Archive for Sunday, February 13, 2005
Entertainment
‘Lost’ takes an odd path to diversity
Entertainment |
February 13, 2005
When J.J. Abrams turned in an outline for “Lost” last year, Lloyd
Braun, then ABC Television Group’s chairman, bragged excitedly to a
buddy, “This, my friend, is ‘ER.’ ” Braun was so convinced by the 25-page outline in his hands, a
hybrid of “Survivor” and “Cast Away,” that he ordered a two-hour,
$11-million pilot with no script, just the creators’ vision of plane
crash survivors on an eerie, not-so-deserted island. Read more
