It’s been called one of the most compelling television series of our time. Now, CTV says goodbye to the epic series LOST with special programming leading up to what will become one of the most talked about series finales ever. It all culminates on Sunday, May 23 with a super-sized night of programming on CTV beginning with the two-hour retrospective special THE FINAL JOURNEY at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the two-and-a-half hour series finale, “The End” at 9 p.m. ET. Following the broadcast, CTV.ca hosts an interactive live chat with a panel of LOST experts, including author Nikki Stafford, television columnist Andrew Ryan and ETALK reporter Lainey Lui, to dissect every twist and turn in the final episode. Then, for anyone who misses the seminal television event, the series finale will be available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca, in addition to repeat broadcasts on Thursday, May 27 at 8:30 p.m. ET on SPACE and Saturday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET on /A\ (visit CTV.ca or spacecast.com to confirm local broadcast times).
CTV also announced today that, in preparation for the finale, LOST Quick Cuts have returned to CTV.ca. Representing the first 97 episodes from Seasons 1-5, each fully re-edited and re-scored, one-to-four-minute mini-episode features vital information about the complicated history and future of the passengers of Oceanic flight 815 that led into the final season. LOST Quick Cuts can be found on the CTV Video Player at LOST.CTV.ca. The microsite has everything viewers need leading up to and following the series finale, including party planning tips for LOST finale parties, as well as more LOST online extras.
LOST Programming on CTV Inc. includes:
* Thursday, May 13 at 11 p.m. ET on SPACE – INNERSPACE hosts and genre experts Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson delve deeper into the questions and answers of this week’s episode “Across the Sea.”
* Wednesday, May 19 – Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV – ETALK counts down to the grand finale with a retrospective look of the series that re-shaped television, including onset interviews from 2004 as well as what to expect from the final episode.
* Thursday, May 20 at 11 p.m. ET on SPACE – INNERSPACE hosts Ajay and Teddy discuss the penultimate episode “What They Died For.”
* Sunday, May 23 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV – THE FINAL JOURNEY – takes an in-depth look back at the past six seasons of this groundbreaking show.
* Sunday, May 23 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV – LOST – “The End” – series finale.
* Thursday, May 27 at 8:30 p.m. ET on SPACE – LOST – An encore of “The End”.
* Thursday, May 27 at 11 p.m. ET on SPACE – INNERSPACE dedicates an hour to recap the iconic series.
* Saturday, May 29 at 8 p.m. ET on /A\ – A special “enhanced” version of “The End” with LOST facts appearing on the screen throughout the episode.
Immediately after the ET broadcast, from 11:30 p.m. ET – 12:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 23, fans of the show can join in the LOST Post-Finale Panel Discussion at LOST.CTV.ca. The panel will be moderated by LOST fan and CTV.ca columnist Tyrone Warner, who has been penning features about LOST for several years, interviewing producers and various cast members while untangling mysteries along the way. The panel also features: Nikki Stafford, author of the Finding Lost book series; Andrew Ryan, television columnist for The Globe and Mail; Lainey Lui, ETALK reporter and scribe of the popular gossip site, LaineyGossip.com; and INNERSPACE hosts Teddy Wilson and Ajay Fry. The chat will also be available on TheGlobeandMail.com LOST Nation site.
LOST premiered on CTV on October 2, 2004 and went on to win numerous awards, including Emmy and Golden Globe awards for “Best Drama” and the prestigious Peabody Award in 2008. At the end of its sixth and final season, 114 episodes of LOST will have aired – 121.5 hours of mind-bending, edge-of-your seat drama.
