2008 Woodie Awards
Strike induced lineup 'LOST' on T.V. fans
Chase Becicka
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: A&E
With the writers' strike now over mainstream television shows such as "Heroes," "Nip/Tuck" and "The Office" can begin taping new episodes and viewers can get a small reprieve from the onslaught of reruns and reality television.
"I was not really that affected by the writers' strike. I don't really watch that much television," said Kate Madsen, art education major.
On Jan. 31 "LOST" was the heavy hitter of the night as the fourth season premiered at 8 p.m. local time. It was presided by a narrated version of the finale of season three to help viewers catch up on what has been happening with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.
The actual season premiere that followed stuck to the "LOST" formula with one slight alteration, the famous flashbacks of the show are now flash-forwards, which gives viewers insight on the direction the final three seasons of the show will take. The big push for this premiere was rescue but come on, if that was really going to happen the show would have to be renamed "FOUND" for the final three seasons.
Instead the would-be rescuers seem to be more interested in the island and its mysterious properties. This, as well as the division of the survivors, seems to be the major source of conflict for the fourth season. However, this season may not have escaped the looming shadow of the writers strike; "LOST" was scheduled to have a 16 episode season but when the strike hit only eight episodes had been written effectively cutting season four in half.
The other half of ABC's night of mid-season premieres showcased a new show called "Eli Stone." It follows a prominent young lawyer who begins having visions caused by an inoperable brain aneurysm.
As the show progressed the images became more and more vivid for Stone and ranged from trolleys running down the street to pop singer George Michaels dancing on random table tops. Stone begins to see the visions potentially prophetic rather than miss firings of neurons in his brain.
"I was not really that affected by the writers' strike. I don't really watch that much television," said Kate Madsen, art education major.
On Jan. 31 "LOST" was the heavy hitter of the night as the fourth season premiered at 8 p.m. local time. It was presided by a narrated version of the finale of season three to help viewers catch up on what has been happening with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815.
The actual season premiere that followed stuck to the "LOST" formula with one slight alteration, the famous flashbacks of the show are now flash-forwards, which gives viewers insight on the direction the final three seasons of the show will take. The big push for this premiere was rescue but come on, if that was really going to happen the show would have to be renamed "FOUND" for the final three seasons.
Instead the would-be rescuers seem to be more interested in the island and its mysterious properties. This, as well as the division of the survivors, seems to be the major source of conflict for the fourth season. However, this season may not have escaped the looming shadow of the writers strike; "LOST" was scheduled to have a 16 episode season but when the strike hit only eight episodes had been written effectively cutting season four in half.
The other half of ABC's night of mid-season premieres showcased a new show called "Eli Stone." It follows a prominent young lawyer who begins having visions caused by an inoperable brain aneurysm.
As the show progressed the images became more and more vivid for Stone and ranged from trolleys running down the street to pop singer George Michaels dancing on random table tops. Stone begins to see the visions potentially prophetic rather than miss firings of neurons in his brain.
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