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Is it just me or are DVD releases getting announced earlier and earlier? Whatever the case, Lost fans can plan on getting the season four DVD as a Christmas/ Hanukkah/Kwanzaa present because it doesn't come out until December 9th. Which makes sense I suppose, since the show returns in early '09.

The 5-disc set (aka "The Expanded Experience") will obviously include all 14 season four eps plus a ton of goodies. As far as DVD sets go, Lost always has great extras. According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, expect to see 5 featurettes, bloopers, deleted scenes, and audio commentaries for some of the episodes. The one goodie that really has me excited? The "Oceanic Airlines Safety Guide." Hilarious. It immediately made me think of Airtoons -- all those funny and inappropriate airline safety cards.

As with season three, there will also be a BluRay release but I've got to be honest. I have the regular season three DVDs and they look pretty damn good on my HDTV set. So I'm not convinced that shelling out the extra $40 to $50 bucks is really worth it. Yet, anyway. You can pre-order both at Amazon for way less though - $38.99 for the normal DVDs and $66.95 for the BluRay.

After much speculation and "on the bubble" murmurs, Variety is confirming that FOX has gone ahead and renewed Prison Break, one of the more popular guilty pleasures currently on network television. Prison Break has been picked up for a possible 23 episode fourth season, set to return in the fall.

Is the show that good? Sort of. Do the plots always make sense? Sometimes. Do I love it anyway? Absolutely. After a mediocre second season, the show roared back with a pretty enjoyable third season that got cut short to thirteen episodes by the WGA strike.

What's up guys?! It's Mikalah Gordon here from season four of American Idol. I have been given the opportunity, thanks to AOL, to give you a weekly blog of my thoughts and opinions of this years A.I.

Now, enough chit chat, lets get on with the gossip.

As I sat in front of the TV eating the best enchilada in the world, I heard a familiar song that took me right back to my audition two years ago. My heart started beating and my palms got sweaty. It was the A.I. theme song. I must admit I was kind of nervous. I never realized how dramatic that intro song could be!

Minneapolis was the first stop. Ten thousand people lined up, but in the end, only 17 people were lucky enough to make it through to Hollywood. Now, question: How do you choose 17 people out of 10,000? Well, watching some of the auditions, it wasn't too hard to make the decision.

If you live in the UK and have been enjoying Lost, get your TiVos ready: Channel 4, which has been airing the first two seasons of the American hit, has lost the rights to seasons three and four to Sky One, according to The Sun.

"The series has defined TV drama over the last two years. We are absolutely thrilled to bring it to Sky One," Sky One chief Richard Woolfe told the tabloid.

Of course, Lost is currently only in its third season, but even with its slipping ratings, chances of a fourth season are almost 100%. So Sky will likely get its money's worth. Unless half the country has downloaded season three's episodes already. Then Sky is toast.

The fourth and final season of the brilliant-but-ignored series Home Movies is coming out on DVD this Tuesday. Co-creator Loren Bouchard has a brief interview over on Adult Swim's site about the new set, as well as the upcoming series he's working on called Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, whose pilot was shown only a couple of times on Adult Swim. Bouchard revealed that the audio commentaries will not only feature actors from the series, but also comments from bands like The Shins and Modest Mouse who have nothing to do with Home Movies other than being fans. Actually, I'd like to see more shows do "guest commentaries" like that, I think it's a cool idea.

I've said here before that despite not always liking what Adult Swim offers, I like even better the idea of the network trying out different shows with varying styles to see what works and what doesn't. Or, even better, to keep trying something even when it doesn't catch on right away. However, my college years and the few years following were to me the best time to tune into Adult Swim. A night of Space Ghost, The Brak Show, and Sealab 2021 was always a good time. The fourth season of Sealab 2021 will be out on DVD on August 15. This particular season, the show's second to the last, is also not a favorite among the more diehard fans of the show, as it was the second season following the death of Harry Goz, the voice of Captain Murphy. Admittedly, Goz brought a lot to the series, and the episode where he becomes trapped under a soda machine was by far the best one, but I think the show maintained its off-kilter sense of humor just fine throughout its run.