‘Lost’ fans in the US were relieved on Friday, January 29, 2010 when the White House assured that a crucial speech by President Barack Obama would not clash with the premier of the final season of the show.
This was reiterated by White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs at a recent White House press briefing when questioned on the subject by a journalist from an ABC news program.
ABC, a US television station, blocked off a three-hour slot on February 2, 2010 to screen the first episode of Lost which is one of the most popular shows in America. However, fans of the TV show were unsure if President Barack Obama would choose that very time to deliver his very first State of the Union address, which is by tradition scheduled for the last Tuesday of January every year.
The slot for the US president’s State of the Union address is always reserved in order to provide a national broadcast of the speech, regardless of scheduled programs.
Lost is about a group of travelers stranded on an island due to a plane crash. Since its first episode in 2004, the TV show has become immensely popular and has acquired an average of 16 million viewers per episode during its first season. The TV show is one of the most expensive due to its huge ensemble cast and is in its sixth season, with the final episode scheduled to air in May 2010.