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BURBANK, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Since its highly-anticipated premiere in September 2004, ABC's LOST has revolutionized primetime television, bringing big-screen adventures home with a powerful story of survival.

By Scott D. Pierce Deseret News BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- On multiple occasions in this column, yours truly has written that "Lost" took a sudden turn for the better. That, once an end date was announced, the show quickly became much more watchable.

By Robert Bianco and Gary Levin LOS ANGELES -- When executive producers get together, in front of television writers, what do they talk about? Troubles, surprises and plans -- though not in too much detail.

After dazzling viewers with its character flashbacks and flash-forwards, the ABC mystery drama (season finale, tonight, 9 ET/PT) has shaken the space-time continuum this season by exploring the temporal variance between the island and the outside world.