Lost Doom & Gloom
[Moozik The Zutons - Someone Watching Over Me]
So it would seem that Lost has slipped somewhat in the ratings.
The saga of plane-crash survivors stranded on a dangerous and surreal island once drew an impressive 20 million-plus viewers as it helped raise ABC from ratings purgatory, gained cultural-phenomenon status and won the 2005 Emmy for best drama. But eight episodes into its third season, "Lost" has taken a painful nosedive, with an audience of 14.5 million for its Feb. 7 episode and 12.8 million — its lowest ever — for this week's show.Which in true don't-be-so-over-dramatic eye rolling fashion, has meant some predicting its demise is imminent.
"Lost is the tragedy of the season," said Marc Berman, TV analyst for Media Week Online as well as a fan aggrieved by what he considers ABC's bungled handling of a favorite show. "They really prematurely put the nail in the coffin. It's too late to save it."
Will 'Lost' ratings plunge doom series?
Ok so while having a mid-season hiatus probably wasn't the best idea they've ever had, I don't think it's too late to "save the show". Sure as any fan, I'm a little bit frustrated that we're three seasons in and there are still so many unanswered questions. But that's what keeps me watching every week. I'm hopelessly addicted right to the end ;-)
Dave isn't on board though and I must admit I did chuckle at his rant.
Today I got lambasted by a friend because I am not watching Lost and Heroes.Heh."HOW CAN YOU NOT BE WATCHING THE TWO COOLEST SHOWS ON TELEVISION?!? she screamed at me. "OMG! THEY ARE BOTH GETTING SOOOOOOOO GOOD JUST NOW!"
Yeah, well I had fallen for that before, and swore never again, so I decided to ask a few questions about Lost...
* "Have they explained what the smoke monster is?" — No.
* "Have they explained what The Others wanted with Walt?" — No.
* "Have they explained why The Others took the baby?" — No.
* "Have they explained what The Others are doing on the island?" — No.
* "Have they explained what Hurley's numbers mean?" — No.
* "Have they explained what the island is for?" — No.
* "HAVE THEY EXPLAINED ANYTHING ON THAT STUPID, STUPID SHOW?" — No.
* So, in other words, they're still just piling more confusing shit on top of the same old crap instead of wrapping anything up and going forward? — Uhhh... yes?