Lost Season 4 Will Be 3 Episodes Short
Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse met with ABC about continuing Season 4, and reported the results of that meeting with TV Guide.
Three main points can be taken away from that interview:
- Cuse aims to produce FIVE more episodes of Season 4. That is three fewer than the eight scheduled before the writers strike occurred. Season 4 will now end with a total of only 13 episodes.
- The entire order of 48 episodes for Seasons 4-5-6 will still be delivered, leaving 35 episodes to be split between Seasons 5 and 6.
- There will be at least a 4 week hiatus between the broadcast of season 4 episode 8 and the new episode 9.
Cuse was asked what will happen to the three “lost” episodes of season 4. He explained that he is committed to producing the 40 additional hours of the show that had been promised.
They haven’t exactly figured out when the three episodes will air, but they will not be removing them from the show. Cruse has said that, “You will get those three episodes downstream”.
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When Season 2 was airing they seemed to run constant re-runs which lost a lot of viewers. When season 3 aired, they advoided playing re-runs by taking a hiatus midway through the season. Season 3 was also aired at 10pm (pacific time) which lost alot of viewers. Now, for season 4, I was hoping for no re-runs and no hiatus (well, except for starting later in the fall season). I hope this doesn’t cause them to loose any of the viewers left.