الجمهوري/al-Haris Al-Jamhuri was a branch of the Iraqi military. [31] Extensive archives of filming locations are tracked at a repository at the Lost Virtual Tour.
Online distribution
In addition to traditional terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, Lost has been at the forefront of new television distribution methods. Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable It was one of the first series issued through Apple's iTunes Store service for playback on an iPod or within the iTunes software. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics The iTunes Store is a software-based online Digital media store operated by Apple Inc iPod is a popular brand of Portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc Since October 2005, new episodes, without commercials, have been available for download the day after they air on ABC, for American audiences. On August 29, 2007 Lost became one of the first TV programs available for download in the UK store. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Since the airing of Season 4 in the UK, episodes of Lost are available the Monday after the Sunday they air on Sky One. [32] "Lost" was also among the first TV shows on the German iTunes store. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc [33]
In April 2006, Disney announced that Lost would be available for free online in streaming format, with advertising, on ABC's website, as part of a two-month experiment of future distribution strategies. The trial, which ran from May to June 2006, caused a stir among network affiliates who were afraid of being cut out of advertising revenue. The streaming of Lost episodes direct from ABC's website was only available to viewers in the United States due to international licensing agreements. [34][35] As of May 2008, full episodes from Seasons 1–4 are available as high-definition streaming video on the ABC website, but only to users of Microsoft and Apple operating systems. International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) High-definition (HD video generally refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition (SD video most commonly at display resolutions of 1280×720 New episodes are available the day after original primetime airing. Viewers are required to view between 5 to 6 30-second advertising spots, equally dispersed throughout the episode. These spots appear as an overlay graphic ad with smaller video ad and feature high-profile advertisers.
Episodes from both season one and season two were available on the UK's Channel 4's website, but have since expired. The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22 2004 concluded on May The second season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began [36] Both parts of "Pilot" were available to watch for free, and other episodes cost GB£0. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency 99 each. Due to licensing agreements, the service was only accessible in the UK. Virgin Media has made the first three seasons of Lost available on demand via their TV Choice On Demand function, allowing viewers to watch the first three seasons at any time in high-definition or standard definition. Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc Currently, only Season Two and Three are available. All episodes available on the service are free to Virgin Media subscribers. As of November 25, 2006, Lost episodes were available on Sky's VOD service, Sky Anytime. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Sky Anytime is the brand-name of a range of services from BSkyB designed to compete with Video on demand services currently offered by cable companies such as Users with the correct Sky Subscription can download recent Lost episodes for free, however, much like Channel 4's 4OD application, they expire. Users without a relevant Sky subscription for Lost can exchange prepaid credit for rental of an episode.
Other online distribution sites include: France's TF1 website,[37] AOL Video,[38] Microsoft's Xbox Live service,[39] and HOT V. for the motorway in Tenerife Spain see TF1 Motorway, for the WWI aircraft Sopwith Camel#(Trench Fighter T Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Xbox Live (trademarked as Xbox LIVE) is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation Hot is a Telecommunications and Cable television company in Israel founded on August 18, 2003. O. D. service in Israel.
DVD releases
Lost: The Complete First Season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. A widescreen image is a film computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the Classical DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is a compilation of various musical recordings Films Television programs or other collection Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (previously known as Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Walt Disney Home Video) is the flagship label (' cf
In addition to all the episodes that had been aired, it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage and making-of features as well as deleted scenes, deleted flashback scenarios and a blooper reel. Deleted scene is a commonly-used term in the entertainment industry especially the film and television industry which usually refers specifically to scenes removed from or replaced by A blooper usually describes a short sequence of a film or video production which contains a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew
The same set was released on November 30, 2005 in Region 4, and on January 16, 2006 in Region 2. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played The latter was titled Lost: The Complete First Series. As has become standard for Region 2, the series was first released split into two parts: the first twelve episodes of series 1 were available as a wide screen four-disc Region 2 DVD box set on October 31, 2005, while the remaining thirteen episodes of series 1 were released on January 16, 2006. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The DVD features available on the Region 1 release were likewise split over the two box sets.
The second season was released as a wide screen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on September 5, 2006 and on Region 2 DVD on October 2, 2006, retitled as Lost: The Complete Second Series. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Each of these releases also contained DVD extras, including Behind the Scenes Footage, deleted scenes and a "Lost Connections" chart, which shows how all of the characters on the island are inter-connected with each other. [40]
Again, the series was initially delivered in two sets for Region 2: the first twelve episodes were released as a widescreen four-disc DVD box set on July 17, 2006. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The remaining episodes of series 2 were released as a four-disc DVD box set on October 2, 2006. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The set was released in Region 4 on October 4, 2006. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Both Seasons 1 and 2 of Lost have sold successfully on DVD. The Season 1 boxset entered the DVD sales chart at number two in September 2005,[41] and the Season 2 boxset entered the DVD sales chart at the number one position in its first week of release in September 2006, believed to be the second TV-DVD ever to enter the chart at the top spot. [42] First day DVD sales for Lost Season 2 are thought to have been as high as 500,000 copies sold. [43]
The third season was released in Region 1 on December 11, 2007. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A Blu-ray release for Season 3 DVDs was commissioned by Disney in July and cost $96. 99. [44] As with Seasons 1 and 2, the third season release will include audio commentaries with the cast and crew, bonus featurettes, deleted scenes, and bloopers. The Season 3 was released on Region 2 DVD on October 22, 2007, though this time only as a complete set and not in two volumes like the previous seasons. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This box set includes 7 discs but, unlike the others, has only 4 DVD cases, making it a smaller box set.
