ABC kicked off its TCA day with a panel on Lost featuring Emilie de Ravin (Claire), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Josh Holloway (Sawyer), Evangeline Lilly (Kate), Terry O’Quinn (Locke), Michael Emerson (Ben), Jorge Garcia (Hurley), co-creator/executive producer Damon Lindelof and executive producer Carlton Cuse.
For anyone hoping for a spinoff or a potential continuation of Lost on the big screen, unfortunately that will not happen. But in addition to the return of Emilie de Ravin in this final sixth season, both Harold Perrineau (Michael) and Cynthia Watros (Libby) will also be back.
There are seven more episodes left to be filmed, and no one is talking about how the Emmy-winning drama will conclude.
ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson began the executive session by announcing second-season renewals for Wednesday comedies Modern Family, The Middle and Cougar Town.
“It feels like we now have a foothold in comedy, and we intend to grow that,” said McPherson. “I hear more anecdotal stuff about people watching as a family through the night, just really enjoying that.”
Moving forward, the network will continue to remain aggressive in both the scripted and nonscripted departments, with an emphasis on programming of a family driven nature and serialized dramas.
“When we have been derivative and played it safe, I think we fail. A lot of times ambitious dramas can be serialized. We certainly believe that that’s a part of our landscape. We would certainly love some procedurals in our brand that repeat," said McPherson. "Castle has been a great one for us. It’s our highest-performing repeat show. So we are going to look for a mix, but I think we are going to continue to be ambitious. We are going to continue to try to break new ground and take chances.”
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