Hang on while we figure out how to breath again. This is SO awesome!

To celebrate the sixth, and final, season of ABC’s LOST, the network will be producing music videos that offer fans “a musical look” inside characters from the island.

A new music video will be released each week and can be found at ABC.com – be sure to look out for the following characters to be immortalized in music video format:

- Sun & Jin
- Desmond
- Richard Alpert
- Sawyer
- Locke
- Sayid
- Jack
- Kate
- Hurley

And of course Ben, who you can watch in the first music video released in the series here.

Each characters’ video will be set to a different recording artist. To start off the procession of videos, Ben’s montage is set to the song “Ben” by Michael Jackson.

Watch, listen and love!

Source: ABC

Oh Lost. Here we go again.

On The Island:

In ABC’s LOST Season 6 Episode 8 Recap, we see that Jin is now part of “Locke’s” group on the beach, but not by choice. Sawyer was taking care of him after he fell asleep in Clarie’s tent, and before Jin could run away, “Locke” and the rest of his newly acquired group of followers returns to the beach.

Alternate Reality:

In the alternate reality Sawyer and Miles are detectives at the LAPD. Sawyer is on a case and before the cops come bursting through the door Sawyer says his safety word “Lafleur.” This was Sawyer’s name while he was part of the Darma Initiative when the island flashed back to the 70s.

Interestingly, Sawyer and Miles worked together in the Darma Initiative on the island, and now in the alternate reality they work together as well.

On The Island:

Sawyer learns that “Locke” is the smoke monster who claims he killed the people at the temple because “It’s either kill or be killed, and I don’t want to be killed.”

“Locke” sends Sawyer to Hydra Island, but why him? “Locke” tells Sawyer that he is the best lawyer he has ever met, and he thinks he is the best person to send to the other island to find out if anyone is there. A plane had crashed on Hydra island and “Locke” believes Sawyer may find people over there who are lying about their true identities.

Alternate Reality:

Miles sets Sawyer up on a blind date and it turns out that the girl is Charlotte, the redhead who died on the island previously because of all the time travel – devastating scientist Daniele Faraday.

Charlotte and Sawyer hit it off and they end up going home together, however when Charlotte finds a news story about how Sawyers father killed his mother and then himself when Sawyer was a child, Sawyer sends Charlotte away.

On The Island:

Claire attacks Kate and while Sayid watches and “Locke” pulls the two apart. But why? It’s obvious Sayid has become infected by the evil that was foretold by the leader at the temple.

Over at Hydra Island, Sawyer finds the plane he was told to look for, as well as a number of dead bodies. He is surprised to find one person alive, a woman who says that she is “the only one left.”

Alternate Reality:

Sawyer runs into Charlie’s brother trying to find Charlie at the police department after he was arrested on drug charges, only minutes later to have Miles tell him he doesn’t want to be his detective partner anymore after realizing that Sawyer lied to him. Turns out Sawyer had been in Australia instead of Palm Springs like he told Miles. Sawyer took Oceanic flight 815 back.

On The Island:

Back on Hydra Island Sawyer finds out more about the plane that crashed – although there’s no word yet on how everyone died all together in a pile in the jungle.

“Locke” talks to Kate about Claire’s behavior, while “Locke” also says that he wants to keep everyone in his group safe. Why does he seem so nice when the smoke monster seems so mean? What’s his angle?

Sawyer realizes that the woman he found on Hydra island is lying and when he calls her on her bluff he finds himself surrounded by men with guns.

Kate and “Locke” have a chat on the beach. “Locke” tells Kate about his past and his “disturbed” mother who caused problems for him which “could have been avoided, if things had been different.”

But why tell Kate? “Because now, Aaron has a crazy mother too.”

And who does Sawyer find is behind the murders at Hydra Island? Widmore of course.

Alternate Reality:

Sawyer has a change of emotions, and goes to visit Charlotte at her apartment. When she opens the door she tells him that he blew it and that he has no chance with her.

On The Island:

Sawyer has a meeting with Charles Widmore – and Sawyer is none too pleased because he remembers that Widmore was the one who sent the freighter to the island to kill everyone. The men talk about “Locke,” who Sawyer says he can deliver straight to Widmore so he can kill him. But we know that Sawyer is good at lying, so is he lying to Widmore or will he go back and lie to “Locke.”

In exchange for bringing “Locke” to Widmore, Sawyer asks for safe passage off of the island.

On the other island, Claire comes to Kate to apologize – thanking her for everything she did for Aaron.

Sawyer heads back to the island to report to “Locke.” Sawyer tells “Locke” about Widmore – whose side is Sawyer on?! Sawyer also reports to “Locke” that the group on Hydra island is setting up Pylons that will keep the “smoke monster” out. He even tells “Locke” exactly what he told “Widmore.” Looks like he’s on “Locke’s” side!

Alternate Reality:

Sawyer shares with Miles the book that Charlotte found in his drawer about his past, as well as shares the story about his name “Sawyer.” That is – until someone crashes into their parked car and runs off! The police chase is on!

Oh Kate.

On The Island:

Sawyer tells Kate about Widmore and says he’s going to have Widmore and “Locke” fight amongst themselves while he and Kate escape off the island on the sub – sounds devious!

While this episode had more little clues linking characters and times together, we can’t seem to figure out what’s going on with this whole alternate reality thing. Let’s discuss!

Click here for the Lost Season 6 Episode 7 Recap.

ABC is currently considering bringing back the classic show Star Search, but this time around the talent competition would be hosted by American Idol album Paula Abdul.

The original Star Search included singing, dancing, and comedy acts, but it’s unclear is ABC will create the new show along the same lines or if they will hone in on one type of talent.

No would yet on who would be brought on board to judge the competition.

This has never happened before, but leave it to Justin Bieber to be the first to have a hand at it!