Cast and characters
Out of the 324 people on board, there were 72 initial survivors (71 humans and 1 dog) spread across the three sections of the plane crash. The opening season featured 14 regular speaking roles, making it the second largest cast in a currently-airing American prime time television show behind Desperate Housewives. Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced While a large cast makes Lost more expensive to produce, the writers benefit from more flexibility in story decisions. According to series executive producer Bryan Burk, "You can have more interactions between characters and create more diverse characters, more back stories, more love triangles. "[45]
The initial season had 14 major roles getting star billing. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. The Iraqi Republican Guard ( Arabic: الحرس العراقي الجمهوري/al-Haris Al-Jamhuri was a branch of the Iraqi military. Sayid Hassan Jarrah ( Arabic: سعيد حسّان جراح is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Emilie de Ravin played the pregnant Australian Claire Littleton. Emilie de Ravin (pronounced də ˈrævɪn (born 27 December 1981 is an Australian actress. Claire Littleton is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Australian actress Emilie de Ravin Matthew Fox acted as the troubled surgeon and protagonist Jack Shephard. Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. Dr Jack Shephard is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Matthew Fox. Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lottery winner. Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American Comedian and Actor. Hugo Reyes, better known by the nickname " Hurley " is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Margaret Grace Denig (born September 21, 1983) better known as Maggie Grace, is an American actress. Shannon Michelle Rutherford is a Fictional character on the ABC drama Television series Lost. Josh Holloway acted as con man James "Sawyer" Ford. Josh Holloway, (born July 20, 1969) in San Jose California is an American Actor best known for his role as James "Sawyer" James Ford, better known by the alias " Sawyer " is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband Jin-Soo Kwon. Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American Film and Theatre actress, best known in the English Sun-Hwa Kwon (née Paik) better known simply as " Daniel Dae Kim (born August 4, 1968) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Jin-Soo Kwon, better known as " Jin," is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Daniel Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Nicole Evangeline Lilly (born August 3, 1979) is a Canadian Golden Globe -nominated actress. Katherine Anne Austen is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly Dominic Monaghan acted as ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace. Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. Charlie Hieronymus Pace is a Fictional character present in the first four seasons on the ABC television series Lost played by Dominic Monaghan Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Terrance " Terry " O'Quinn (born July 15, 1952) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor. John Locke, most often referred to by his surname is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Terry O'Quinn Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker Michael Dawson, while child actor Malcolm David Kelley acted as his young son, Walt Lloyd. Michael Dawson is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Harold Perrineau. Malcolm David Kelley (born May 12, 1992) is an American Child actor. Walter Andrew Lloyd, better known as " Walt," is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Malcolm Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business and step brother of Shannon. Ian Joseph Somerhalder (born December 8, 1978) is an American Actor, male fashion model and producer, probably most notable for playing Boone Carlyle is a Fictional character played by Ian Somerhalder on the ABC Drama Television series Lost, which
During the first two seasons, some characters were written out to make room for new characters with new stories. [46][47] Boone Carlyle was the first major character to be written out, dying near the end of season one. Walt became a guest star after the events of the first season's finale, making rare appearances throughout season two. Shannon's departure eight episodes into season two made way for newcomers Mr. Eko, a Nigerian Catholic priest and former criminal played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Ana Lucia Cortez, an airport security guard and former police officer played by Michelle Rodriguez; Bernard Nadler, a dentist and the husband of Rose; and Libby, a purported clinical psychologist portrayed by Cynthia Watros. Mr Eko is a Fictional character played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (born 22 August 1967 is an English Actor, Solicitor and former male fashion model. Ana Lucia Cortez is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Michelle Rodriguez. Mayte Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978) better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American Actress, known for starring in films Bernard Nadler ( is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Sam Anderson. Elizabeth, commonly known as " Libby," Cynthia Michele Watros (born September 2, 1968) is an Emmy-Award winning American Television actress, who also starred Ana Lucia and Libby were written out of the series toward the end of season two.
In season three, Henry Ian Cusick received star billing as former Scottish soldier Desmond David Hume, as did Michael Emerson in the role of Ben Linus (formerly known as Henry Gale), a high ranking member of the "Others. Henry Ian Cusick (born Henry Ian Cusick Chávez; April 17, 1967) There he attended Presentation College Desmond David Hume is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American Actor of the stage and screen. Benjamin "Ben" Linus is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Emerson on the ABC television series Lost. The Others or the Hostiles (also known as Them and the Natives) are a group of Fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American " In addition, three new actors joined the regular cast: Elizabeth Mitchell, as fertility doctor and "Other" Juliet Burke, and Kiele Sanchez and Rodrigo Santoro as background survivor couple Nikki Fernandez and Paulo. Elizabeth Mitchell may refer to Elizabeth Mitchell (actress (b Dr Juliet Burke (née Carlson) is a Fictional character, one of the main characters on the ABC television series Lost. Kiele Sanchez (pronounced kee -lee born October 13 1977) is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister Anne a therapist Rodrigo Santoro (born August 22, 1975 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian Actor. Nikki Fernandez and Paulo ( are Fictional characters on the ABC Drama Television series Lost, which chronicles Nikki Fernandez and Paulo ( are Fictional characters on the ABC Drama Television series Lost, which chronicles Eko was written out early in the season, and Nikki and Paulo were written out mid-season in their first flashback episode. Charlie was written out in the third season finale.
In season four, Harold Perrineau rejoins the main cast to reprise the role of Michael Dawson, now suicidal and on a desperate redemptive journey to redeem himself from his previous crimes. Michael Dawson is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Harold Perrineau. [48] Along with Perrineau, additional new actors — Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, a nervous physicist who takes a scientific interest in the island; Ken Leung as Miles Straume, a sarcastic supposed ghost whisperer, and Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Staples Lewis, a hard-headed and determined anthropologist and successful academic — have joined the cast. Jeremy Davies (born October 8 1969) is an American film and television actor Prof Daniel Faraday, sometimes referred to Faraday, but most often referred to as Dan, is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Ken Leung (born January 21, 1970) is an American Actor. Who is best known for his roles in popular movies such as Shanghai Kiss Miles Straume is a Fictional character played by Ken Leung on the ABC television series Lost. Rebecca Mader (born Coldham's Lane, Cambridge, 1977 is an English Actress who has appeared on several American Television Dr Charlotte Staples Lewis is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Rebecca Mader. [49] Claire, who mysteriously disappears with her dead biological father near the end of the season, will not return as a series regular for the fifth season. [50] Michael is written out in the fourth season finale. [51]
Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline. Danielle Rousseau (Mira Furlan), a French member of an earlier scientific expedition to the island first encountered as a voice recording in the pilot episode, appears throughout the series; she is searching for her daughter, who later turns up in the form of Alex Rousseau (Tania Raymonde). Danielle Rousseau is a Fictional character on the ABC Drama Television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of Mira Furlan (born 7 September 1955 in Zagreb, Croatia, is a Croatian and Serbian actress and Singer Alexandra, commonly known as " Alex," is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC Television series Lost Tania Raymonde (born Tania Raymonde Helen Katz on March 22, 1988) is an American actress. In the second season, married couple Rose Henderson (L. Scott Caldwell) and Bernard Nadler (Sam Anderson), separated on opposite sides of the island (she with the main characters, he with the tail section survivors) were featured in a flashback episode after being reunited. Laverne Scott Caldwell (born 17 April 1950) is an American Tony Award -winning Actress known for playing the recurring character Bernard Nadler ( is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Sam Anderson. Sam Anderson (born May 13, 1945 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States) is an American Actor from Wahpeton The storylines regarding the fate of Desmond Hume led to the introduction of Penelope "Penny" Widmore (Sonya Walger), Hume's long-time girlfriend who has been searching for him since his disappearance, and her father, corporate magnate Charles Widmore (Alan Dale), whose destiny seems intertwined with the island's. This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Sonya Walger (born June 6, 1974) is a British actress, perhaps best known for her revealing role in the controversial HBO series This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Alan Hugh Dale (born 6 May 1947 is a New Zealand Actor. As a child Dale developed a love of theatre and also became a rugby player The introduction of the "Others," inhabitants of the island, has featured such characters as Tom aka Mr. The Others or the Hostiles (also known as Them and the Natives) are a group of Fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American Tom is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC Television series Lost played by M Friendly (M. C. Gainey), Ethan Rom (William Mapother), Goodwin Stanhope (Brett Cullen) and Richard Alpert (Nestor Carbonell), all of whom have been shown in both flashbacks and the ongoing story. Mike Connor Gainey (born June 15, 1948) is an American Film and Television Actor whose distinctive mustache 6'2½" Dr Ethan Rom is a recurring Fictional character portrayed by William Mapother on the ABC Television show Lost William Reibert Mapother Jr He is a first cousin of actor Tom Cruise (as his father and Cruise's father were siblings This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Peter Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is a native of Houston, Texas, who has appeared in numerous Motion pictures and Television This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Nestor Gastón Carbonell (born December 1, 1967) is an American actor known for his roles as Luis Rivera on the Sitcom Suddenly Susan The final days of the third season introduced Naomi Dorrit (Marsha Thomason), would-be rescuer with a mysterious freighter expedition, and Matthew Abbadon (Lance Reddick), apparently an employee of Widmore Industries. This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Marsha Thomason (born January 19, 1976 in Moston, Manchester, England) is an English actress, who is best This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Lance Reddick is an American actor born in Baltimore Maryland. Jack's father Christian Shephard (John Terry) has appeared in multiple flashbacks of various characters, as has Anthony Cooper (Kevin Tighe), Locke's father and the man who conned Sawyer's parents, and many others. Dr Christian Shephard is a recurring Fictional character on the ABC Television series Lost played by John Terry John Terry (born January 25, 1944) is an American film TV and stage Actor. This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Kevin Tighe (born John Kevin Fishburn on August 13, 1944 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor best remembered for his
Casting
Many of the first season roles were a result of the executive producers' liking of various actors. The main character Jack was originally going to die in the pilot, and was hoped to be played by Michael Keaton; however, ABC executives were adamant that Jack live. " Pilot " constitutes the first and second episodes of the first season of Lost, that premiered on September 22, 2004 (Part 1 and Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in [52] Before it was decided that Jack would live, Kate was to emerge as the leader of the survivors; she was originally conceived to be more like the character of Rose. Dominic Monaghan auditioned for the role of Sawyer, who at the time was supposed to be a suit-wearing city con man. Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English Actor. The producers enjoyed Monaghan's performance and changed the character of Charlie, originally a middle-aged former rock star, to fit him. Jorge Garcia also auditioned for Sawyer, and the part of Hurley was written for him. Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American Comedian and Actor. When Josh Holloway auditioned for Sawyer, the producers liked the edge he brought to the character (he reportedly kicked a chair when he forgot his lines and got angry in the audition) and his southern accent, so they changed Sawyer to fit Holloway's acting. Josh Holloway, (born July 20, 1969) in San Jose California is an American Actor best known for his role as James "Sawyer" The Southern United States &mdashcommonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South &mdashconstitutes a large distinctive In Linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain Syllables in a word Yunjin Kim auditioned for Kate, but the producers wrote the character of Sun for her and the character of Jin, portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim, to be her husband. Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American Film and Theatre actress, best known in the English Daniel Dae Kim (born August 4, 1968) is an American Actor, perhaps best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series Sayid, played by Naveen Andrews, was also not in the original script. Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. Locke and Michael were written with their actors in mind. Emilie de Ravin who plays Claire was originally cast in what was supposed to be a recurring role. Emilie de Ravin (pronounced də ˈrævɪn (born 27 December 1981 is an Australian actress. [52] In the second season, Michael Emerson was contracted to play Ben ("Henry Gale") for three episodes. Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American Actor of the stage and screen. His role was extended to eight episodes because of his acting skills, and eventually for the whole of season three and season four. [53]
Season synopses
Season 1
Season 1 featured 24 episodes,[54] which aired on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm in the United States from September 22, 2004. The following is a complete episode list for the Serial drama series Lost, which began airing on September 22 2004 The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22 2004 concluded on May Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A plane crash strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on a seemingly deserted tropical island, forcing the group of strangers to work together to stay alive. Oceanic Airlines (sometimes called Oceanic Airways) is a Fictional Airline used in several Films and Television programs It is not The term desert island, or deserted island, refers to an Island which is uninhabited or sparsely inhabited Their survival is threatened by mysterious entities including polar bears, an unseen creature that roams the jungle, and the island's malevolent inhabitants known as the "Others". The Others or the Hostiles (also known as Them and the Natives) are a group of Fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American They encounter a Frenchwoman named Danielle Rousseau who was shipwrecked on the island over 16 years earlier and find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground. An attempt is made to leave the island on a raft.
Season 2
Season 2 featured 23 episodes[55] that were aired in the United States and Canada on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm starting on September 21, 2005. The second season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Most of the story, which continues 45 days after the crash, focuses on the growing conflict between the survivors and the Others, with the continued clash between faith and science being thematic in certain episodes. While some mysteries are resolved, new questions are raised. New characters are introduced, including the tail-section survivors and other island inhabitants. More island mythologies and insights into the survivors' pasts are divulged. The hatch is explored and the existence of The DHARMA Initiative and its benefactor, the Hanso Foundation, are revealed. The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American Television series The Hanso Foundation is a fictional foundation in the Lost television series As the truth about the mysterious Others begins to unfold, one of the crash survivors betrays the other castaways, and the cause of the plane crash is revealed.
Season 3
Season 3 featured 22 episodes[56] (one of which was a two-part, double-length episode) that were seen in the United States and Canada beginning on October 4, 2006 and on following Wednesdays at 9:00 pm. The third season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The series returned from hiatus on February 7, 2007 and was aired at 10:00 pm. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The story continues 67 days after the crash. New crash survivors and Others are introduced, as the crash survivors learn about the Others and their history on the mysterious island. One of the Others and a new island inhabitant join the survivors while a survivor defects to the Others. A war between the Others and the survivors comes to a head, and the survivors make contact with a rescue team.
