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Article: Television: Lost? Now you won't be
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- September 26, 2009
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Where do you see yourself in six months? It's not a lame
variation on the annoying job interview question, but the premise of
Flash Forward, a glossy new American series that has the unofficial
subtitle The New Lost. It's on the same network over there - ABC -
and features several Lost actors, including Sonya Walger (Penny) and
Dominic Monaghan (Charlie). Clearly, the huge success of Lost and
the announcement of its final series next year were the main factors
in its production - if there's one thing US networks can be relied
upon for, it's that any hit will spawn umpteen imitations.
So far, Flash Forward isn't quite as convoluted as Lost, or as
gripping, but it has its own high concept: a ...