Tonight is the premier of LOST Season 5 on ABC. If I remember correctly, it’s two episodes tonight starting in about 30 minutes.
I’m really excited to see what happens this season. I’m sure in true lost fashion we’ll end up with more questions than answers. 
Here’s a preview:
I hadn’t really thought about this until today, but it looks like Janurary might be a good month for TV. Returning seasons, new seasons, finalies… there is a lot going on this month!
24 – I’m hooked on this show, and season seven which starts on the 11th will be the first season I’ll actually watch on TV. Yup, I’m late to the 24 club, but thanks to a friend (and Best Buy) I’m now caught up and eagerly awaiting the new season. There’s not enough time!!!
Battlestar Galactica – For a show that started out as the “best thing on TV” it sure went downhill fast. Part of that is because they broke 6-12 months between seasons, and part of it is because the show just lost it’s edge. It returns on Janurary 16th for not only the final episodes of season four, but also the final episodes of the series. Will we find out what happened to Earth? Who is the final Cylon? What happened when Starbuck “died”? At this point does anyone care anymore? It’s coming to an end, and hopefully it’ll end on an up swing.
House M.D. – Returning on the 19th is Dr. House and staff. This show is simply awesome, and I’m always eager for more House.
Fringe – The best way to describe this is to probably call it a modern day X-Files. It’s close, but certainly doesn’t do the show justice. It comes back on the 20th, and I cannot wait to see what Walter has to say in the new episodes. 
LOST – The new season starts up on the 21st after a rather pathetic online game, “Dharma Wants You”. I love LOST, but lost intrest in that whole game very quikly… it simply didn’t hold up to the past games. Will we get any answers this season? Probably, but as always expect every answer to bring a dozen more questions. Will we find out more about the four toed statue? Doubt it.
Burn Notice – The 22nd is the return of Burn Notice. This show really took me buy surprise. I read about it on Neowin.net, and finally caught an episode of it. Prior to Neowin.net, I hadn’t heard or seen anything about it. It’s about a spy who has been blacklisted and dumped in Miami, and he’s trying to figure out who did it and why. Bruce Campbell is a co-star, which should be more than enough reason to watch it!
Stargate: Atlantis – I guess I should also note that Stargate: Atlantis finally dies on the 9th. I’m really surprised that the show lasted as long as it did, but it’s finally leaving. Oh sure, we’ll get a couple of direct to DVD movies out of the series, which will most certainly suck as much as the Stargate: SG-1 movies did.
So, in the last three weeks I’ve managed to watch the first three seasons of 24 in its entirety. And I’ll be starting the fourth season either later tonight or tomorrow. This is reminiscent of when I started my LOST addiction, watching entire seasons over a weekend.
I’ve got to hand it to the writing team so far, they’ve kept me coming back for more. I love how no one, and I mean no one is safe. Thankfully towards the end of season three, my least favorite character was killed off.
One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about 24 so far is a lot of familiar faces, and a lot of actors that I like and never realized were part of the 24 universe. Actors like Tobin Bell (Saw), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Lou Diamond Phillips (Young Guns, Route 666), Dennis Hopper (Apocalypse Now), Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek), James Dale (The Black Donnely’s). It’s also nice to know that Henry Ian Cusick (Lost) and Michael Shanks (Stargate, Burn Notice, Eureka) will be in seasons that I have yet to watch.
So, I’ll be starting season four soon… then I’ll still have to watch five and six. Then next month a 2 hour TV movie 24: Redemption which bridges the gap between season six and season seven. Will I be caught up by then? Who knows… that really depends on a lot of things. I’d certainly like to be, but in the end I guess it won’t kill me if I’m not. — On the other hand, the wife might kill me if I am. 
There is one question that remains… how many more bad days can Jack Bauer have? Several, I hope.
A few days ago the next Lost ARG officially opened it’s doors to user registration. Those who had previously filled out a request for information should have recieved a message pointing them to DharmaWantsYou.com. Right now it is strictly a user registration. No telling when the “game” will officially start, or even what the game will be this time.
I had fun playing through the Find 815 ARG that ran leading up to last season. I really wish I had been around (and a fan of lost) when the 1st game, The Lost Experiance, started after season two. – I didn’t start watching lost until season three when the wife and I watched season one in an entire weekend, and then watched season two a few weekends later. Yes, it was like crack.
Be sure to check out DocArzt’s Lost Blog for hints, news, and other information concerning the Lost ARG.
Tomorrow is the season four premier of LOST on ABC. Everyone’s known this for a long time, and we’ve been waiting for it. Well, word on the street is that during the premier of Eli Stone (immediately after LOST) there will be an announcement from Oceanic Airlines. Perhaps the find815.com game isn’t going to end with the lost premier? Anyone want to speculate what exactly the announcement might be?
Also, tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (meh) there are suppose to be some “never before seen LOST clips“. Let’s hope these lost LOST clips are better than the missing pieces that ABC’s been feeding us for the last few months.