1 - LOST is coming to an end.
Carlton Cuse indicated they are talking to ABC brass about setting an end date for LOST. Taking this public may have been just another tactic in that negotiation. According to Stephen McPherson - president of ABC Entertainment - they have have been having those discussions for years. In fact, his response in one article was labeled as downplaying.
2 - The producers would like to end LOST in 4 to 5 seasons.
LOST's head creative crew and principal cast is under contract for seven seasons. (source) Couple this with Stephen McPherson's fore-mentioned 'downplaying' and it would seem that the magic number is seven seasons, regardless of what Cuse and Lindelof would hope for. The insinuation is that LOST may suffer the same fate as the X-Files; however that comparison is not valid. X-Files went through a phase where its main cast was jumbled up and the story-telling altered to suite those new personas. This could have been as much a cause for viewer apathy as the length of the series.
3 - LOST season four will not start until January 2008.
Next year there won't be a LOST mini-season then another huge hiatus. The season will run 22-23 episodes and will either begin in the fall, as usual, or in SPRING. Spring would be much worse than the prevailing rumor of January, but since this move is to appease viewers who were peeved over the second hiatus, it's unlikely they are going to make us wait almost a year for new episodes of LOST. In fact, McPherson mentions fall as his first choice. Either way, LOST is definitely going to be starting later to accomadate this new schedule, let's just hope not TOO late. (source)
Posted by JoeDharma on 17 Jan 2007 at 00:10 | Lost News
