| Lost has done it again. The highly watched show | | | | get the game on, they might even place it against |
| is slated to return in February, and unlike the | | | | American Idol, whose ratings also seem to be |
| other new shows, Lost won't be affected too | | | | competitive. |
| much by the ongoing WGA writers' strike. This | | | | Basically, the new year will consist of the following |
| gives ABC an opportunity to dominate ratings | | | | for the big networks. ABC has Lost, Dancing with |
| once the airwaves run out of new shows to air. | | | | the Stars, The Bachelor, Wife Swap and Extreme |
| Most scripted shows only have enough material to | | | | Makeover: Home Edition while NBC has The |
| take them into the new year, which is when | | | | Apprentice, Dateline, American Gladiators and not |
| everything will come to a stop and reality TV will | | | | much else. CBS will have to do with Survivor, The |
| dominate our small screens. However, that is not | | | | Amazing Race and the spring edition of Big |
| the case for Lost as they have eight scripts | | | | Brother while FOX is left with American Idol. |
| finished and six episodes currently being filmed. | | | | Moreover, this is an opportunity for ABC to yield |
| Therefore, they will be indeed dominating the era | | | | more audiences for Lost. There's a lot of time, |
| of drought for scripted television. | | | | considering the writers strike, for the network to |
| Aside from being the only scripted series with a | | | | air most if not all previous seasons of Lost. We |
| significant amount of episodes to air, Lost also has | | | | can now probably hail Lost as the strike survivor, |
| an advantage because ABC's schedule by then | | | | as it seems to pretty much deal well with the |
| would be pretty wide open, thus they can choose | | | | ongoing strike. |
| a great timeslot for the series. If ABC is ready to | | | | |