`Lost' Back in Full Stride, but Hiatus Might Hurt ABC's Hit
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Wednesday, after a momentum-shattering 13-week hiatus, ABC's "Lost" will be found.  But will viewers still care, and tune in? And if they do, will they get swept back into the riptide of what was once TV's hottest water-cooler show?  They ought to.
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By Jaynelle Ramon, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 1--It's a great time to be a TV watcher -- big shows coming back from long hiatuses and no repeats until summer.
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After strong ratings in its first  two weeks, ABC's new castaway thriller "Lost" appears to have  given the network something it has struggled for years to find  -- a hit drama.
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Walt Disney&#39;s perennially slumping ABC Television Network is suddenly a champ again thanks to a couple of unexpected hit shows including a prime time soap called Desperate Housewives (coming to the UK in January).
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NEW YORK  - ABC's "Desperate  Housewives" returned Sunday after taking a break last week to  beat CBS' "Survivor" primetime finale.
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Back from bouncing around the TV industry for a couple weeks, so I need to play some catch-up today, but first, this little story.
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ABC is reshuffling its  Wednesday lineup, launching a two-hour comedy block and moving  the hit drama "Lost" to 10 p.m.
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LOS ANGELES  - Strong showings from  some of ABC's signature shows, "Monday Night Football,"  "Desperate Housewives," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"  "According to Jim" and "Lost," helped the network snap CBS'  six-week winning streak among adults 18-49 last week.
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ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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By LYNN ELBER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Sometimes a TV series needs a tuneup. Tweak the plots, juice the promotion, and it may end up a challenger in the ratings race.
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Plans to ease licensing restrictions would have won company plenty of fans, so why did it reverse course at the last minute? There's plenty of head-scratching and speculation.
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French fans of the hit ABC television  series "Lost" can watch the show just one day after it airs in  the United States, thanks to a new deal between Walt Disney Co  and France's TF1.
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LOS ANGELES  - Basking in the success  of its red-hot new drama series "Lost" and "Desperate  Housewives," ABC is prepping its fall drama hopefuls.
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"Lost" crashed in the ratings this week, hitting an all-time low for a new episode. ABC's drama about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island drew an estimated 12.8 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. That's well off the peak of more than 20 million for the drama that became an instant sensation when it debuted in September 2004.
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By John Keenan, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 15--With the fall season opening this month, Fox has "Vanished" from a rural Nebraska cable system.
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While &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; and &quot;Lost&quot; sought to repeat their Emmy Awards dominance, changes to nominations rules gave lower-profile series a new shot at recognition.
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LOS ANGELES  - ABC is reshuffling its Wednesday lineup, launching a two-hour comedy block and moving the hit drama "Lost" to 10 p.m.