by Mark Medley
The final season of Lost has just gotten a bit longer: ABC announced they are adding an extra hour to the popular drama’s sixth and final season.
Previously, fans were informed season six would last a paltry 17 hours; now, however, Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello reports via Twitter that the upcoming season will be a staggering 18 hours “including two-hour premiere and two-hour finale.”
Lost should return to TV early in 2010.
For anyone who’s planning on going, the Lost Panel at Comic Con 2009 will be July 25th from 11 am – 12 pm PST in Hall H in San Diego, California.
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Jun-04-2009
Source: Variety
It’s not exactly the Emmys, but no one is complaining.
“Battlestar Galactica” is up for a Television Critics Association award for Program of the Year, taking on a handful of programs that includes “Lost” on ABC.
The TCA put a lot of trust into NBC, giving it a total of 11 nominations for its August awards, despite the fact that NBC was the lowest rated of the Big Four this past season in terms of audience size. Among its 11 nominees include “Saturday Night Live” in the Program of the Year category along with “30 Rock” and “The Office” for Outstanding Achievement In Comedy; “Friday Night Lights” for Outstanding Achievement In Drama; and even an award for the original “Star Trek” series that aired on NBC in the 1960s for TCA’s Heritage Award — a program that made an impact on television and culture as a whole.
“Lost” also is up for Outstanding Drama, competing against AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” as well as “The Shield” on FX.
Fox’s “Fringe” and HBO’s “True Blood” will get to compete with each other for Outstanding Program of the New Year. Also nominated is “The Mentalist” on CBS, “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” on HBO, and “The United States of Tara” on Showtime.
In the Heritage category, “Star Trek” is competing against “ER” on NBC, “M*A*S*H” on CBS, “Saturday Night Live” and “The Shield.”
Winners in the non-televised awards show will be announced Aug. 1.
