By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

The producers of Lost have found the secret to resuscitating a great TV show: make less of it. Last year, in the middle of a third season that was criticized by fans as slow and aimless, they proposed to end the hit show after three more seasons of 16 episodes each, six or so fewer than a typical TV-drama season. ABC, stunningly, agreed, though it had the contractual right to frog-march the lucrative property ahead for as many seasons as it liked.

Plotting its own demise was Lost’s best innovation yet. Some big-network hits, like Mary Tyler Moore and Seinfeld, have gone out on top but not with an end planned years in advance. Others limp to the finish; next season is the last for ER, which began airing back when physicians used leeches to drain the body of ill humors.

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Hollywood Reporter states that Michael Rapaport will be among the new faces we will see in season 4. Rapaport, whom we have seen in My Name is Earl and Friends among others, will play a government agent that will make an interesting offer to Michael and Lincoln.
There will also be a nerd hacker named Roland Glenn who is going to help them, but he has a big mouth and this will get him into trouble.

According to TVSpoiler episone one of the new season will be named “Skylla”.
In the Greek mythology Skylla was a monster that was guarding, together with Charyvdi, a narrow sea passage forbidding the entrance to whomever wanted to cross it. The passage is today’s Bosporus. Skylla had 6 heads on very long necks, and grabbed the sailors off their boats. Jason managed to cross the passage and Hercules fought the monster.
Why chose a title like this? Is this a hint for what is upcoming? Does this mean that Michael will have to face ”monstrous” difficulties in his quest to take down the company? Probably yes.
And bear in mind that after Skylla always comes a Charyvdi.

Season 4 might hold some nasty surprises for fans (no, not again someone’s decapitation) but something having to do with Michael’s tattoos.
According to eonline, Wentworth Miller revealed that this year will have his tattoos removed. It is so disappointing, since the tattoos were big part of the plot in season 1 and 2, although we didn’t get much of them in season 3. I think that they should keep them. OK, they might remind Michael a very bad part of his life, and the ordeal he has gone under, but they also remind him that he was successful saving his brother’s life and the fact that he met the woman of his life.
So maybe he can keep them as a kind of trophy. Like the scars veterans of war have, to remind them they’ve gone through hell and survived. And thinking reasonably, removing such an extensive tattoo will not be the easiest thing in the world.
According to eonline Wentworth said that the 4th season will be like “the Dirty Seven” with all our guys joining forces to battle the Company. Well, we can’t wait.
Officially, season premiere will be aired on August 25!

Fox released information about the upcoming 4th season.
Read below what they have in store for our favorite boys, but be warned, it contains spoilers!

After engineering an escape from the hellish Panamanian prison Sona, brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are determined to seek justice against The Company, the shadowy group responsible for destroying their lives and killing the woman Michael loves, Dr. Sara Tancredi. During their quest for vengeance, Michael’s world is turned upside down when he learns that Sara is still alive. Realizing the only way they will truly be free, Michael and Lincoln avenge to find Sara and take down The Company.

With the help of a government handler, they assemble a group of allies and familiar faces including Mahone, Sucre and Bellick to aid in their seemingly impossible task. Unfortunately for the brothers, they must also enlist T-Bag, who unknowingly possesses a vital clue to help them pull off their most difficult challenge yet. They’ll soon discover the only thing harder than breaking out is breaking in.
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Cast: Dominic Purcell as Lincoln Burrows, Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield, William Fichtner as Alexander Mahone, Amaury Nolasco as Fernando Sucre, Wade Williams as Brad Bellick, Robert Knepper as T-Bag, Sarah Wayne Callies as Dr. Sara Tancredi, Chris Vance as James Whistler, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Susan B. Anthony, Danay Garcia as Sofia.

Greetings one and all!

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Oceanic Six
So we get to see the Oceanic 6 being transported to Honolulu. The copilot does not feel good about the cargo. He thinks that they are bad mojo. Does he know something that most people don’t know? After all, if castaways are found, people usually rejoice about them. Neither the pilot nor the copilot was very happy about their transport. Did they witness what the Oceanic 6 had to do to be saved? Something was definitely not right about this rescue mission.

We get to see the Oceanic 6, and they look dazed. Why? Once again, I think that they had to do something terrible to get on that plane. What sort of deal did they break? When the Oceanic 6 were interviewed by the reporters, it was obvious that the castaways were lying. We know that the story they were telling was not true. Kate was not Aaron’s mother. Not only that, but she said that she was 6 months pregnant when the plane crashed and that Aaron was now 5 weeks old. Couldn’t the reporters see through the lie? How on earth can you try to pass a 3-month old as a 5-week old? There is no way! Aaron is holding his head on his own and he is huge. A 5-week old is a helpless baby whose head you must keep secured. The neck is not strong enough to hold the head up. What a farce. I am looking forward to seeing how this little faux pas is explained.

What about Sun’s lie. It was obvious that they were all uncomfortable as to what she was going to say about Jin’s whereabouts. She lied. They all knew that she lied. Is Jin back on the island trying to save it from going to Widmore? Something’s up. And, Sun knows that something’s up. She uses her share of the Oceanic settlement to buy a big share into her father’s company. She knows that her father is involved in a sham, that’s for sure. How did she learn that? Ben?

Family renewal scene had a lot of pathos. I cried. I noticed that, however, the Paik family was hugging a cold fish. Sun was not thrilled to seeing them. It was sad to see that Sayid had no one to greet him. (Of course, later on, we get to see that Nadia was there for him after all.) How great was Hurley to include him in with his family? Hurley, you are the sweetest guy on LOST. I just get mad at all the fat jokes that you are part of. LOST cut this shit out already. In fact, cut the Jate/Skate dilemma and the fat jokes. Then you will be greatest show to ever hit the TV screens so far. Oh, what I am saying? You are the GREATEST SHOW TO EVER HIT THE TV SCREENS so far.

