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Lost is an
Emmy and
Golden Globe award-winning
American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of
plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical
island, after a commercial
passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the
South Pacific. Each episode typically features a primary storyline on the island as well as a secondary storyline from
another point in a character's life. The series was created by
Damon Lindelof,
J. J. Abrams and
Jeffrey Lieber, and is filmed primarily on location in
Oahu, Hawaii.
[Lost: About the Show - ABC.com] The pilot episode was first broadcast on September 22, 2004.
Since then, four seasons have aired. The series is produced by
ABC Studios,
Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and airs on the
ABC Network in the United States. Its
soundtrack is composed by
Michael Giacchino. The current executive producers are Abrams, Lindelof,
Bryan Burk,
Jack Bender and
Carlton Cuse.
[Lost: Missing Pieces," ABC. Retrieved on November 9, 2007.] Due to its large
ensemble cast and the cost of filming in Hawaii, the series is one of the most expensive on television.
Critically acclaimed and a popular success,
Lost garnered an average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC during its first year. It has won numerous industry awards including the
Emmy Award for
Outstanding Drama Series in 2005,
[ 58th Primetime Emmy Award Nominees and Winners - Emmys.tv] Best American Import at the
British Academy Television Awards in 2005, the
Golden Globe for
Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Reflecting its devoted
fan base, the series has become a part of American
popular culture with references to the story and its elements appearing in other television series,
commercials,
comic books,
[Hughes, Adam (cover artist). Catwoman, issue 51. January 25, 2006.]s,
humor magazines, a
video game and song
lyrics. The show's
fictional universe has also been explored through
tie-in novels,
board and
video games, and
alternative reality games,
The Lost Experience and
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