As has become tradition, ABC will air a LOST retrospective of Seasons 1 through 3 before the S4 Premiere. This one is called “LOST: Past, Present & Future” (heh - “future”…get it?). It will air on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 8 p.m. (EST), with Episode 4.01 “The Beginning of the End” airing right after it at 9 p.m. (EST).
Taking a glance at ABC Medianet, I noticed that ABC is reairing the LOST Season 3 Finale - “Through the Looking Glass” - on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 from 8-10 p.m. (EST). From what I’ve heard about the Season 4 Premiere, we are all going to want a refresher beforehand. 4.01 picks up right where TtLG ended, at least with respect to the island story 
The Fans4Writers site has finally opened up the new auction items. Along with the LOST S1 Card Set and autographs I told y’all about HERE, my good friend BOBBAAYYY has donated his Shannon Action Figure by McFarlane, still in the box, that was signed by the lovely Maggie Grace at the LOST Weekend Fan Party held last Spring.
To start bidding, go HERE.
Bid high and bid often. Bidding is live now and ends next Monday, January 21st.
I should wax poetic on Damon’s contribution (posted on 1-2-08) to the fantastic Why We Write blog…
But the piece speaks for itself.
Okay, I’m sure all of the LOST fans are giving a big “Well, DUUUUHHHHH!” to The Futon Critic’s pick for the number 1 television episode to air in 2007, but still - that is quite the honor. At least it is to people like me, who blog about how awesome everything that Bad Robot touches is, and who gets peeved on a regular basis when the awards shows turn a blind eye to brilliance they can’t quite comprehend.
That link takes you to the Top 10 (the entire list is for the Top 50 of 2007), which includes some pretty amazing television in and of itself. For “Through the Looking Glass” to get the top spot is pretty damn special. Congrats.
The Directors Guild of America announced their annual nominations yesterday. LOST got two noms:
Eric Laneuville - “Lost” (”The Brig”)(ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Michael J. Musteric
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Steven E. Simon
Jack Bender - “Lost” (”Through the Looking Glass”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Pat Churchill
First Assistant Director: Richard Peter Schroer
Second Assistant Director: Meta Valentic
Second Second Assistant Director: Wainani Young Tomich
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!!! Well deserved, I might add.
I wanted to give y’all a heads’ up on an auction item that I am donating/arranging for the Fans4Writers Silent Auction. All the proceeds are now going to the Writers Guild Foundation Industry Support Fund - can’t beat that cause, so I am coughing up a piece of swag that was given to me a couple of years ago.
I am donating a COMPLETE set of LOST Season 1 Trading Cards, still in the Inkworks shrink wrap. And if that isn’t enough to make you want to bid, I contacted a few people and managed to arrange for personalized autographs for the winning bidder from JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.
Cool, huh? The next round of the auction starts Friday, January 11th and the bidding will go for 7 days.
Bid high and bid often. And don’t say I never gave you anything 
There is a video interview with Matthew Fox over at EW.com where he looks very very pretty.
Oh, and I guess he talks about Season 4 as well. I didn’t listen, but ASSUME there are spoilery bits.
According to the people over at Watch With Kristin and E! Online, LOST is the No. 1 “New or Returning Show” to watch in 2008, out of a list of 21 shows. I don’t agree with Kristin on MOST things, but I’ll back up that declaration.
Daniel Dae Kim posted the following message and video to his MySpace:
Here’s the video that I’ve been working on with Harold for his song, “Stay Strong.” It’s a thank you card for the troops and their service to our country. It was a labor of love, and everyone involved in the making of the video volunteered their services.
Regardless of how you feel about the war, I hope you’ll agree that our troops deserve our support, especially during this special time of year.
Awwww…I’m so proud of those fabulous Fuselagers who have been putting together the Dharma Drops for LOST’s striking writers. The Big Red Box O’Treats (with the SUPER COOL “Pencil Station” Dharma logo on it) even garnered a mention and a pic in Maureen Ryan’s blog for the Chicago Tribune. Check out the blurb below:
Writers are getting a lot of exercise on the picket line (they are required to picket for 12 hours per week, though there is a vacation break that starts Wednesday). But they’re also getting a lot of treats. “I thought I’d lose more weight,” film scribe Tomas Romero said. But with members of the public and strike supporters bringing by doughnuts, smoothies, sandwiches, cookies and other treats, it’s hard to slim down. Individual shows have been getting goodies from their fans: “Lost” obsessives delivered an elaborate box of full of individually wrapped care packages to that show’s picketing location. The box came complete with a “Lost”-centric strike logo – the Dharma Initiative logo with a pencil in the middle.
Props to Caren, Cathy, the Collective, Sam G and all the Lostkateers who contributed to the Dharma Drops. Check THIS POST for future Dharma Drops and how you can help support LOST Labs during this difficult time.
Again I say - “HOLY BUCKETS!!” (tm quillons) Okay, I have seriously been trying to keep myself as “spoiler-free” as possible, so I watched this trailer WITHOUT SOUND - and I still feel spoiled. But in a VERY GOOD WAY. I got the word last night that we will be getting at least eight episodes (I never believe the press - they’ll say anything - I waited for “official” confirmation on the episode total, ifyouknowwhatimean) - and based on what I saw, we are once again in for a hella ride. See the SPOILERY promo below:
ABC announced their midseason schedule and gave us all a collective WTF? by putting LOST on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. (EST). Season 4 begins on January 31, 2008.
Watch the pretties below (I saw the “6″ again - still don’t know what the hell it means):
So, I guess the lack of new television has given the Entertainment Weekly writers time o’plenty, so they are spamming their own site with a flood of “Top ____” lists. The mockable-titled list of “Sci-Fi’s Top 25 Movies and Television in the Past 25 Years” only redeems itself by naming LOST (as No. 11) and BSG No. 2.