Fans, creators, and the network did the impossible: they pulled off a win-win-win for Lost.
Producers of the show had wanted ABC to agree to an end point. This would allow them to tell the story they wanted to tell.
ABC didn't want one of their cash cows to just up and leave when money and ratings were to be had.
Fans wanted some comfort that the show still had a direction.
On Monday, ABC announced that Lost would be back for three more, shortened, seasons. The sixteen episode seasons would run from February to May without repeats.
It's a big move for the network. And it's showing a potential shift in network thinking, allowing a show to run shorter seasons without interruptions.
I don't watch the show (yet), but I find the move encouraging. The producers can now put the pieces in place to tell the story they want to tell. The fans can continue to watch without feeling the show is spinning its wheels. And the network has three more seasons of the show with an easy way to schedule it.
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