I know this might be a few months late, but what the hey. I did some digging last night on how the writers strike is going to effect Lost. There is some good news, and some bad news…Because of the mid-season start, Lost has an advantage over other network television shows. Most shows began in the fall, and since the writers strike, have also ran out of material. That is the reason that Heroes didn’t go ahead as planned and decided to make episode 11 a more solid conclusion than originally planned.

Lost on the other hand hasn’t yet begun their season, so they won’t have much, if any, competition on the Thursday night spot. Although, the writers of Lost only got 8 episodes scripted, Lost will be the most watched show on Thursday night. What’s this mean? Well, because of the prolonged off season, Lost very well might have lost a good number of fans. Many people might have become disinterested. I was worried that the show might be cancelled, but I’m beginning to think otherwise. With no competition, the show will rake in unbelievable ratings, and being aired on Thursday, Lost no longer has American Idol to contend with.

Now, the bad news. Like I mentioned, only 8 shows were scripted. If the writers strike isn’t settled before episode 6 is aired, Lost might end this season with episode 8, leaving us to wonder about the conclusion for 8 months. It was bad enough having to wait 8 months after a solid conclusion to season 3, but ending mid-season is like reading half of a book and then having it taken from you for 8 months.

I’m not that into video games, but I’d definitely play this one….

It has now been over 7 months since we’ve seen a fresh episode of Lost, and we still have more than a month to go before the return of Lost with season 4.  I have to say, I’m quite disappointed.  I’m curious to know just how many Lost fans were lost(no pun intended) due to this lack of concern over viewer wishes.  Maybe I’m overgeneralizing this a bit…When I say viewer wishes, I mean the wishes of the viewers that I have come into contact with.

Above this, I think that placing Lost in the same time slot as one of TV’s highest ranking shows is a big mistake.  Not to mention how disappointing it is to us Grey’s fans to have to record Grey’s Anatomy and watch it at a later time.  How many fans will we lose to other shows?

Well, I’d like to hear what everyone else thinks.  Is it just me, or does this read like a big mistake to you too?