Sorry if this has been addressed already, but how long is tonight's episode going to be extended?

Sorry if this has been addressed already, but how long is tonight's episode going to be extended?
I wondered that, too. I only see it listed for an extra 5 mintues (9pm - 10:05pm). That doesn't seem too extend to me.

I wondered that, too. I only see it listed for an extra 5 mintues (9pm - 10:05pm). That doesn't seem too extend to me.


No, it doesn't....

Thanks for the info though, I now have to extend my timer to record those extra 5 minutes.

Any word on what ABC meant by "The Other 48 days" being extended???

This episode is 65 minutes long!

:)

is that with commercials or not?
is it gonna end at 10:05?

is that with commercials or not?
is it gonna end at 10:05?

I don't think it will be commercial free.....I'll tune in a few minutes early tonight to make sure I don't miss anything. My bet is it goes a little bit past it's normal ending time.

I think it's rather obvious, and pretty despicable if you ask me. Invasion is losing half of Lost's audience, so by extending the show, it prevents people from being able to catch the beginnings of any shows on other networks. They're trying to force-feed Invasion to us.

yeah, it used to work for wrestling when they still had viewers...

I think it's rather obvious, and pretty despicable if you ask me. Invasion is losing half of Lost's audience, so by extending the show, it prevents people from being able to catch the beginnings of any shows on other networks. They're trying to force-feed Invasion to us.

*ding ding ding* We have a winner!

NBC used to use it to great effect with Friends.

NBC sort of pioneered the extended show idea (remember "larger" versions of Friends, Frasier, and so forth?). But TBS (I think) had the best idea ... start and end shows five minutes after the hour. So, unless you stayed tuned, you'd miss the end of your program.

We can all thank Ted Turner for that one. It was the Rule of TBS stations to start programming at 5 minutes past the top of the hour in order to kep people from switching and to catch those surfers who wanted to "just see what tonight's shows are about" before settiling into a nice Braves game.
As far as I know, he was the one who originated this idea and implemented it on a regular basis.

I think it's rather obvious, and pretty despicable if you ask me. Invasion is losing half of Lost's audience, so by extending the show, it prevents people from being able to catch the beginnings of any shows on other networks. They're trying to force-feed Invasion to us.

But if that were to be the reason they would have to extend EVERY week.

The reason IMHO is much simpler.

We had a pilot (aka 2 episodes = 84 minutes net) to introduce the story of the Fuselage survivors. We get a single episode to cover 48 days in the lives of the tailies. There simply is too much stuff to cover during those 48 days to put it all in 42 minutes net. So rather then cut valuable material they decided to extend the episode. Bingo. :smile:

Extending episodes has a single purpose...to keep viewers past the hour so they can capture a higher rating for the following show. An extra five will do nothing but keep us locked in to ABC.

is that with commercials or not?
is it gonna end at 10:05?

Yeah, good question... Because with commercials the episode may be 25 mionutes instead of 23. Sorry, being facetious

yeah, it used to work for wrestling when they still had viewers...

As an avid wrestling fan, just wanted to let you know Monday Night Raw is the highest rated cable program on Monday night's, and Smackdown! just moved to Friday, and did a HUGE number last week.

As an avid wrestling fan, just wanted to let you know Monday Night Raw is the highest rated cable program on Monday night's, and Smackdown! just moved to Friday, and did a HUGE number last week.

Could this been because of the death in the WWE??? Press is press

I don't know about the rest of you but eff the other shows on TV. Lost can go an extra 37 minutes for all I care.

As an avid wrestling fan, just wanted to let you know Monday Night Raw is the highest rated cable program on Monday night's, and Smackdown! just moved to Friday, and did a HUGE number last week.

who gives a poop about men rolling around with other men while they were tights

Boy, I hope they extend the commercials too! You can't have enough of those.

who gives a poop about men rolling around with other men while they were tights

Hehehehe.... I do... Maybe if John Cena wasn't so Hot... but he is, and I care to see him with barely there clothes.

Unfortunately they'll probably just have extra long commercials or a whole nother go round of them, not actual extra program time...BOO. But hey, a girl can hope that the extra 5 minutes will be devoted solely to Sawyer can't she?

The extended the episode to have room for Eko's stick!

Oh, wait. Wrong thread. :biggrin:

Latino Heat...R.I.P.

LOST had several eppys last season that were extended.
Alias too. i like the extra goodness.

there's nothing that comes on after lost that i really want to watch anyway. and i'm sorry, i just cannot get into invasion. blahhh..

plus, i don't know about anyone else, but i have been getting spanish closed captioned on abc programs. mainly on invasion, and then once on lost. it was REALLY aggravatiing, because it was an episode with english subtitles, too, when characters were speaking in Korean. any one else have this weirdness?

