CTV Counts Down to LOST with Special Recap Programming, Beginning Jan. 26

    
         - Epic Series Returns for its Final Season February 2 on CTV
        - Re-live last season's finale Jan. 26; all-new LOST highlight
                           special airs Jan. 31 -
        - Quick Cuts from all episodes available now on CTV.ca and
                               spacecast.com-
               - Final season also premieres Feb. 4 on SPACE -
              - Win a one-of-a-kind LOST prize pack at CTV.ca -
    

TORONTO , Jan. 20 /CNW/ - After first crashing onto CTV on October 2, 2004 , the multiple award-winning series LOST comes to and end with one final season of mind-bending twists and turns, beginning February 2 . But with exactly two weeks to go until the premiere, CTV goes back to the beginning and gives viewers a chance to prep for the big premiere with additional buzz-building programming: an encore presentation of the Season 5 finale (Jan. 26); a special re-broadcast of the original 2004 Season 1 "Pilot" episode (Jan. 31), and a LOST highlight special recapping the past five seasons (Jan. 31). It's the perfect primer for LOST fans new and old leading up to the sixth and final season, premiering Tuesday, February 2 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). LOST, the final season, also premieres Thursday, February 4 at 9 p.m. ET on SPACE.

LOST Recap Programming on CTV:

For lapsed fans and viewers wanting to rewind and brush up on LOST, tune in to CTV:

    
    -   Tuesday, January 26 from 9 - 11 p.m. ET - "The Incident," Parts 1 & 2
        - In the fifth season finale, Jack's decision to put a plan in action
        in order to set things right on the island is met with some strong
        resistance by those close to him, while Locke assigns Ben a difficult
        task.
    -   Sunday, January 31 at 7 p.m. ET - "Pilot," Part 1 - Forty-eight
        survivors of an airline flight, which crash-lands onto an unknown
        island 1000 miles off course, struggle to figure out a way to
        survive, while trying to find a way to be rescued.
    -   Sunday, January 31 at 8 p.m. ET - "LOST: BEGINNING OF THE END" - This
        all-new special explores the series in a way that will bring new
        viewers up to date - but which current viewers will also find
        illuminating - in anticipation of the two-hour final season premiere.
        The special will take a look at the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, the
        mysteries of the island, its inhabitants, the Oceanic 6, the violent
        shifts through time on the island and the detonation of the hydrogen
        bomb. It will also delve into some of the questions that have been
        answered, and those that still remain a mystery
    

To view the complete release, please click here: www.ctvmedia.ca/ctv/releases/release.asp?id=12100&yyyy=2010

For further information: Amanda Rinaldo, CTV Inc., [phone] or [email protected]; Michelle Lomack, SPACE, [phone], [email protected]