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I have to ask everyone that reads here at the TelevisionReviewBlogs.Com - What is the attraction at all of Paris and her sister Nikki?  Is it the cash?  Is it the proverbial shock appeal of a relatively timid sex tape showcasing?  Are you REALLY interested in “what she’ll say next?”  Is Nikki a celebrity or just the sister of a celebrity? Well, we’ll apparently know more soon as there is a series of 6 mini-webisodes showcasing - you guessed it - Nikki and Paris Hilton.

Is this a testing of the proverbial television waters?  Can we expect potentially HD-ParisVision in the next 6 months?  Again, I have no idea what the viable interest is - can you help me understand it?  Read on below to be informed via a post I got from Miranda at TVGuide recently.  It includes a number of items that are showcased via TVGuide as well as a variety of websites that give you “some of the best dish” - most of which I have no interest in, but hey - it’s all about perspective here at The TelevisionReviewBlogs.  Be sure to chime in with what YOU think!  -Mike2GuysTalking

SPEND A DAY IN THE LIVES OF KATHY, PARIS AND NICKY HILTON

Six-Part Web Mini-Series Distributed Exclusively
by TV Guide Broadband Starting on May 14, 2008

May 13, 2008 (NEW YORK) ­ Arriving this week to the web will be an exclusive
mini-series, ³A Day with the Hiltons,² starring Kathy Hilton and her two
daughters, Paris and Nicky. Produced by New York online media company For
Your Imagination and distributed exclusively by TV Guide Broadband, the
series will document the winners of the ³Kathy Hilton - My Secret² Mother¹s
Day contest, in which a lucky mother and daughter duo receive an
expense-paid trip to Los Angeles to spend the day with the Hiltons. The
series follows Kathy, Paris and Nicky, as they talk about beauty, family and
much more while they visit a salon, attend an intimate brunch and spend the
afternoon shopping.

TV Guide Broadband will release ³A Day with the Hiltons² in six daily
installments starting on May 14, 2008.  TV Guide Broadband is an online
video service provided by TV Guide Network which delivers short-form
entertainment programming on Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/tvguide), YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/tvguide), Veoh (http://www.veoh.com/users/tvguide)
and other TV Guide Broadband affiliates. In March 2008, TV Guide Broadband
delivered 8.7 million plays across all of its distribution partners.

³Kathy Hilton and her daughters are committed to fashion, luxury and the
finer things that life has to offer, and this mini web series will highlight
the family interests and their strong family bonds,² said Paul Kontonis, CEO
of For Your Imagination. ³We¹re looking forward to working with TV Guide
Broadband as they are the ideal partner to help distribute these videos.²

³Our audience craves celebrity coverage and Hollywood-driven video content,
so an exclusive web series starring Kathy, Paris and Nicky Hilton is the
perfect fit for us,² said Dmitri Ponomarev, vice president of TV Guide
Broadband.

OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. launched the Kathy Hilton - My Secret fragrance
in January 2008 with much fanfare and acclaim. Paul W. Morrison, CEO of
OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. says, ³This is a unique fragrance and event as no
other mother has launched a perfume the same year as her daughter,
regardless of celebrity status.  It is truly a rare and special happening in
the fragrance and celebrity market.²

About For Your Imagination
New York City based For Your Imagination develops and markets high-quality
Internet television and web video series, turning concept into reality for
brands and content creators.  The company works with creative individuals to
develop their show, offering them the opportunity to reach a targeted,
advertiser-friendly audience effectively and monetizing quickly.  For Your
Imagination is built upon the experience of industry veterans whose combined
expertise includes web development, major television and movie production,
national marketing campaigns and technology.

About TV Guide Network
TV Guide Network reaches more than 83 million homes and is a premier
television entertainment network for viewers seeking the latest information
on the best programs, hottest stars and latest trends on television.
Headquartered in the heart of Hollywood, the network combines original
programming with comprehensive program listings information - all of which
deliver on viewers’ need for an entertaining and easy guide to what’s on TV.
TV Guide Network is a division of Macrovision Solutions Corporation.

As Locke leads Ben and Hurley on a quest to find Jacob, we learn that since his childhood, people have been trying to draw him to the Island
By Jeff Jensen

Last night was for us. The cultists. The obsessives. The crazies who have committed to this long, strange trip and gotten lost in it. Like the candy bar Hurley generously shared with Ben while Locke was chatting with the spectral squatters inside Jacob’s shack (a nod to the Neo-Oracle-cookie scene in The Matrix?), ”Cabin Fever” was an episode packed with a chunky abundance of brain-fattening cryptonuggets to nourish our fevered theory making and message-board blustering. Comic-book references. Biblical allusions. Mythological connections. Double meanings to scores of lines. I loved Hurley’s ”theory” that he, Ben, and Locke were chosen for this vision quest because they were the craziest ones on the Island. This in an episode whose ’50s-set flashbacks evoked, fittingly, AMC’s Mad Men and whose thematic concern with fate mirrors that of No Country for Old Men, a narrative about three men dangling on sanity’s thread, though at different points. Amid the clues, red herrings, and tomfoolery, I saw in the episode a fiendishly clever love letter to those of us who’ve become so locked up inside Lost that they’ve been somewhat deliriously messed up by it. That’s really why they called it ”Cabin Fever.” Just my theory, but who knows? Maybe I’m just seeing things again.

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