Due to its large ensemble cast and the cost of filming primarily on location in Oahu, Hawaii, the series was one of the most expensive on television, with the pilot alone costing over $14 million. Inspired by the 2000 Tom Hanks film Cast Away, the show is told in a heavily serialized manner. Lindelof and Carlton Cuse served as showrunners and are executive producers along with Abrams and Bryan Burk.

Episodes typically feature a primary storyline set on the island, augmented by flashback or flashforward sequences which provide additional insight into the involved characters. The show contains elements of supernatural fiction, and follows the survivors of a commercial jet airliner flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, after the plane crashes on a mysterious island somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean. Abrams, and Damon Lindelof that aired on ABC from September 22, 2004, to May 23, 2010, over six seasons, comprising a total of 121 episodes.

Lost is an American science fiction drama television series created by Jeffrey Lieber, J.

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