busybeeburns Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Award-winning drama Lost attracted an audience of 3.9m as it returned to British television for a second series. But the US show, which focuses on a group of aircrash survivors stranded on a desert island, failed to match its first series debut of 6m viewers. The double bill, shown on Channel 4 on Tuesday, saw its audience slip to 2.8m after the first hour. The drama, made by ABC, has been a hit on both sides of the Atlantic and won six Emmy awards last year. The show commanded more than 20% of the total viewing audience during its two-hour slot on Tuesday, with Channel 4 showing episode one and two back-to-back. Around 700,000 viewers then tuned into Channel 4's digital sister station E4 to see the third episode of the series. The programme became the most successful US debut on Channel 4 when its opening season began last year. It suffered only a slight dip to 5.9m viewers after two episodes were split by Big Brother. The double bill, which cost $10m (£5.5m) to make, may have benefitted from having an edition of the popular reality TV show slicing it in half when it was aired last August. In the US, the drama became a regular ratings winner, with 21m viewers watching the first season finale - up 3m on its debut. Lost's second season debut in the US attracted an audience of more than 23m viewers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4969326.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenjie Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 The first episode was definitely better than the second. I got fed up of the repetition in the second episode. Still very good though. Can't wait for next tues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplay_steph Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 ^Me too! I was like "what the heck, we've already gone through this!" :confused: Next week's looks like a corker, with 'the others' coming!!! :stunned: Im suprised it didn't get as many viewers as last season, almost every person I know tuned in! (not that I know the entire population, lol...you know what I mean!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockpolitiks Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 I thought the same thing ^^. Just wait till a couple more episodes. You will be surprised! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedlogic149 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Heheheh. Episode Three... if that's the one called "Orientation", you're in for a doozy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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