"I'm not sure there is any ending that will satisfy everyone," Cuse said. "Our hope is that the ending will be ... the logical conclusion of the story."

Issue #17. Their joint explosion onto the world's consciousness as the summer of 2004 drew to a close marked the beginning of a new chapter in television and user-generated content. Something about 'LOST' and podcasts just go together.

In a highly unusual move, ABC announces plans today to end the show after three more shortened seasons of 16 episodes each. The episodes will air consecutively, repeat-free, from February to May.

Push the button! A Digg-like site for teevee addicts, "LOST" fans in particular. Vote for links to industry news, show blogs, fan sites, and more. Runs Pligg, an open-source social bookmarking system.

"Lost," the word goes, is deeper and more cinematic; "Heroes" is pulpier and better-paced. And the way fans sometimes talk, there seems a cosmic cyber-wish for the shows to somehow merge - to meld into a single supernatural drama that doles out questions and answers in acceptable weekly doses.

We attended a benefit reading for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth featuring several cast members from ABC's filmed-in-Hawaii series "LOST": Matthew Fox (Jack), Terry O'Quinn (Locke), Jorge Garcia (Hurley), Daniel Dae Kim (Jin), Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond), Michael Emerson (Ben) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet). I dare say it was the highlight of my year so far.