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UPDATE from Kristin
2:00 p.m. update:
Since this story launched earlier today, I have been hearing from multiple sources inside ABC that the story is "more complex" than what was originally reported by my colleague Marc Malkin in E! Online's Planet Gossip.
According to these sources, ABC will be making an announcement declaring an end date for Lost very soon. However, the exact number of remaining episodes and seasons is still muddy—and might not be exactly two seasons.
The good news? You don't have to wait long. I'm told the announcement will be made within the next few days.
Source: Kristin
ABC is set to announce that Lost will end production after two more seasons.
This is what my E! Online partner in crime Marc Malkin just announced in his column, Planet Gossip.
I know. Breathe, Lost fans. Breathe.
Here's what I can tell you. I just spoke to insiders at ABC and they tell me it's true: The network and producers have reached a decision on an end date and they are expected to announce it in the next two weeks. This is meant to be a good thing, because now the producers finally can start mapping out the remaining episodes and start rolling out some of the major reveals and answers we fans have been waiting
for.
I'm also told there are more big changes in store for the show!
According to sources, ABC is planning to push back Lost's return date to January of next year in order to air new episodes back-to-back, and it is also "extremely likely" that Lost will change time slots next season.
Still, the biggest change may be that massive, mind-blowing, cast-related "game-changer" I keep hinting about—to which I am sworn to secrecy, for it is that big—which is revealed in the season finale. (I cannot wait for you to see it.)
Source: Kristin