British enthusiasts of the critically acclaimed ‘Lost’, a US sci-fi live-action TV which concludes its sixth season this weekend, could watch its final episode at the same air time as viewers in America – but only if they wake up at 5 am on Monday.
Sky1, together with broadcasters in six other states, will transmit the 121st episode right at the same time as ABC network airs it on the west coast of the US. The transmission time – 9 pm Sunday night in California – is translated to 5 am Monday BST.
Although live events including the Super Bowl or the Academy Award are beamed live across the globe, this is thought to be the first time a scripted TV drama is screened simultaneously in America and in other nations as well.
Viewers in the UK will have an advantage over those in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Turkey and Israel, where the final episode will be aired at the same time. However, there would be no subtitles that would translate it into local languages.
The finale promises fans a resolution to the countless puzzling storylines of the series, whose pilot episode was first aired in September 2004 and which has had 121 episodes in a total of six seasons.
“It was very weird to take these closely held secrets and actually put them in the scene. It was very liberating and exciting,” said Carlton Cuse, one of the chief writers of ‘Lost’.