Season 4
Season 4 was planned (prior to the Writers Guild of America strike) to feature 16 episodes, to be broadcast beginning in the U. The Antepenultimate fourth season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing on the The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East S. and Canada on January 31, 2008. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [13] Due to the writers' strike, the season instead lasted only 14 episodes, consisting of the 8 pre-strike episodes already filmed and aired, and 6 post-strike hours airing beginning April 24 in the United States. This included a 3-hour finale airing in three parts entitled "There's No Place Like Home. " The first part aired on Thursday, May 15 10 pm ET, and parts 2 and 3 aired in a 2-hour special on May 29, from 9–11 pm ET. [57] This season focuses on the survivors dealing with people from the freighter Kahana which has come to the Island, and the escape of the Oceanic Six (their post-island deeds being shown in flashforwards). This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. In literature film television and other media a flashforward or flash-forward (also called Prolepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the Narrative
Future seasons and end date
On May 7, 2007, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson announced that Lost will end during the 2009–2010 season with a "highly anticipated and shocking finale. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "[58] "We felt that this was the only way to give [Lost] a proper creative conclusion," McPherson said. [58] Beginning with the 2007–2008 television season, the final 48 episodes of Lost would have been aired as three seasons with 16 episodes each, with Lost concluding in its sixth season. Due to the writers strike, the fourth season featured 14 episodes, and Seasons 5 and 6 will have 17 episodes each. [59] Lindelof stated that Lost would return in January 2009 for a fifth season. [60]
Executive producers Lindelof and Cuse stated that they "always envisioned Lost as a show with a beginning, middle, and end," and that by announcing when the show would end that viewers would "have the security of knowing that the story will play out as we've intended. "[58] Lindelof and Cuse stated that securing the 2010 series-end date "was immensely liberating" and helped the series rediscover its focus. [61] Lindelof noted, "We're no longer stalling. "[61]
Mythology
In parallel to its character development, episodes of Lost include a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. The television show Lost includes a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed The term supernatural or supranatural ( Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature" pertains to entities events The creators of the series refer to these elements as composing the mythology of the series, and they form the basis of fan speculation. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" [62]
Among the show's mythological elements is a "monster" that roams the island; a mysterious group of inhabitants whom the survivors refer to as "The Others"; an organization called the DHARMA Initiative that has placed several research stations on the island; a sequence of numbers that have made frequent appearances in the lives of the characters, in both the past, present and future; and personal connections or synchronicity between the characters, of which they are often unaware. The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American Television series The Dharma Initiative is a fictional research project featured in the American Television series The television show Lost includes a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed Synchronicity is the Experience of two or more events which are causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner
Discredited theories
At the heart of the series is a complex and cryptic storyline that spawns numerous unresolved questions. [63] Encouraged by Lost's writers and stars, who often interact with fans online, viewers and TV critics alike have taken to widespread theorizing in an attempt to unravel the mysteries. Theories mainly concern the nature of the island, the origins of the "monster" and the "Others," the meaning of the numbers, and the reasons for both the crash and the survival of some passengers.
Several of the more common fan theories have been discussed and rejected by the show's creators, the most common being that the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 are dead or in purgatory. See also Intermediate state Limbo|Heaven|Sheol|Hades in Christianity|Hell in Christianity Purgatory, in the original sense is the condition or process of purification This was specifically denied by J. J. Abrams. [64] Furthermore, Lindelof has rejected speculation that spaceships or aliens influence the events on the island, or that everything seen is a fictional reality taking place in someone's mind. A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. See also List of extraterrestrials in fiction In Popular cultures Life forms -especially intelligent life forms that are of extraterrestrial Carlton Cuse dismissed the theory that the island is a reality TV show and the castaways unwitting housemates[65] and Lindelof, many times, has refuted the theory that the "monster" is a nanobot cloud similar to the one featured in Michael Crichton's novel Prey. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or Robots at or close to the microscopic scale of a Nanometres (10-9 Metres. John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer For other uses of the word Prey see Prey (disambiguation Prey is a Techno-thriller Novel by Michael Crichton [66][67]
Recurring elements
There are several recurring elements and motifs on Lost, which generally have no direct effect on the story itself, but expand the show's literary and philosophical subtext. In a Narrative, such as a novel or a film motifs are recurring structures contrasts or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes Subtext is content of a book play musical work film video game or television series which is not announced explicitly by the characters (or author but is implicit or becomes These elements include frequent appearances of the colors black and white, which reflect the dualism within characters and situations; as well as rebellion in almost all characters, especially Kate;[68] dysfunctional family situations, as portrayed in the lives of nearly all the main characters;[69] apocalyptic references, including Desmond's pushing the button to forestall the end of the world and the DHARMA Initiative's goal to alter the parameters of the Valenzetti Equation and prevent the end of humanity;[70] coincidence versus fate, revealed most apparently through the juxtaposition of the characters Locke and Mr. Dualism denotes a state of two parts The word's origin is the Latin duo, "two". A dysfunctional family is a Family in which Conflict, misbehavior and even Abuse on the part of individual members of the family occur continually leading Eko; conflict between science and faith, embodied by the leadership tug-of-war between Jack and Locke;[71] and references to numerous works of literature, including mentions and discussions of particular novels. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter [72] There are also many allusions in characters' names to famous historical thinkers and writers, such as John Locke (after the philosopher), Jeremy Bentham (after the philosopher), Danielle Rousseau (after philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau), Desmond Hume (after philosopher David Hume), Juliet Burke (after philosopher Edmund Burke), Mikhail Bakunin (after the anarchist philosopher), Daniel Faraday (after physicist Michael Faraday), George Minkowski (after mathematician Hermann Minkowski), Richard Alpert (the birth name of spiritual teacher Ram Dass), Henry Gale (after the astrophysicist and author), Kate Austen (after author Jane Austen), and Charlotte Staples Lewis (after author CS Lewis). John Locke, most often referred to by his surname is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Terry O'Quinn John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704 was an English Philosopher. John Locke, most often referred to by his surname is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Terry O'Quinn Jeremy Bentham ( IPA: or) (15 February 1748&ndash6 June 1832 was an English Jurist, Philosopher, and legal and Social reformer Danielle Rousseau is a Fictional character on the ABC Drama Television series Lost, which chronicles the lives of Desmond David Hume is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. David Hume (26 April 1711 25 August 1776 Scottish Philosopher, Economist, and Historian is an important figure in Western philosophy Dr Juliet Burke (née Carlson) is a Fictional character, one of the main characters on the ABC television series Lost. Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin ( - July 1 1876) was a well-known Russian Revolutionary and theorist of Collectivist anarchism. Prof Daniel Faraday, sometimes referred to Faraday, but most often referred to as Dan, is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Michael Faraday, FRS ( September 22 1791 – August 25 1867) was an English This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Hermann Minkowski ( June 22 1864 – January 12 1909) was a Russian born German Mathematician, of Jewish This article contains character information for the American Drama / Adventure television series Lost. Benjamin "Ben" Linus is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Emerson on the ABC television series Lost. Henry Gordon Gale ( September 12, 1874 - November 16, 1942) was an American Astrophysicist and Author. Katherine Anne Austen is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost, played by Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly Jane Austen (16 Dr Charlotte Staples Lewis is a Fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Rebecca Mader. Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 [73]
Impact
Ratings
Seasonal USA rankings (based on a weighted average total viewers per episode including reruns) of Lost on ABC. A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a Radio or Television broadcast.
