LOST LEAKED

The first hour of the ABC hit television show LOST leaked on to the internet before it hit television. So you would assume that many of the fans of LOST would tune in to see the first hour of the show that they've been waiting half a year for; that couldn't be further form the truth. 12.1 million poeple tune din for the season premiere "which is 1 million more than the average weekly audience lst season, and under 1 million more than last year's premiere. Last years premiere had not been leaked early but still happened to have a million less viewers. Nydailynews.com found a comment made by a fan on the site MyWhiteNoise.com "Why spoil it now? I'd rather watch it in hi-def and surround sound rather than ruin the surprise and watch some (low-quality) video." Although many of the clips online are better quality than the LOST premiere are fans saying that they would rather have the HD experience on television than be able to watch the show whenever they'd like online?

I chose this article because I found it interesting that many of the fans were not drawn to watch the show online. As a LOST fan I know how much anticipation there was for this show but I count myself part of the number that would rather have the television experience. There was jsut something about being that group of people who were all in front of their televisions from 8-11 pm watching the premier. I don't think that is something that can be replicated by online media because it is so accessible at your leisure. I think that this is important because the way things are going the internet seems to be taking on TV shows and this just proves that TVs are not yet out of the picture.

This relates to how in the text it talks about how "the web can show anything, anytime.(p326)" And this article proves that sometimes that's not what the audience wants. We still want to have to wait and build up anticipation for television shows. This is extremely evident in the programs that I watch. I am in front of my television every Tuesday night at 9 pm waiting for LOST to come on. I understand how those 12.1 million people could pass over the first hour of the show easily in order to have the experience that we all had that night.



Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Mbum8rheg

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_lost_premiere_gains_viewers_despite_early_online_leaks_many_fans_waited_for_show.html