JamesG
05-05-2010, 03:14 PM
ABC Extends "Lost" Series Finale (Again)
by Kim Potts
posted May 5th 2010
You think you're having a hard time dealing with the upcoming series finale of "Lost" (particularly after last night's heartbreaking episode)? So is ABC, so much so that the network has again extended what is already a two-night event.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the May 23 series ender will now run 30 minutes longer, from 9PM ET to 11:30PM.
After a break for affiliates to air local news, the "Lost" celebration picks back up at 12:05AM with the previously scheduled "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost" special that will feature series showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof (who've said they will not answer questions about the finale ... we'll see) and several "Lost" cast members.
That caps off a weekend of "Lost", which begins on May 22 with a re-airing of the original two-hour pilot (with informational 'pop-ups' throughout the airing) and continues into Sunday night with a two-hour "Lost" retrospective (7PM) called "Lost: The Final Journey", which leads into the actual finale.
Cuse and Lindelof confirmed via Twitter this week that they finished production and post-production on the much-anticipated finale on Monday.
"We're done. Amen," they Tweeted about the episode that's called, of course, 'The End.'
The producers had recently revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the production crew had constructed all new sets for the finale, which they warn will answer some questions, but also spark a whole batch of new ones.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/05/abc-extends-lost-series-finale-again/
by Kim Potts
posted May 5th 2010
You think you're having a hard time dealing with the upcoming series finale of "Lost" (particularly after last night's heartbreaking episode)? So is ABC, so much so that the network has again extended what is already a two-night event.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the May 23 series ender will now run 30 minutes longer, from 9PM ET to 11:30PM.
After a break for affiliates to air local news, the "Lost" celebration picks back up at 12:05AM with the previously scheduled "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Aloha to Lost" special that will feature series showrunners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof (who've said they will not answer questions about the finale ... we'll see) and several "Lost" cast members.
That caps off a weekend of "Lost", which begins on May 22 with a re-airing of the original two-hour pilot (with informational 'pop-ups' throughout the airing) and continues into Sunday night with a two-hour "Lost" retrospective (7PM) called "Lost: The Final Journey", which leads into the actual finale.
Cuse and Lindelof confirmed via Twitter this week that they finished production and post-production on the much-anticipated finale on Monday.
"We're done. Amen," they Tweeted about the episode that's called, of course, 'The End.'
The producers had recently revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the production crew had constructed all new sets for the finale, which they warn will answer some questions, but also spark a whole batch of new ones.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/05/abc-extends-lost-series-finale-again/