Lost Will Be Ending "Soon"

You can't even call this "soon". It should have been wrapping up this year. Since when does 6 seasons mean it's a "limited run"?? This means another 3 years - it's going to be way overstaying its welcome at that point!

ABC is attempting to rescue once-hot Lost by ending the show — in 2010. Bowing to the fact that convention isn't working for the drama about plane-crash survivors on a surreal island, the network is taking the unusual step of turning Lost into a limited-run series. It will run for three shorter and uninterrupted seasons until its "highly anticipated and shocking finale" in the 2009-10 season, ABC said Monday.

The series, which saw its ratings drop this season amid complaints about scheduling, an increasingly meandering plot and unpopular new characters, still must prove itself to disenchanted viewers to survive.

A total of 48 episodes will air over the next three seasons, with 16 episodes running without a break each season in the style of Fox's 24.