| Season | Timeslot (EDT) | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Rank | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday 8:00 P. The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22 2004 concluded on May M. (September 22, 2004–May 25, 2005) | September 22, 2004 | May 25, 2005 | 2004–2005 | #14 | 16. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1[74] |
| 2 | Wednesday 9:00 P. The second season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States M. (September 21, 2005–May 24, 2006) | September 21, 2005 | May 24, 2006 | 2005–2006 | #14 | 15. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 5[75] |
| 3 | Wednesday 9:00 P. The third season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the M. (October 4, 2006–November 8, 2006) Wednesday 10:00 P. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. M. (February 7, 2007–May 23, 2007) | October 4, 2006 | May 23, 2007 | 2006–2007 | #17 | 14. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 6[76] |
| 4 | Thursday 9:00 P. The Antepenultimate fourth season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing on the M. (January 31, 2008–March 20, 2008) Thursday 10:00 P. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common M. (April 24, 2008–May 29, 2008) | January 31, 2008 | May 29, 2008 | 2008 | #19 | 13. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 19[77] |
The pilot episode garnered 18. 6 million viewers, easily winning its 9/8 central timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was initially aired—beaten only the following month by the premiere of Desperate Housewives. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television In the United States, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (also known simply as Millionaire) is a Television Game show which Desperate Housewives is an American Television Dramedy series created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as Show runner, and produced According to Variety, "ABC sure could use a breakout drama success, as it hasn't had a real hit since The Practice. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston Lost represents the network's best start for a drama with eighteen to forty-nine year olds since Once and Again in 1999, and in total viewers since Murder One in 1995. Once and Again is an American television series that initially aired on ABC from 1999 to 2002 Murder One was a television series first aired on the ABC network in the United States in 1995 "[78]
Based on its strong opening, Reuters dubbed it a "hit drama" noting that "the show appeared to have benefited from an all-out marketing blitz that included radio spots, special screenings and ABC's first billboard advertising campaign in five years. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson "[79] After four episodes had been aired, ABC announced that Lost had been picked up for a full season order. [80]
For its first season, Lost averaged 16 million viewers, ranking 14th in viewership among prime-time shows, and 15th among the eighteen to forty-nine year old demographic. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Demographics or demographic data refers to selected population characteristics as used in government Marketing or opinion research or the Demographic profiles [81] Its second season fared equally well: again, Lost ranked 14th in viewership, with an average of 15. 5 million viewers. However, it improved its rating with eighteen to forty-nine year olds, ranking 8th. [82] The second season premiere was even more viewed than the first, pulling in over 23 million viewers and setting a series record. [83] 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. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of 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,[84] though by the eighth episode, viewers had decreased to a series low of 11. 461 million. [85]
A survey of twenty countries by Informa Telecoms and Media in 2006 concluded that Lost was the second most popular TV show in those countries, after CSI: Miami. CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS. [86]
Awards
Capping its successful first season, Lost won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and J. J. Abrams was awarded an Emmy in September 2005 for his work as the director of Pilot. The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director " Pilot " constitutes the first and second episodes of the first season of Lost, that premiered on September 22, 2004 (Part 1 and Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews were nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. Terrance " Terry " O'Quinn (born July 15, 1952) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. Lost swept the guild awards in 2005, winning the Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 for outstanding achievement in writing for a dramatic television series, the 2005 Producers Guild Award for best production, the 2005 Director's Guild Award for best direction of a dramatic television program, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 for best ensemble cast. 58th WGA Awards It has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best drama series every year it has been eligible, and won the award in 2006. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner In 2005, Matthew Fox and Naveen Andrews received Golden Globe nominations for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series respectively, and in 2007, Evangeline Lilly received a nomination in the Best Lead Actress category. Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor and former model. Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated British Actor. Lost did win the 2005 British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best American Import. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation In 2006, Jorge Garcia and Michelle Rodriguez took home ALMA Awards for best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, in a television series. Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American Comedian and Actor. Mayte Michelle Rodriguez (born July 12, 1978) better known as Michelle Rodriguez, is an American Actress, known for starring in films The American Latino Media Arts Award, or ALMA Award is a distinction awarded to Latino performers ( Actors film and Television directors It won the Saturn Award for Best Television Series in both 2005 and 2006. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in Science fiction, Fantasy In, 2005 Terry O'Quinn won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a television series, and in 2006, Matthew Fox won for Best Lead Actor. Lost won consecutive Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, for both its first and second seasons. Consecutively as well, it won in 2005 and 2006 the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program. The Visual Effects Society (VES is the Entertainment industry 's only organization representing the full breadth of Visual effects practitioners including artists Malcolm David Kelley won a Young Artist Award for his performance as Walt in 2006. Malcolm David Kelley (born May 12, 1992) is an American Child actor. The Young Artist Awards are presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation In 2005, Lost was voted Entertainment Weekly's Entertainer of the Year. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc The show won a 2005 Prism Award for Charlie's drug storyline in the episodes Pilot, House of the Rising Sun, and The Moth. Further, Lost was nominated for but did not win a Writer's Guild Award and Producer's Guild Award again in 2007. In June 2007, Lost beat out over 20 nominated television shows from countries all over the globe to win the Best Drama award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. The Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo was created in 1961 by Prince Rainier III of Monaco who wished to “encourage a new art form in the service In September 2007 both Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, the award going to O'Quinn. Michael Emerson (born September 7, 1954) is an American Actor of the stage and screen. The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California on September 16, 2007 and were televised [87]
Critical reception
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. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily Newspaper in San Jose California and Silicon Valley. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. [88]
Time magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 Returning Series of 2007, ranking it at #2. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and [89] Also that year, Lost made Time's list of the 100 Greatest Shows of All Time. [90] Lost also came 5th on Empire Magazine 's list of the Top 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. [91]
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". [92]
Fandom and popular culture