Boy, I hope they extend the commercials too! You can't have enough of those.

True That!!!:clapping:

Wow, 5 extra minutes...:biggrin:

the only thing that is probably extended is ,the preview for next weeks ep

I was wondering that too. So, it's 5 extra mins.. Wow! haha.
I was kinda hoping for less commercials!

5 minutes!?! Seriously??? And they're advertising that?

That is a serious let down. I just hope that's not indicitive of what we will be getting from the show in the long run.

I'll take the extra five minutes!

It is extended to make us think we are getting something more than we usually do. All of us with TiVo and recording it while we arent home just have to hit a few buttons to adjust. I am sure they think they are doing us a favor.

I think it's rather obvious, and pretty despicable if you ask me. Invasion is losing half of Lost's audience, so by extending the show, it prevents people from being able to catch the beginnings of any shows on other networks. They're trying to force-feed Invasion to us.


Won't happen with me anyway, I will still switch it after 10:05. So I don't catch the first 5 minutes of CSI NY. I may switch it even if Lost is extended 5 extra minutes. I do a lot of channel surfing anyways, in between commercials. :hypocrit:

LOST had several eppys last season that were extended.
Alias too. i like the extra goodness.

I hope the extra goodness makes up for the last [yawn] few episodes.

There simply is too much stuff to cover during those 48 days to put it all in 42 minutes net. So rather then cut valuable material they decided to extend the episode. Bingo. :smile:

Can they really fit that much more into 47 minutes? I'm guessing one more scene. Nothing substantial.

When they had overrun on Lost episodes last season, it was never mentioned in the previous week's promo. 5 extra minutes isn't a big deal and really shouldn't have been mentioned. We hit Sweeps and we've got a death one week and an "extended episode" the following week. Seems a little too gimmicky to me.

I think it's rather obvious, and pretty despicable if you ask me. Invasion is losing half of Lost's audience, so by extending the show, it prevents people from being able to catch the beginnings of any shows on other networks. They're trying to force-feed Invasion to us.
:angry: Man, ABC has really toyed with us! In fact, I came to the 'lage just now specifically to post about this issue before I even spied this existing thread. Why? Because I'm royally IRKED at ABC, dat's why! I got all excited last week about this "extended episode" we were promised in last week's post-Abandoned teaser. "Boy howdy, an 'extended episode'!!!" thought I. So, a few minutes ago, I decided to see just how "extended" it would be, I mean, would it be until 10:30 p.m. or all the way to 11:00 p.m., I wondered with thrilled anticipation. I thought, "Now, calm down, though, because there is even a slight chance it might only be until 10:15 p.m., as networks do things like that sometimes nowadays." But never did I think that ABC would actually have the sheer chutzpah/requisite cahonas to promise LOST fans an "extended episode" and it only runs until 10:05 p.m?* As in FIVE EXTRA MINUTES? As in, no doubt, five extra minutes of COMMERCIALS? Rip off! Hanging chad ALERT! We've been had, peeps!!!!!

In other words, it is a regular episode that they have fluffed up with commercials, so that they can say it is an "extended episode" and, no doubt, to do just as NimChimpsky's quoted text at the top of my post suggests: rope in a few more viewers for Invasion. Yeah, well, that ain't gonna happen here with the demographic known as YOURS TRULY/ME, because as soon as LOST ends, I'm flippin' to my local 10:00 o'clock news.

Meanwhile, what false advertising and a pretty lousy thing to do, promising an extended episode when really it is not. I'm SURE it is a regular-length episode with five minutes of extra ads shoved in there, because otherwise they will forevermore have a massive network headache trying to re-run a show that is an hour and five minutes.

We've been had. Hanging chad! I demand a recount!

* I know that some shows routinely run until five minutes past the hour (such as Desperate Housewives, for example) and no doubt it is an attempt by the network to hold onto viewers from such hit shows for another hour. Fine and dandy, ya do whatcha gotta do, HOWEVER: never have I heard them (the network) actually have DA NERVE to advertise such a slight variation in the run-time of the episode as an "extended episode!" Puh-leeez, do ya have some swamp land to sell me, too?

Pfffffffffffffft.

who gives a poop about men rolling around with other men while they were tights

Oh bro, it aint about that. It's about the trash talk and backstabbing that goes on in the WWE.