Justin will be appearing and performing on ABC’s talk show The View twice to promote his upcoming “My World 2.0″ album, which hits stores on March 23rd!

Justin took to his Facebook page to write:

“Week of release I’m going to perform TWICE on THE VIEW…Monday and Tuesday the 22nd and 23rd of March. First time in the show’s 13 year history they are letting someone perform two times. Honored.”

Congratulations Justin!

On the 22nd Justin will be performing an acoustic version of his song “Never Let You Go,” while on the 23rd he will be performing “Baby” with his band.

ABC’s The View airs weekdays at 11am EST.

Source: JSYK.com

Six years after joining the cast of Grey’s Anatomy, Katherine Heigl is on her way out this season.

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rimes has agreed to let Katherine out of her contract, however both ABC and Katherine’s reps have to work out an agreement to end the contract.

Katherine was supposed to head back to work on March 1st after taking time off to spend time with her newly adopted daughter and to film a new movie, but she never showed up.

Thoughts?

IMG Source: ABC

Disney-ABC Domestic Television, a division of the Walt Disney Company, has signed an exclusive, long-term licensing agreement with Starz Entertainment for exclusive rights to any theatrical release from Walt Disney Studios through 2015.

The deal gives Starz Entertainment the rights to play any release from Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney-Pixar, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Marvel Entertainment on its channels, which include:
- Starz
- Encore
- MoviePlex
- On-Demand

Janice Marinelli, the President of Disney-ABC Domestic Television said about the new deal, “Disney and Starz have been partners since the launch of the flagship Starz premium channel back in 1994, and we are pleased to be able to extend our very successful relationship. With this long-term extension, Starz’s subscribers will continue to experience the magic and excitement of our Walt Disney Studios motion pictures.”

While President and Chief Operating Officer of Starz Entertainment, Bill Myers, said, “Commercial-free movies from Disney have always been a cornerstone of our programming and will remain so for years to come even as we add original series to our movie mix. This agreement secures our ability to meet the needs of current and future subscribers in a fast-changing media landscape.”

Source: www.earthtimes.org

The ABC Television Channel has ordered Mark Burnett’s game show pilot “Trust Me, I’m A Game Show Host.”

The show will pit two hosts against each other as they talk in front of contestants – one telling the truth and the other lying. The contestants must figure out which host is being truthful.

No word yet on who will be the hosts as casting is still underway.

Does this sound like a show you would watch?

Source: TVGuide.com

Tonight’s episode of the ABC series LOST reminded us again why it is our favorite show currently on television. There was just the right ratio of questions to answers in this episode.

We learned about Richard, and how he can’t age or die because of a “gift” he was given by Jacob, but that he really wants to die now that Jacob is gone. Richard said that he was living his life with purpose because Jacob said everything happened for a reason, but now that Jacob is no longer alive Richard feels as if his life was worthless. But what we don’t understand is that if Jacob convinced Richard that everything happens for a reason, why wouldn’t Richard believe that Jacob’s death had a purpose?

We love that Jack is finally all for staying on the island, we’ve been dealing with his desire to leave the island for 5 season, and it’s great that he’s finally on board. However it’s interesting that as soon as he gets with the program of realizing he’s on the island for a reason, the characters who thought that in the beginning, specifically Hurley, no longer feel the same way.

It’s great that Ben and his “daughter” Alex have a relationship in the Flash Sideways – and that he’ll put her future ahead of his own – something he failed to do while they were on the island. Ben’s father was also seen in the Flash Sideways, and surprisingly he says he wanted a better life for Ben, and thinks that if they had “stayed” on the island when he was there with the Darma Initiative, Ben’s life would have turned out more blessed – little does he know!

We’re so glad that Ben was able to redeem himself at the end of the episode, however we’re just waiting for “Locke” to come storming (literally) back in to find out why he didn’t meet him and his team on the other island. We doubt that “Locke’s” big plan was to let Ben go free so he could stay where he was – but who knows with “Locke,” he seems to be pretty smart.

At the end of the episode the characters on the beach are reunited with Hurley, Jack and Richard, but honestly, when is it finally going to be time for Jin and Sun to reunite – we feel like we’ve been waiting for that for forever!

Now for the important part. Charles Widmore appeared – we knew he was coming back! His sub seemed to have taken off from the island, meaning he was there the whole time. So what exactly does that mean? Where was he hiding out? Did Jacob know he was coming, and that’s who he told Hurley about? We’d love to know your guesses.

Can’t wait to see what happens next week! The anticipation is already making us nuts! But hey that’s what LOST is all about right?

Click here to read our Lost Season 6 Episode 6 Recap.

If the Walt Disney Company doesn’t make a deal with Cablevision by early Sunday morning, 3 million cable customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut won’t be getting the ABC channel anymore.

The contract Cablevision is under to carry the ABC station in those states expires at midnight on Saturday, March 7th, but Cablevision has not been able to reach an agreement with the Walt Disney Company about a new contract.

Both Disney and Cablevision have declined to comment to the media about the deal they are working on.

If this deal does not go through, cable customers in the states listed above will see a video, rather than the regularly scheduled ABC programming. The video will suggest that the customers watch their favorite ABC shows on ABC.com or Hulu.com

Thoughts?

Source: mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

Julie Benz from the popular series Dexter will be starring in an upcoming ABC drama pilot called “No Ordinary Family.”

Also set to appear on the show are Michael Chiklis and Christina Chang.

The show revolves around a typical American family. Michael’s character, a part of the family, is a police artist who finds himself with new “abilities.” No word yet on what that means…

All we know is we love Julie’s acting – so we’ll be tuning in! Will you?

Currently Julie has a guest role in ABC’s Desperate Housewives – have you seen her on the show?

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com