I know that it's rather early for this, but they have released the schedule for LOST season 3. I don't know I agree with what they are doing here, but I guess we wait and see.
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Lost: Big New Change in Scheduling
ABC began its two days of presentations today with a Q&A with Stephen McPherson, the President of ABC Entertainment. At the same time, ABC released its schedule for the premiere dates for this fall, which featured a very notable programming decision: Lost will return on October 4th, at which point it will begin a six-week run of new episodes with no repeats. However, on November 15th, the Taye Diggs series Day Break will take over Lost's timeslot and begin its entire 13-episode first season, which will air without repeats. When Day Break concludes, Lost will return in early February, airing the remainder of its season with no repeats or breaks. McPherson said this decision was based on the frequent fan complaints about repeats interrupting the story flow on Lost, saying, "We listened to the audience about repeats, and it seemed this was the best way." Asked about the rather long break for Lost, while Day Break airs, McPherson said they did consider simply holding all of Lost until the spring, as 24 does, but felt it would be too long off the air for the incredibly popular show. McPherson said it was possible they might decide to air 7 episodes of Lost rather then 6, before Day Break takes its place.
J.J. Abrams recently signed a new deal with Paramount, after many years with ABC/Disney. Asked about the repercussions for the trio of Abrams-produced series on ABC (Lost, Six Degrees and What About Brian), McPherson said that while it may make things difficult for Abrams next year, this coming season Abrams will actually be much more involved than he was last year, when he was busy with Mission: Impossible III. "J.J. will be full time on his shows this year," said McPherson, also noting that Abrams has brought Felicity writer Josh Reims to What About Brian and will likely be directing episodes of Lost this season.
Asked about the decision to cancel Invasion, McPherson said it was a hard choice, that came down to the wire. In the end, ABC decided the ratings didn't justify bringing it back, especially due to the dramatic drop off in audience which would occur for the show when its lead in, Lost, had concluded.
McPherson acknowledged that Desperate Housewives had some creative issues at the beginning of last season, though he felt the series improved dramatically as the season continued. As for this coming season, McPherson noted that with the departure of executive producer Tom Spezialy, Housewives creator Marc Cherry "has taken over 100% of the showrunning," which he felt was, "a terrific change."
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Lost: Big New Change in Scheduling
ABC began its two days of presentations today with a Q&A with Stephen McPherson, the President of ABC Entertainment. At the same time, ABC released its schedule for the premiere dates for this fall, which featured a very notable programming decision: Lost will return on October 4th, at which point it will begin a six-week run of new episodes with no repeats. However, on November 15th, the Taye Diggs series Day Break will take over Lost's timeslot and begin its entire 13-episode first season, which will air without repeats. When Day Break concludes, Lost will return in early February, airing the remainder of its season with no repeats or breaks. McPherson said this decision was based on the frequent fan complaints about repeats interrupting the story flow on Lost, saying, "We listened to the audience about repeats, and it seemed this was the best way." Asked about the rather long break for Lost, while Day Break airs, McPherson said they did consider simply holding all of Lost until the spring, as 24 does, but felt it would be too long off the air for the incredibly popular show. McPherson said it was possible they might decide to air 7 episodes of Lost rather then 6, before Day Break takes its place.
J.J. Abrams recently signed a new deal with Paramount, after many years with ABC/Disney. Asked about the repercussions for the trio of Abrams-produced series on ABC (Lost, Six Degrees and What About Brian), McPherson said that while it may make things difficult for Abrams next year, this coming season Abrams will actually be much more involved than he was last year, when he was busy with Mission: Impossible III. "J.J. will be full time on his shows this year," said McPherson, also noting that Abrams has brought Felicity writer Josh Reims to What About Brian and will likely be directing episodes of Lost this season.
Asked about the decision to cancel Invasion, McPherson said it was a hard choice, that came down to the wire. In the end, ABC decided the ratings didn't justify bringing it back, especially due to the dramatic drop off in audience which would occur for the show when its lead in, Lost, had concluded.
McPherson acknowledged that Desperate Housewives had some creative issues at the beginning of last season, though he felt the series improved dramatically as the season continued. As for this coming season, McPherson noted that with the departure of executive producer Tom Spezialy, Housewives creator Marc Cherry "has taken over 100% of the showrunning," which he felt was, "a terrific change."
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