As a cult television show, Lost has generated a dedicated and thriving international fan community. A cult following is a group of fans devoted to a specific area of Pop culture. Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr Lost fans, sometimes dubbed Lostaways[93] or Losties,[94] have gathered at Comic-Con International and conventions organized by ABC,[95][94] but have also been active in developing a large number of fan websites, including Lostpedia,[96] and forums dedicated to the program and its related incarnations. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Lostpedia is a Wiki -powered online encyclopedia of information regarding the American television drama Lost. [97][98][99][100] Because of the show's elaborate mythology, its fansites have focused on speculation and theorizing about the island's mysteries, as well as on more typical fan activities such as producing fan fiction and videos, compiling episode transcripts, shipping characters, and collecting memorabilia. Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF or fic) is a broadly defined term for Fiction about characters or settings Shipping, derived from the word "relationship" is a general term for fans' emotional and/or intellectual involvement with the ongoing development of romance in
Anticipating fan interest and trying to keep its audience engrossed, ABC embarked on various cross-media endeavors, often using new media. Fans of Lost have been able to explore ABC-produced tie-in websites, tie-in novels, an official forum sponsored by the creative team behind Lost ("The Fuselage"), "mobisodes," podcasts by the producers, an official magazine, and an alternate reality game (ARG) "The Lost Experience. Mobisode is a term first coined by Daniel Tibbets then trademarked by his employer Fox Broadcasting Company, for a broadcast Television episode specially An alternate reality game ( ARG) is an interactive Narrative that uses the real world as a platform often involving multiple media and game elements to tell The Lost Experience was an Alternate reality game that was part of the American television drama ''Lost''. "[99][101] An official fanclub was launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment. [94]
Due to the show's popularity, references to the series and elements from its story have appeared in parody and popular culture usage. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — These include appearances on television, such as on the series Veronica Mars, Will & Grace, Bo Selecta, The Sarah Silverman Program, My Wife And Kids, Chuck, Notes from the Underbelly and The Office; as well as on the cartoons Family Guy, American Dad!, South Park, The Simpsons, and Venture Brothers; and even on a commercial for KFC Hawaii. Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 Bo' Selecta! is a British TV Comedy Sketch show which ran for three series and one Christmas special on Channel 4 television and had The Sarah Silverman Program is a cable television Comedy series starring comedienne and actress Sarah Silverman. My Wife and Kids is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from March 28 2001 until May 17 2005 starring Damon Wayans and ChucK is a concurrent strongly-timed audio Programming language for real-time synthesis composition and performance which runs on Mac OS X, Linux Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a Midseason replacement. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other American Dad! is a satirical American animated series produced by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions for 20th Century South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central The Venture Bros (alternatively The Venture Brothers) is an American Animated television series airing as part of Adult Swim Kentucky Fried Chicken, usually known as KFC, is a chain of Fast food restaurants based in Louisville Kentucky. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Also, Red vs. Blue, a Machinima Comic science fiction seemed to have poked fun at it in (one of) the ending(s) to the series, episode 100. Red vs Blue The Blood Gulch Chronicles, often abbreviated as RvB, is a Machinima Comic science fiction video series created Machinima (məˈʃiːnəmə or /məˈʃɪnəmə/ See also Science fiction, Comedy Comic science fiction is a sub- Genre of Science fiction that exploits the genre's conventions for The makers of Red vs. Blue also poked fun at the Lost intro in an episode of The Strangerhood. Lost was also featured as an easter egg in Valve Corporation's videogame, Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Valve Corporation is an American video game development company based in Bellevue Washington, USA that was founded in 1996, and made famous Half-Life 2 Episode Two is the second installment in Valve Corporation 's series of episodes for the First person shooter Computer game Similarly the Lost numbers 4, 8, 15 and 16 can be seen on the loading screen for the video game Skate.. Skate (marketed as skate) is a Skateboarding Video game by EA Black Box for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Comic books such as Catwoman and The Thing, daily strips Monty and Over the Hedge, web comics Piled Higher and Deeper[102] and Penny Arcade[103] and humor magazine Mad have all incorporated Lost references. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Catwoman is a Fictional character associated with DC Comics ' Batman franchise. The Thing ( Benjamin "Ben" Jacob Grimm) is a Fictional character, a founding member of the Superhero team known as the Fantastic Four Monty is an American Comic strip created written and illustrated by Cartoonist Jim Meddick. Over the Hedge is a syndicated Comic strip written and drawn by Michael Fry and T Piled Higher and Deeper (also known as PhD Comics) is a newspaper and web comic strip written and drawn by Jorge Cham that follows the lives Penny Arcade is a Webcomic written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik. Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952 Similarly, several rock bands have published songs whose themes and titles were derived from the series, such as Moneen ("Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do"), Senses Fail ("Lost And Found" and "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"), and Gatsbys American Dream ("You All Everybody" and "Station 5: The Pearl"). Moneen (sometimes stylised as.moneen) is an Indie rock band from Brampton Ontario, Canada. Senses Fail is an American band based in Ridgewood New Jersey, formed in 2002. Gatsbys American Dream is a prolific Seattle -based Indie rock band
After the episode "Numbers" aired on March 2, 2005, numerous people used the eponymous figures (4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42) as lottery entries. " Numbers " is the 18th episode of the first season of Lost. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The television show Lost includes a number of mysterious elements that have been ascribed According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, within three days, the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib" is the second largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [104] Likewise, in the same period, over 200 people in Michigan alone used the sequence for the Mega Millions lottery[105] and by October, thousands had tried them for the multi-state Powerball lottery. The Michigan Lottery is run by the state of Michigan. Its games include the multi-state Mega Millions, Fantasy 5, two different versions of Keno Mega Millions is a multi-jurisdictional US$ 1 Lottery Game in the United States. Powerball is an American Lottery game sold through US lotteries as a shared Jackpot pool game [106][107]
Other media
The characters and setting of Lost have appeared in several official tie-ins outside of the television broadcast, including in print, on the Internet, and in short videos for mobile phones. A tie-in is an authorized product based on a media property a company is releasing such as a movie or Video / DVD, Computer game, Video game
JJ Abrams' film Cloverfield aired the Dharma logo in its opening credits. Cloverfield is a 2008 monster / Horror film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J For a few frames the logo shows up. [108]
As of March of 2006, three novelizations have been released by Hyperion Books, a publisher owned by ABC's parent company:
- Endangered Species (ISBN 0-7868-9090-8) by Cathy Hapka, released on November 1, 2005;
- Secret Identity (ISBN 0-7868-9091-6) by Cathy Hapka on January 1, 2006; and
- Signs of Life (ISBN 0-7868-9092-4) by Frank Thompson, on March 1, 2006. A novelization is a Novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work Hyperion is a general-interest book publishing division of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1991. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Additionally, Hyperion published a metafictional book titled Bad Twin (ISBN 1-4013-0276-9), written by Laurence Shames,[109] and credited to fictitious author "Gary Troup," who was claimed to be a passenger on Oceanic Flight 815 by ABC's marketing department. Metafiction is a literary term for a type of Fiction that systematically and self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction including the relationship between fiction and The Lost Experience was an Alternate reality game that was part of the American television drama ''Lost''.
Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide (ISBN 1-55022-743-2) by Nikki Stafford and published by ECW Press is a book detailing the show for fans and those new to the show. ECW Press is a North American Small press Book Publisher. It began in 1974 as a Canadian Literary magazine
What Can Be Found in LOST? (ISBN 0-7369-2121-4) by John Ankerberg and Dillon Burrough published by Harvest House was the first book dedicated to an investigation of the spiritual themes of the series from a Christian perspective.
Living Lost: Why We're All Stuck on the Island (ISBN 1891053027) by J. Wood,[110] published by the Garett County Press, is the first work of cultural criticism based on the series. The book explores the show's strange engagement with the contemporary experiences of war, (mis)information, and terrorism, and argues that the audience functions as a character in the narrative. The author also writes a blog column[111] during the second part of the third season for Powell's Books. Powell's Books, with seven different locations is a Bookstore in the Portland metropolitan area. Each post discusses the previous episode's literary, historical, philosophical and narrative connections.
The show's networks and producers have made extensive use of the Internet in expanding the background of the story. For example, during the first season, a fictional diary by an unseen survivor called "Janelle Granger" was presented on the ABC web site for the series. Likewise, a tie-in website about the fictional Oceanic Airlines appeared during the first season, which included several Easter eggs and clues about the show. Oceanic Airlines (sometimes called Oceanic Airways) is a Fictional Airline used in several Films and Television programs It is not A virtual Easter egg is an intentional Hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, Book Another tie-in website was launched after the airing of "Orientation" about the Hanso Foundation. The second season of the American serial Drama television series Lost commenced airing in the United States The Hanso Foundation is a fictional foundation in the Lost television series In the UK, the interactive back-stories of several characters are included in "Lost Untold," a section of Channel 4's Lost website. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Similarly, since November 2005, ABC has produced an official podcast, hosted by series writers and executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download The podcast typically features a discussion about the weekly episode, interviews with cast members and questions from viewers. [112] Sky One also hosts a podcast presented by Iain Lee on their website, which analyzes each episode after it airs in the United Kingdom. Iain Lee (born on 9 June 1973) is a British Comedian, Television, and Radio presenter. [113]
The foray into the online realm culminated in the Lost Experience, an Internet-based alternate reality game produced by Channel 7 (Australia), ABC (America) and Channel Four (UK), which began in early May 2006. The Lost Experience was an Alternate reality game that was part of the American television drama ''Lost''. An alternate reality game ( ARG) is an interactive Narrative that uses the real world as a platform often involving multiple media and game elements to tell The game presents a five-phase parallel storyline, primarily involving the Hanso Foundation. The Hanso Foundation is a fictional foundation in the Lost television series [114]
Short mini-episodes ("mobisodes") called the Lost Video Diaries were originally scheduled for viewing by Verizon Wireless subscribers via its V-Cast system, but were delayed by contract disputes. Mobisode is a term first coined by Daniel Tibbets then trademarked by his employer Fox Broadcasting Company, for a broadcast Television episode specially Cellco Partnership, Doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest Wireless Telecommunications network in the [115][116] Each video diary will run several minutes and cover events not seen in the television episodes. They will run all 13 mobisodes on ABC. com starting November 12, 2007. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Every Monday a new mobisode will air. [117]
Licensed merchandise
In addition to tie-in novels, several other types of products based on the series, such as toys and games, have been licensed for release. A video game, Lost: Via Domus, has been released, developed by Ubisoft, for game consoles and home computers,[118] while Gameloft developed a Lost game for mobile phones and iPods. Lost Via Domus (Incorrectly translated "The Way Home" in Latin; also known as Lost The Video Game in Europe) is a Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) ( is a French computer and Video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Gameloft is a publisher and developer of Video games headquartered in France, with offices all around the world iPod is a popular brand of Portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc [119] Cardinal Games released a Lost board game on August 7, 2006. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [120] TDC Games created a series of four 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles ("The Hatch," "The Numbers," "The Others" and "Before the Crash") which, when put together, reveal embedded clues to the overall mythology of Lost. Inkworks has published two sets of Lost trading cards, and is slated to release the Lost: Revelations set. A trading card (or collectible card) is a small Card, usually made out of Cardboard or thick Paper, which usually contains an image of a [121] In May 2006, McFarlane Toys announced recurring lines of character action figures[122] and released the first series in November 2006, with the second series being released July 2007. McFarlane Toys, a subsidiary of Todd McFarlane Productions Inc An action figure is a posable character Figurine, made of Plastic or other materials and often based upon a movie, Comic book, Video game
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- ^ "2005–06 primetime wrap", The Hollywood Reporter, 2006-05-26. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
- ^ "2006–07 primetime wrap", The Hollywood Reporter, 2007-05-25. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors.