It's all entertainment. At least wrestling is and usually has been honest about it's goal. To entertain. It's sorta a hush hush thing, but plenty of wrestlers have stated that they follow storylines in the WWE.

And as for the who extended episode thing? It's 5 minutes longer, big deal. The above poster who said it was a attempt to help Invasion was correct. They show is just not good. I followed it regularly for the first 4 or 5 episodes and it more or less a Lost wannabe.

As a Southern Floridian it had interest because it supposibly takes place in Homestead. But I've been to Homestead PLENTY of times and it's nothing like that. It looks more like the center of the state near Okeechobee then Homestead.

But if that were to be the reason they would have to extend EVERY week.

The reason IMHO is much simpler.

We had a pilot (aka 2 episodes = 84 minutes net) to introduce the story of the Fuselage survivors. We get a single episode to cover 48 days in the lives of the tailies. There simply is too much stuff to cover during those 48 days to put it all in 42 minutes net. So rather then cut valuable material they decided to extend the episode. Bingo. :smile:
Awww, your naïveté is so cute! ;)

Well, I set my timer for 2 hours ... just in case. I don't want to miss a single second as I have to work late tonight and possibly won't be home in time to watch it when it's on (or I might miss like the first 15 minutes or so).

Boy, I hope they extend the commercials too! You can't have enough of those.

*sniff, sniff* smell that??? sarcasm.....

:angry: Man, ABC has really toyed with us! In fact, I came to the 'lage just now specifically to post about this issue before I even spied this existing thread. Why? Because I'm royally IRKED at ABC, dat's why! I got all excited last week about this "extended episode" we were promised in last week's post-Abandoned teaser. "Boy howdy, an 'extended episode'!!!" thought I. So, a few minutes ago, I decided to see just how "extended" it would be, I mean, would it be until 10:30 p.m. or all the way to 11:00 p.m., I wondered with thrilled anticipation. I thought, "Now, calm down, though, because there is even a slight chance it might only be until 10:15 p.m., as networks do things like that sometimes nowadays." But never did I think that ABC would actually have the sheer chutzpah/requisite cahonas to promise LOST fans an "extended episode" and it only runs until 10:05 p.m?* As in FIVE EXTRA MINUTES? As in, no doubt, five extra minutes of COMMERCIALS? Rip off! Hanging chad ALERT! We've been had, peeps!!!!!

In other words, it is a regular episode that they have fluffed up with commercials, so that they can say it is an "extended episode" and, no doubt, to do just as NimChimpsky's quoted text at the top of my post suggests: rope in a few more viewers for Invasion. Yeah, well, that ain't gonna happen here with the demographic known as YOURS TRULY/ME, because as soon as LOST ends, I'm flippin' to my local 10:00 o'clock news.

Meanwhile, what false advertising and a pretty lousy thing to do, promising an extended episode when really it is not. I'm SURE it is a regular-length episode with five minutes of extra ads shoved in there, because otherwise they will forevermore have a massive network headache trying to re-run a show that is an hour and five minutes.

We've been had. Hanging chad! I demand a recount!

* I know that some shows routinely run until five minutes past the hour (such as Desperate Housewives, for example) and no doubt it is an attempt by the network to hold onto viewers from such hit shows for another hour. Fine and dandy, ya do whatcha gotta do, HOWEVER: never have I heard them (the network) actually have DA NERVE to advertise such a slight variation in the run-time of the episode as an "extended episode!" Puh-leeez, do ya have some swamp land to sell me, too?

Pfffffffffffffft.

tell us how you really feel about it. :) well said - i couldn't agree more. i was looking for at least 90 minutes of lost. although if they cut out some of the commercials and give us more show in that 65 minutes, i will be happy.

This episode is 65 minutes long!

:)
I heard it on the advertisment this morning that LOST will be 65 minutes this evening. Better set your timers,DVR, VCR and a back up if you TiVo and DVR.

I think if they give us extra time and we arn't really expecting it- like the 3 min. usually- then everyone is happy. But if they advertise it like some big deal then we are not...esp. when it's just a few minutes more.
I am happy- I remember all those times I was screaming at the TV- no you can't end NOW just a few more minutes please! So I will take the five minutes. If something cool happens in the last five minutes or if the show seems to have less comericals then that is redeaming. Otherwise it seems like a great gimek- maybe one which the creaters of LOST didn't have a choice in (if it turns out to be just commericals, or if ABC told them- hey we need five more minutes, its sweeps). Either way I will be changing the channel at 10:06.

what if they treated us to Lost with LESS (one or two) commercials and five minutes on top of that? it's possible, right?

i wouldn't feel so cheated then.

there's nothing that comes on after lost that i really want to watch anyway. and i'm sorry, i just cannot get into invasion. blahhh..

plus, i don't know about anyone else, but i have been getting spanish closed captioned on abc programs. mainly on invasion, and then once on lost. it was REALLY aggravatiing, because it was an episode with english subtitles, too, when characters were speaking in Korean. any one else have this weirdness?


