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There’s no mention of the power outage’s effect on LOST (yet):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/hawaii_power

5×01 : because you left
The remaining island survivors start to feel the effects of the aftermath of moving the island, and Jack and Ben begin their quest to reunite the Oceanic 6 in order to return to the island with Locke’s body in an attempt to save their former fellow castaways.

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5×02 : the lie
Michelle Rodriguez Guest Stars as Ana Lucia

Hurley and Sayid are on the run from the cops after stumbling into trouble at the safehouse; the island survivors come under attack by unknown forces; and an old friend offers some shocking advice to Kate in order to ensure that “the lie” remain a secret.

more details here : lylyford.blog

Just saw ”Four Christmases” today, and was surprised to hear LOST get subtly mentioned in the film!!!    I won’t spoil anyone, but Vince Vaughn’s character references the show (not by name, so pay close attention) in a joke when asked why he doesn’t want to get married. 

This is one of the many sites that list the noms; as you can see, LOST didn’t get any!

http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/12/69018/index.html

The American Film Institute has picked LOST as one of 2008 TV Programs of the year.

AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

BREAKING BAD

IN TREATMENT

JOHN ADAMS

LIFE

LOST

MAD MEN

THE OFFICE

RECOUNT

THE SHIELD

THE WIRE

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards/

As we head into a bit of a lull before the big mid-season premieres, the mind of this toobaholic began to wander into strange and bizarre territory.  As two of my favorite shows Lost and Mad Men are both on hiatus at the moment, I miss being mesmerized every Sunday night by Don Drapers’ uncomparable slickness as he continually figures out a way to “sell a hooker some p****,” as much as I miss watching Jack Shepards’ unparalelled arrogance get the Losties deeper and deeper into a pile of Dharma dung.  And so I began to wonder, what would happen if Don Draper were to take one of those unanncounced vacays of his and wound up on the island?  It would probably go down something like this…

- Our newest Lostie, stands up, brushes the sand off his Zegna suit and lights a cigarette, as Jack, Kate, Locke, Sawyer and the rest of the rag-tag gang look on in disbelief, suddenly incredibly self-conscious about their greasy locks and the tattered rags they’ve been wearing for the past 90 days or so.  Don ignores Hurley’s frantic yelling that he’s not on the manifest, tells Claire to cancel the rest of his appointments for the day, and walks off with Kate, who finds herself following him despite herself, presumably to the Swan Hatch.

- Desmond and Don are sitting in front a fire on the beach, sharing a bottle of whiskey. Desmond is perplexed and equally creeped out by Don’s persistant questions regarding why he prefers MacCutheon’s brand of Whiskey.

- Jack and Locke are having another one of their regularly scheduled power struggles.  Locke starts rambling about the island’s magical properties, only to be interuppted by Jack who launches into another one of his “live together, die alone” monologues. Don stands up, lights a cigarette and says he’s sticking with Jack, but insists he won’t be signing any contracts.

- Running low on cigarettes, Don has wisely struck up a friendship of necessity with Sawyer.  But after catching Kate walking out of Don’s swinging New Otherton bachelor pad one morning, Sawyer sucker punches our Mad Man as he walks across the quad for some of Locke’s special Dharma oatmeal with island spices.  Don, reels for a moment from the impact, calmly wipes the blood out from under his nose, and lights his last cigarette.  As he mulls over his new conundrum of where to aquire smokes, the pulse of “Jaters” and “Skaters” everywhere quickens, as a new subset of “Daters” begins to mobilize on Lost fan sites.

- Jack and the gang are in a state of apprehensive joy as they ready themselves for the arrival of the Freighter folk to whisk them back to civilization.  In preparation for his return to the advertising world, Don is drafting his great plan to save Oceanic…”Fly Oceaninc…You Never Know Where We’ll Take You!…..Oceanic, If Your Plane Crashes, We’ll Buy You a House!…”

http://tvblog.ugo.com/index.php/tvblog/more/what_ifdon_draper_was_on_lost

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Lost fans will find themselves watching the upcoming Season 5 without interruption, sources tell TVGuide.com.

Of course, going interruption-free has always been the plan for the series’ final three seasons. Season 4, however, was compromised by last winter’s WGA strike. And looking ahead to this season, ABC has yet to confirm any scheduling plans. One insider speculates that the network may decide to maximize their May sweeps payoff by “stretching out” Season 5 with a week off or two, rather than have the finale air mid-month.

But as original cast member Jorge Garcia (Hurley) shared with us in a Friday interview, “This season, I think, is going to run straight through. Last season, they skipped a week before the finale and had a clip show, so we might do that. But for the most part, it should run straight through.”

In May 2007, Lost producers revealed their plan to wrap up the supernatural saga with three more seasons totaling 48 episodes, each of them airing without interruption, à la Fox’s 24.

That idyllic scenario, however, was waylaid out of the gate when the winter 2007-08 WGA strike forced a five-week midseason break upon Season 4. Even with that, the episode total came up two hours shorter than hoped.

Similarly, a strike by the Screen Actors Guild (to be voted on in early January) could send up in smoke the dream of an intact Season 5.

To make up for last season’s shortfall, the next two runs will each contain 17 episodes, with Season 5 kicking off Wednesday, Jan. 21. The three-hour return event will feature a one-hour catch-up special followed by the season’s first two new episodes — “Because You Left” and “The Lie.”

What else did Jorge Garcia have to share? Watch for the next scoopy bit from our conversation to surface in Tuesday’s Mitovich Mega Minute. The complete Q&A will go up closer to Lost‘s premiere date.

source : http://www.tvguide.com