LOST - Audience Response

Viewing Figures
- The first season garnered an average of 15.69 million viewers per episode on ABC.
- During its sixth and final season, the show averaged over 11 million U.S. viewers per episode. - Wikipedia

(As the series progressed, the viewing figures decreased - this may have been due to the amount of enigma codes and the long amount time taken for the answers to be revealed. This may have caused more passive audiences to become disinterested as they do not want to decode the text themselves and rely on the answers being given to them. However, a more active audience will appreciate the enigma codes and will try to decode the text and figure out the answers before they are revealed. Therefore causing them to continue to view the programme to find out the answers and see if their hypothesises were correct.)


Awards and Nominations
- Lost was the recipient of hundreds of award nominations throughout its run, and won numerous industry awards, including:
-> The Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2005
-> Best American Import at the British Academy Television Awards in 2005
-> The Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 2006
-> Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series

- 61 wins & 265 nominations. - IMDB

- In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked Lost No. 27 in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.

Criticisms of the Text- "Producers found many fans disliked the character of Ana Lucia. Her "tough girl" attitude turned many people off, along with her accidental killing of Shannon." - Lostpedia
- "Michael's frequent screaming and obsession for his son was noteworthy and frequent enough for it to grate on the audience." - Lostpedia
"After the first season, many viewers of the show began to grow tired of the flashbacks. They were perceived by some to be repetitive and recycling information we were already aware of; flashbacks have gotten less important than they were in the first season, taking away from the on-island storylines." - Lostpedia
- "Many complain that Lost moved too slowly and there is a lack of answers in the show. This has turned many people off, even Lost fans over time." - Lostpedia