Exclusive! Three-Hour Lost Season Finale Over Two Nights

By Kristin Dos Santos Apr 11, 2008 9:59 PMTags
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It's official: Sources confirm to me exclusively that Steve McPherson has signed off on Lost's extraspecial 14th hour this season, which means Lost is getting a three-hour finale! The first hour airs May 15, the second and third hours will air May 29, beginning at 9 p.m. (ABC will still air the finales of Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy on May 22, as expected, and Grey's will be two hours long.)

Word is there are so many big reveals the producers wanted to deliver this season that they felt anything less than a full three-hour finale would have cheated the fans. In fact, I'm hearing that the writers' draft for the second half of the finale was 80 pages long, which led all parties involved to realize these stories had to be told now. Anything else would have felt like a rip-off for the fans.

Needless to say, this news rocks. Check out the ridiculously awesome promo for Lost's all-new episode on April 24, and then post your excitement about the extra hour of season four below...