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Lost is an American serial drama television series that follows the past, present and future lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a passenger jet crashes somewhere in the south Pacific. The show was created by Damon Lindelof, J. J. Abrams and Jeffrey Lieber, and is filmed primarily on location in Oahu, Hawaii. The pilot episode was first broadcast on September 22, 2004. Since then, three seasons have aired and the fourth will premiere on January 31, 2008. The show is produced by ABC Studios, Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and airs on the ABC Network in the United States. Because of its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming in Hawaii, the series is one of the most expensive on television. A critical and popular success, Lost garnered an average of 16 million viewers per episode on ABC during its first year, and won numerous industry awards including the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005. Reflecting its devoted fan base, the show has become a staple of popular culture with references to the story and its elements appearing in other television shows, commercials, comic books, webcomics, humor magazines 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 Find 815. It has been announced that Lost will conclude with 117 episode of six seasons in May 2010.
