When Lost's post-strike episodes come out later this spring, they will air after Grey's Anatomy on Thursday nights. TV Guide's Michael Ausiello is reporting that ABC's new Thursday schedule will feature Grey's in its previous time slot of 9pm ET (in which Lost currently airs), with Lost in the 10pm time slot. These changes will take effect in late April, once both shows have completed new, post-strike episodes.
This announcement does impact Lost's current run, however. Instead of airing all eight pre-strike episodes in a row, the plan is for the show to take a month-long break after Episode Seven. Apparently the producers felt that this was a better way to separate each block of episodes. The first installment of the season will end in mid-March, and the show will return with new episodes in late April. If the new schedule is successful, we could end up with a permanent Ugly Betty-Grey's-Lost lineup on Thursdays. How does that sound?
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2-13-2008 @ 5:06PM
Jeff N. said...
LOST always does better at Nine o'clock instead of Ten. So I don't like that. And I am upset that we only get to see 7 episodes before the break. That stinks. But I am glad the writers strike is over.
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2-13-2008 @ 5:14PM
Oreo said...
I just read this. The 7 episodes thing doesn't bother me, but the 10pm thing does. I like it much better on at 9pm (any day of the week is fine) just because I do. :)
Ratings don't really matter, the show has already been picked up for a few seasons, so they don't matter to me. However the ratings are a lot higher now, and they should just move that other show instead.
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2-13-2008 @ 5:36PM
Gilbert M. said...
Maybe now it won't have to compete with the Office.
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2-13-2008 @ 5:48PM
fred said...
Yeah, would have been a better decision to move Lost at 8.00 IMO. They try to get more viewers, but in the end what may happen is that more people will use their DVR and not watch the show live...
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2-13-2008 @ 6:03PM
David said...
Sounds terrible to me. We waited so long for the return of Lost, and now we will have to have another break? Irritating.
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2-13-2008 @ 6:10PM
Oreo said...
Do you understand that there was a writers strike? If the studios just gave what the writers wanted in the first place Lost would have ran 16 straight episodes. They can't have a new episode if there are no episodes.
2-13-2008 @ 6:16PM
David said...
I'm an idiot. I skimmed the post too quickly and thought ABC was postponing ALL new episodes until late April.
Thanks for calling my attention back to the post.
2-13-2008 @ 7:01PM
Darren said...
I think they should show all 8 episodes like the plan was and then do the others after! They said show 8 had a cliffhanger that could have got us through to the 9th show.
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2-13-2008 @ 7:15PM
TheH2s said...
Don't care about the 8 episode thing but the time change SUCKS!!!! I HATE watching LOST at 10:00. It's a 9:00 show IMO.
ABC can bite me.
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2-13-2008 @ 7:31PM
Mike McNamara said...
I think this is great news. I prefer Lost at 10...well 9 CST here...because there's no other show that I'm interested in watching after it.
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2-13-2008 @ 7:34PM
Jake said...
I don't mind what time Lost is on because I always DVR it and watch it the hour after it airs so I don't have to sit through the commercials. Lost on Thursday is better than going up against AI on Wednesday. Also, even though the ratings don't matter in terms of the show's future, execs still care about them and don't want Lost going against AI. I don't want Lost going against AI because I want as many people that can to watch Lost.
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2-13-2008 @ 10:21PM
Nathaniel said...
I'm definitely in the 9 o'clock camp. 10 is past my bedtime! I have early classes! Air it at 9 and people like Mike can DVR it and watch it at 9, too. But 10 is too late!
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2-13-2008 @ 10:38PM
Bob Mc said...
Some of us have to work early, ABC. Gah!
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2-13-2008 @ 11:22PM
Lenny said...
For me, the earlier LOST airs the better. 10/9 central is just too late for my tastes and I, too, have a job and don't like to watch that late.
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2-14-2008 @ 1:32AM
khamel said...
i prefer late tv, lets me go out to dinner and do stuff and come back in time to watch it in hd (no tivohd for directv). i work just like everyone else but i cant sleep till 1 most nights as it is.
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2-14-2008 @ 1:53AM
Jesse Custer said...
I agree. It's way too much to ask someone who's apparently a big enough fan to post displeasure on the internet to extend their bedtime one hour once a week. That 10:30 bedtime is set in stone.
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2-14-2008 @ 3:30AM
Will said...
Nathaniel, I'm not trying to be nosy or flippant, but college kids really go to bed before 11 PM these days? Wow, when I went I never went to bed before like 1AM, I aways stayed up towatch Carson and at least the first half of Letterman's old NBC show. Even when I had an 8AM class. Of course, maybe that's why my grades weren't very good?
Anyway, I' still a night person, so 10PM is fine for me. I do watch Without a Trace at 10, but I think they're out of new shows for now and besides I always tape Lost anyway. Thursday night is a very busy tv night, I've got Survivor, Supernatural, Lost and WAT. But, it gives something to watch on the weekend.
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2-14-2008 @ 9:24AM
Charlie Conner said...
Guys, what ABC is doing here is placing Lost in it's next best possible spot so the show can succeed.
The network is not giving up it's best timeslot when Grey's Anatomy comes back. It would be too much of a risk ratings-wise to leave Lost there. ABC has proven that they can compete with CBS opposite CSI. Why risk slipping when both Grey's and CSI come back with fresh episodes?
As for the show airing at 9pm...where else would it air?
Monday? Nope...ABC is keeping the timeslot warm for its other blockbuster, Dancing With the Stars.
Tuesday or Wednesday? It would be KILLED by American Idol.
Friday or Saturday? Who watches tv on those nights anymore?
Sunday? If Desperate Housewives comes back, then it too resumes its prime timeslot. Besides...is Lost really a Sunday night show?
I hate to throw water on all of the people complaining, but remember...tv is a BUSINESS. ABC is only trying to keep one of its best assets in a competitive position.
We all know that the loyal fans will follow the show, either watching live or via DVR. What the move to 10pm eastern/9pm central does is open the show up to more casual viewers...the ones who might keep their tvs tuned to ABC following Grey's Anatomy. At least that's what ABC is hoping for.
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2-14-2008 @ 12:01PM
Ryan said...
My only problem is that I'm a fan of ALL three shows and thus I will be a couch potato for 3 hours on Thursday.
Sounds like heaven.
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2-14-2008 @ 3:15PM
Devin said...
It sounds good to me, the Fiance is going to want to watch Grey's so she can have her show and then can't complain when i want to watch mine :)
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