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3 "Lost" episodes cut from this season will roll over to next year
Even though "Lost" producers are condensing this season from 16 to 13 episodes, the three leftover episodes won't be forgotten. "We haven't figured out exactly when we'll put those other three on, but we're not eliminating them from the show," says Carlton Cuse. "You will get those three episodes downstream." PLUS: Damon Lindelof has gladly forgotten about Dharma.

Ausiello:What came out of your meeting with ABC today?
Cuse: Damon [Lindelof] and I are going to try to make five more episodes before the end of May, which is ambitious. But we've found ourselves in a situation where we had eight episodes of story planned, and we're going to try to fit that into five hours of the show. Even though it's going to be very hard to execute, we felt like any less would be doing a disservice to the story we had planned. We really want to give the fans the best possible experience and ending... to Season 4.

Any chance that the first of the five episodes will air the week after that last pre-strike episode — thus eliminating any scheduling gap?
Cuse: No, there's probably going to be four weeks between the airing of the first batch of episodes and our new episodes.
Ok. so I think the situation is: there were 8 'pre-strike' episodes (of wh 2 have aired). then there were going to be 8 more later ~ maybe fall, depending on strike. wh wld complete 16 epis season.
Now, since the strike ended, they are going to rush to make 5 more episodes. so that this run will be 8 + 5 (with just a few weeks imbtw) and that will complete the 4th season, with only 13 episodes.
and then somewhere in the next two seasons, planned to be 16 epis each, there will be an additional 3 episodes:
What will happen to the three "lost" episodes? Will they roll over into next season's 16, or will they vanish forever?
Cuse: Damon and I remain committed to producing the 40 additional hours of the show that we promised. We haven't figured out exactly when we'll put those other three on, but we're not eliminating them from the show. You will get those three episodes downstream.

"Everything I've forgotten about the Dharma Initiative is best left forgotten," Lindelof said. "The good news about time away from the show is that you remember the good stuff. If you've forgotten about it, it's probably best not to be reminded. We're looking forward to executing the resolution of Season 4. Who are all the members of Oceanic 6? What happened to everybody else? What is the secret the Oceanic 6 are keeping and why are they keeping it? And who are these freighter folk?"




Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Writers' strike officially over!
The three-month-old strike came to an end Tuesday night, with writers voting to go back to work after gaining a piece of the digital entertainment pie. "These advances now give us a foothold in the digital age," said WGA president Patric Verrone. "Rather than being shut out of the future of content creation and delivery, writers will lead the way as television migrates to the Internet." Added Les Moonves of CBS: "At the end of the day, everybody won. It was a fair deal and one that the companies can live with, and it recognizes the large contribution that writers have made to the industry." (Read statements from WGA and AMPTP)