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Lost Spoiler

Is Kate leaving the show? Sources have told the folks at Zap2it that Evangeline Lilly has been auditioning for fall pilots.

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I watched the season premiere of Lost last night, and as usual, it made me feel dumb for not paying better attention. I typically read or write while I watch tv, but this is a huge mistake with shows like Lost that have a ridiculously rich mythology and 30 Rock that have subtle and clever humor.

I often feel dumb when I’m watching Heroes, too, both for not quite getting what is going on and for actually continuing to watch the show. I’m holding out hope that the return of Bryan Fuller to the writing staff will help it return to its roots, when it actually deserved a People’s Choice Award. (I’m still bitter that it beat out Supernatural!)

How do you follow the mythology of Lost? Do you visit Ryan’s Lost blog at zap2it? The TWOP forums? Some other discussion site I’m not familiar with?

That was my life when Twin Peaks was on. I spent many an evening on the newsgroups (the only Internet discussion we had back then) when I should have been studying. And I usually had the tv on while I was doing it. Lost is enjoyable to watch, but it hasn’t grabbed me the way Twin Peaks did. Twin Peaks made me feel smart for picking such an inventive show and for keeping the mythology straight. Perhaps that’s the difference for me.

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Competitive Programming

Why do they have to put shows that compete against each other on at the same time? Especially with the current dearth of programming. I mean, I get that Thursday night is the most lucrative night of the week, so everyone wants a piece of that ad revenue. But, do Lost and Supernatural have to be on at the same time? Really?

My memory of when I was younger was that shows that targeted different audiences were on a the same time, so old people could watch Murder She Wrote and I could watch something good. (No I don’t remember what exactly I watched when Murder She Wrote was on, but I know it wasn’t targeted at the geriatric crowd.) Everyone was happy.

Am I remembering wrong? Or was that truly a golden age for viewers who never had to choose between two shows? (Or more than two shows, since that’s all my DVR can handle at once.)

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