Straight from the horse’s mouth
Or the exec producer’s mouth, in this case. Here is Carlton Cuse’s explanation for the long Lost hiatus.
”Yes, we are totally happy with the 6/16 solution. We make 22 or 23 hours in a 35-week season. Our options were to stay on the air and have repeats, which everyone hated last year; or delay the show until January, which would have meant eight months between finishing the second season and starting the next one, which we felt was way too long. This became the compromise. We thought it was and still do believe it is the best possible solution. The thought that we’re going to come back and run 16 or 17 straight episodes is very exciting to us, because we’ll have complete narrative traction at that point.”
Because of all the complaints about reruns ABC received last year, they are sparing us reruns by giving us a big break. Here’s my question: Why not start the show a little later in the year and run straight through? I’m sure this has been discussed before, but it makes perfect sense. I’m just happy we’re getting our Lost period. I just hate having to wait!
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