I had the sound in Spanish one night - you should have seen me franatically pushing buttons, yelling at the TV that I don't understand Spanish!


I was really excited about the 'extended' eppy thinking I'd get to see maybe an extra half hour or more - 5 minutes! You gotta be kidding! Eppies ran over last season without fanfare. If ABC is going to make a big deal about an extended eppy then at least give us a yard instead of a few inches. (sorry mixed my metaphors)

It might end up being 10 minutes more of actual show, given that the lead-ins ("previously on Lost") often last five minutes and this one won't really need that.

I agree, five minutes seems lame. But if they didn't say something about an extended episode, no-one would know to set their VCR's a little longer. Think how mad everyone would be then.

I think it will just be an additional commercial at each break and there will be zero aditional episode just more commercials but to advertise "This weeks LOST with adiditional commercials" wouldn't get people excited.

We live ina Tivo/vcr/dig. recorder world where many people watch everything taped so they should realize people will not switch shows just because they are over 5 min.

4 or 5 extra minutes of show time doesn't really seem worth it. Must be some fantastic footage they just couldn't do without (we can only hope!). Didn't NBC pull the same stunt w/ an epi. of "Friends" a couple of years ago? So, for tonight's epi. that means that anyone w/ TiVo has to program it to record both "Lost" and that suckfest "Invasion."

It might end up being 10 minutes more of actual show, given that the lead-ins ("previously on Lost") often last five minutes and this one won't really need that.


I know they begin each episode with that but it tends to take away from the show. It seems to me that after they show the intro every week it's 5 minutes of commercials. My husband has told me that the commercials are too long and they run the show for 5 minutes and then another 5 minutes of commercials.

Wow--that really sucks of ABC to do. Give me a break-- a special extended episode?!?!? Even if, for arguments sake, they are saying that as a favor to the TIVO'ers of the world--the choice of words there is a tad misleading.

BAH! If 95 % of the programming I'm watching these days wasn't on ABC, I'd call for a ban on the network!!! :ohwell:

Keep it real ABC...wouldja?!

As far as I am concerned the more LOST the better. I will gladly take the extra 5 minutes. As far as commercials go that means these companies are gladly paying the bills so we get to watch LOST.

I like more LOST than less LOST too, don't get me wrong, but with commercials-- are we *REALLY* getting more LOST? Someone who's tivo'ing it can probably tell us after the fact, after the commericals are sliced and diced out of ot.

there's nothing that comes on after lost that i really want to watch anyway. and i'm sorry, i just cannot get into invasion. blahhh..

plus, i don't know about anyone else, but i have been getting spanish closed captioned on abc programs. mainly on invasion, and then once on lost. it was REALLY aggravatiing, because it was an episode with english subtitles, too, when characters were speaking in Korean. any one else have this weirdness?

lol speaking of invasion....i tried so hard to like it..but the guys on the show are from the perfect storm and espn's "tilt" ...

no amount of "extended" time, even if it's LOST, would get me to watch
Invasion...pathetic ridiculous excuse of a show that should be pulled immediately

i agree with the fact that they are advertising this heavily...its 5 minutes extra...not like when fox goes 2 hrs instead of 1 hr for prison break

Boy, I hope they extend the commercials too! You can't have enough of those.


OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY! OH BOY!! COMMERCIALS!!! :dry:

no amount of "extended" time, even if it's LOST, would get me to watch
Invasion...pathetic ridiculous excuse of a show that should be pulled immediately


I gave that show 2 episodes to get into it, and couldn't get over the fact that it's a weak ripoff of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." All the film versions are way better than this piece of network crap-ola. It might be at least mildly interesting if it wasn't paced about as quickly as a melting glacier! The sucky thing about tonight's "Lost" epi. is that I have to set my TiVo to record "Invasion" to catch the end of "Lost." What a waste! Hey, at least it's Wednesday already!

Well, it didn't seem like the eppy was any longer than a regular one. I wonder if it was?

I think if they give us extra time and we arn't really expecting it- like the 3 min. usually- then everyone is happy.
Not the people that tape it, for instance people that are on afternoon or night turn. If you don't know about the extra few minutes, you wouldn't be able to set your VCR for the right times and you would miss the last part of the episode.