Lost fans across the Pond won’t have to wait too long to get Episode 3.07 “Not in Portland” — Sky One announced that Lost will return on February 11th at 10 p.m.. They are also airing a special on February 9th at 10 p.m. — check the article for details.
WARNING! One casting spoiler contained in the article for a future episode!
I’ve read enough of these summaries of the Lost panel from the TCA press tour to know that THIS ONE by IGN is probably the only one you need to read. These guys must have taped the thing, because the article is FIVE PAGES long (and includes pictures, which is always a good thing).
I haven’t had a chance to read the entire article yet, but read enough to know that it does contain SPOILERS for the rest of Season 3 and various characters’ storylines.
I finally had a chance to read Kristin Veitch’s “live blog” of the Lost panel at the TCA’s last weekend. You can find it HERE. She did have a few tidbits that I had not read elsewhere, including a confirmation that Kate and Sawyer were taken by Ben to help in manipulating Jack to perform the surgery. There ARE SPOILERS, so be wary.
ALSO — if you are a fan of Heroes, she mentions a SPOILER for that show as well. You’ve been warned.
Following that Lost panel at Television Arts & Sciences this past Sunday, SCI FI Wire snagged an interview with Damon Lindelof, wherein The Nomad indicates that their hope is to end the show around 100 episodes (or after the fifth season). Quotage from Damon in the article:
“We all looked at each other at the very beginning and said, ‘By the grace of God will this show even survive 13 episodes,’” he said. “So Carlton and I are able to now sit down with [the network] and say, ‘Remember in the very beginning when you were having us convince you that this thing could go on for years and years and years and we all agreed it couldn’t? Well, now, just because it’s successful doesn’t mean that that’s changed.’ The reality is, they can produce a sixth or seventh or eight season, but would anybody be watching?
Preach it, brotha. Let’s hope the network is listening.
The writers of Lost have also garnered a couple of award nominations, these from the Writers’ Guild of America. The entire writing staff are nominated for Television Dramatic Series, and Christina Kim and Liz Sarnoff are nominated for writing the Season 2 episode “Two for the Road.” The WGA award winners will be announced on February 11th.
The Producer’s Guild of America announced which shows are nominated for awards this year and the producers of Lost are up for TV Drama.
Lost producers claim to be in discussions with ABC about how and WHEN to end the series according to this article (and numerous others) that appeared over the weekend. This comes from a Lost panel that was held in Pasadena on Sunday for the Television Critics’ Association. They also discuss what the rest of Season 3 has in store for LOST fans, and an interesting tidbit from Stephen McPherson that seems to indicate that Lost may be going the way of 24 next season — not starting until January, but airing all 22 episodes in a row.
Be careful what you wish for, peeps.
MILD SEASON 3 SPOILERS
The producers for Lost, namely JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender, Jean Higgins, Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz and Elizabeth Sarnoff, have been nominated for a Producer’s Guild Award in the category of the Norman Felton Award in Episodic TV - Drama. They are up against the producers of Grey’s Anatomy, House, The Sopranos and 24. The winner will be announced January 20th, 2007.
Forbes posted this cool article about the (literal) changing face of television, both on screen and behind the scenes. Mentions Lost and has quotes from The Nomad.
According to this tidbit from UPI, Lost fans should expect a great googly-moogly plot twist when the series returns in February. Something that The Nomad calls a “game changer.”
I’m skert.
The next Official Lost Podcast will be of the video variety, and will be available Monday, November 6th, according to a press release from ABC. Excerpt below:
The second exclusive Lost video podcast will be available Monday, Nov. 6 at www.abc.com. The podcast features executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse recounting their own Lostian crossover tale from the 80s that involves George Lucas and includes a reenactment and photo proof! Following the video podcast is a special promo for the fall season finale of Lost entitled I Do, which airs Wednesday, Nov. 8, 9:00-10:02 p.m., ET. In addition Lost audio podcasts are available weekly.
Thank goodness! Finally, a full-story article on Adewale, which not only has an in-depth interview with the man himself, but also includes quotes from Damon and Carlton. AND addresses the most prominent rumors revolving around the demise of Mr. Eko last Wednesday night.
Seriously, if any of you guys read any crap on the various Lost boards about the reasoning behind the departure of Mr. Eko, direct them to that Entertainment Weekly article. It SHOULD quash the stupid rumors, of which I’ve already read my fill of this week.
Entertainment Weekly’s resident Lost expert is at it again, dropping tidbits and doing the BEST kind of theorizing (which would be the kind that actually makes SENSE) in his latest commentary. Watch him draw a magic thread connecting Stephen King, a bunny, a Swan, a Pearl, the Island, Alvar Hanso, the Dharma Initiative, AND…Reality TV.
No, REALLY. Thank goodness there is at least one frellin’ critic out there who can review, analyze and critique — all while managing to keep his humor and wits about him.
I just got spoiled by SciFiWire *pouts* I know, it kind of comes with the “job” but still…I do try very hard not to get too spoiled. But since I know some of you guys ride the Spoiler Train, far be it from me to not share 
In this snippet from SciFiWire, you get a casting spoiler and a plot spoiler (which doesn’t give THE spoiler, but at least that it will be revealed in this episode — which only makes sense to Lost fans). We also get the episode title, which I am not going to reveal here just yet due to ITS spoilery nature. It is written by The Vegas Act, and will be directed by one of my long-time favorite Alias directors, Tucker Gates.
My mind was blown just trying to imagine the awesomeness of this episode. Can. Not. Wait.
William Keck at USA Today posted an article that looks at the everchanging faces in the cast of Lost. There are tidbits from Yunjin and Foxy on there feelings about the addition, yet again, of new cast members this season. Here is an interesting bit about the cast changes possibly being responsible for the dip in audience numbers this season so far:
But is tracking the vast cast contributing to a viewership slide? (Last week’s episode drew 16.9 million viewers, compared with 21.7 million for the same week last year.) Cuse says no and attributes the dip instead to the plot’s complexities.
“Lost has a whole history behind it,” he says, “and some casual viewers think it’s daunting to come watch the show if you haven’t been. We tried to design the show this year to make the basic concept pretty simple: our characters vs. The Others.”