- ^ ABC Medianet, (June 3, 2008) "Season Program Rankings (Through 6/1/08)". The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on June 4, 2008. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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- ^ Gorman, Steve. "ABC May Have Found a Hit in Lost", Reuters, 2004-10-01. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
- ^ Grossberg, Josh. "ABC stays Lost and Desperate.", E! Online, 2004-10-20. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
- ^ "Final audience and ratings figures", The Hollywood Reporter, 2005-05-27. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed
- ^ "2005–06 primetime wrap", The Hollywood Reporter, 2006-05-26. The Hollywood Reporter is a major trade publication of the Film industry in the United States. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
- ^ Wilkes, Neil. "US Ratings: Lost premiere draws 23 million", Digital Spy (UK), 2005-09-23. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English
- ^ "Lost roars back with Thurs. win", 2008-02-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor
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- ^ "CSI show 'most popular in world'", BBC, 2006-07-31. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently
- ^ United Press International, (September 16, 2007). Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Lost star Terry O'Quinn wins best supporting drama actor Emmy." RealityTVWorld. com. Retrieved on February 19, 2008. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Best of 2005. Metacritic. com. Retrieved on 2005-07-12. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- ^ Poniewozik, James. "Top 10 New TV Series." Time. com. Retrieved March 21, 2008. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ James Poniewozik (2007-10). The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME. Time Magazine. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Retrieved on 2007-05-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João
- ^ Empire: Features
- ^ Carter, Bill. "Tropical Teaser: 'Lost' Clues Decoded." NYT. com Retrieved May 21, 2008. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ "Sites in the news: Lostaways", The San Diego Union Tribute, 2005-02-07. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ a b c ABC (2005-05-12). The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. "ABC Television and Creation Entertainment bring the Official Lost Fan Club and Special Events to Cities Around the World". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Kaplan, Don. "Lost Fans Hold Convention for Show", FOXNews, 2005-06-15. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Lostpedia.com
- ^ Bancroft, Colette. "Web ensnares Lost souls", St. Petersburg Times, 2006-01-10. The St Petersburg Times is a daily Newspaper based in St Petersburg Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Ahrens, Frank. "Lost Fans Find A Niche on the Internet", The Washington Post, 2005-12-04. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ a b Bancroft, Colette. "Fans find Lost world on Net", St. Petersburg Times, 2006-01-11. The St Petersburg Times is a daily Newspaper based in St Petersburg Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Buckendorff, Jennifer. "Fans play TV series Lost like an interactive video game", The Seattle Times, 2006-01-10. The Seattle Times, one of two daily Newspapers serving Seattle Washington, United States, is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Lowry, Tom. "Network Finds Marketing Paradise with Lost", BusinessWeek Online, 2006-07-24. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Retrieved on 2006-08-29. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708)
- ^ Piled Higher and Deeper: Previously, on Lost 27 September 2006. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ Penny Arcade: Ba Dum Bum Psh 1 November 2006. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
- ^ "No winning ticket found with Lost numbers.", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2005-06-19. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, also known as "the Trib" is the second largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros.
- ^ Rook, Christine. "Lost numbers come up losers.", Lansing State Journal, 2005-03-05. The Lansing State Journal is a daily Newspaper published in Lansing Michigan owned by Gannett. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a
- ^ Serpe, Gina. "Lost Numbers Lose Millions.", Eonline. com, 2005-10-20. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony "Eva Robelia, spokeswoman for the Wisconsin Lottery, says more than 840 people across five states played the TV-inspired numbers, including 266 hopeful Hurleys in New Hampshire"
- ^ Weaver, Teresa. The Wisconsin Lottery is run by the government of Wisconsin. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL Begun in 1964 the New Hampshire Lottery (originally known as the "New Hampshire Sweepstakes" is the oldest modern US Lottery. "In record Powerball, some to bank on bad luck", Columbia Missourian, 2005-10-19. The Columbia Missourian or simply Missourian is a daily morning Newspaper published in Columbia Missouri. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. "For the Powerball drawing on Oct. 12, 461 people selected the six numbers within Missouri, said Susan Goedde of the Missouri Lottery. The Missouri Lottery is run by the government of Missouri. It is a charter member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL whose first drawing was held in 1988 If you add those to the 204 tickets in Kansas, 117 in Louisiana, 134 in Iowa and the rest of the 25 states included in the Powerball take, you end up with a lot of people sharing the winnings. The Kansas Lottery is run by the government of Kansas. It is a charter member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL The Iowa Lottery is run by the state of Iowa. It is a charter member and the home of the Multi-State Lottery Association. "
- ^ http://www.docarzt.com/lost-easter-eggs/dharmafield-lost-easter-egg-ap.php
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven. "Inside Move: It's a Shames", Daily Variety, 2006-06-18. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Retrieved on 2006-06-19. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros.
- ^ Wood, J. Living Lost: Why We're All Stuck on the Island. GCPress.com.
- ^ Lost blog by J. Wood – Powells.com
- ^ Lost: Podcasts – ABC.com
- ^ Lost: Podcasts – SkyOneOnline.co.uk
- ^ "Global interactive phenomenon, Lost Experience, to reveal meaning behind mysterious numbers on international hit TV show Lost", ABC Press Release (Internet Archive), 2006-07-25. The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Retrieved on 2007-02-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment
- ^ Wallenstein, Andrew and Jesse Hiestand. "ABC, unions reach deal on cell phone TV shows", Reuters, 2006-04-25. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Retrieved on 2006-04-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- ^ "Disney-ABC Television Group's Touchstone Television Finalizes Agreements to Partner with Guilds on "Lost Video Diaries," Original Mini-Episodes Inspired by the Emmy Award-Winning Series for Mobile Distribution", ABC Press Release (Internet Archive), 2006-04-24. The Internet Archive ( IA) is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line Library and archive of Web and Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Retrieved on 2006-10-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.
- ^ Serpe, Gina. "Lost Finds Its Calling", E! Online, 2005-11-17. E! Entertainment Television (or simply E!) is an American Cable television and Direct broadcast satellite network Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Retrieved on 2006-04-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
- ^ Ubisoft and Touchstone team up to create Lost video game." Ubisoftgroup. com, 22 May 2006. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ "Gameloft's Lost Housewives." Wireless. IGN. com, 14 August 2006. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved 21 March 2008. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
- ^ Lost:The Board Game - LostBoardGame.com
- ^ Lost:Preview Set trading cards - Inkworks.com
- ^ Keck, William. "These characters are toying with us", USA Today, 2006-05-23. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Retrieved on 2006-06-20. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun.
External links
- Lost Recaps at ABC. com
- Official Lost Podcast
- Official Lost Season 1 website
- Official ABC streaming video site
- Network sites (in English)
- Channel 7 (Australia)
- Watch full episodes of LOST online at CTV (Canada)
- RTÉ Two (Ireland)
- TV2 (New Zealand)
- Channel 4 (UK series 1 and 2)
- Sky One (UK series 3 and 4)
- WeHaveToGoBack.com - Sky One (UK series 4)
- Sponsored forum
- The Fuselage: forum sponsored by J. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States J. Abrams
- Official tie-in sites
- See also: Lost Experience#External links and Find 815#External links
- The Hanso Foundation: fictional foundation behind the Dharma Initiative
- Oceanic Airlines: fictional airline whose crashed Flight 815 is the subject of the series
- Octagon Global Recruiting: fictional science recruiting devision of the Dharma Initiative
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| Preceded by Nip/Tuck | Golden Globe - Best Television Series Drama 2006 | Succeeded by Grey's Anatomy |
| Preceded by The Sopranos | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2005 | Succeeded by 24 |
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