November 8th, 2008 10:42 pm

Saturday Night Specials

Lost Airdate

America’s worst kept secret has been revealed! ABC is set to premiere season five of Lost on January 21st at 8pm. It will begin with a one hour recap episode followed by a two hour premiere at 9pm – its permanent timeslot from there on in. Also, as a result of last year’s writer’s strike, there will be 17 episodes for its penultimate season.

This move is probably the start of a major shake up in ABC’s midseason schedule. It also leaves a number of shows in limbo including Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money, with the former being renewed a few weeks ago.

Life Is Full Of Life

Things just got a lot more interesting over at NBC. Despite low ratings, cop-drama Life has been given a back nine episode order. “This unique crime drama continues to offer consistent and compelling stories each week,” said Teri Weinberg, executive vice president, NBC Entertainment. “We love Life and are thrilled that we get to see more of these characters and amazing new cases.”

This comes as a surprise as a few weeks ago Universal Media Studios rejected NBC’s order for more episodes.

Also, has anyone else been watching season 2 of Life? Even though I’m still enjoying it, do you agree it has lost a lot of its serialized nature?

Source: Hollywood Reporter