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TO KEEP FANS SATIATED UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF �LOST� PREMIERES, ABC AND ABC.COM FEATURE �LOST MOMENTS�
�Lost Moments� Premiere Randomly Every Week in New Drama �Day Break�
Viewers Can Help Build the Definitive Fan Guide with the New �Lost� Wiki
To keep fans enticed until the second half of �Lost� premieres in February 2007, ABC and ABC.com will feature �Lost Moments.� Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 15, the first �Lost Moment� will premiere randomly during the new drama �Day Break.� Comprised of thirty seconds of never-before-seen footage of upcoming episodes, there will be a total of twelve �Lost Moments,� one during each airing of �Day Break.� After �Day Break� the �Lost Moments� will be available on ABC.com.
Do you think you know how Locke ended up in a wheelchair? Will Sawyer be killed? Did Walt and Michael make it off the island? Now you and other fans of �Lost� can help create the ultimate �Lost� wiki with discussions on the latest episode, updates about season three or discussions about the previous seasons; definitions; mythology; message boards; profiles of the characters and how they�re connected; and even haiku! The �Lost� wiki is hosted and powered by Wetpaint.
Also recently added to the �Lost� site on ABC.com are the already popular �Lost Theories� board and weekly audio podcasts and regular video podcasts. All six complete episodes from season three will remain on the site available to viewers for free, to keep fans connected and allow new viewers to get caught up for the second half of the season.
There were nearly 19 million episodes initiated online at ABC.com in the first six weeks since relaunching the enhanced broadband player on September 22. The broadband video player, winner of an Interactive Emmy in the category of enhanced or interactive programming-new delivery platforms, is a permanent feature on the website. The player offers full episodes of six primetime series including �Lost,� �Grey's Anatomy,� �Desperate Housewives,� �Ugly Betty,� �Six Degrees� and �The Nine,� the day after they air on ABC.
The ABC.com Full Episode Broadband Player was recently nominated for two additional Emmys for Science, Technology & Engineering for Broadband & Personal Television by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in the categories for �Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of On Demand Technology over the Public Internet� and �Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for best Use by Commercials in Creation and Use in Non Traditional Platforms and Technologies.�
Disney-ABC Television Group is home to all of The Walt Disney Company�s worldwide entertainment and news television properties. The Group includes the ABC Television Network, Disney Channel�s worldwide portfolio of kids� channels, ABC Family and SOAPnet; as well as television production and syndication divisions Touchstone Television, Walt Disney Television Animation, Buena Vista Worldwide Television and Walt Disney Television International. Disney-ABC Television Group also manages the Radio Disney Network in addition to the Company�s equity interest in Lifetime Entertainment Services, A&E Television Networks and E! Networks.
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