Publisher's Summary

This William S. Paley Television Festival seminar honors Lost, the multiple Emmy Award-winning fantasy drama series about a group of plane-crash survivors forced to live with each other on a remote and mysterious island.

Hollywood Reporter editor-in-chief Robert J. Dowling moderates a panel discussion with co-creator/executive producer J. J. Abrams; executive producer Carlton Cuse; executive producer Bryan Burk; and cast members Ian Somerhalder, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Dominic Monaghan, Harold Perrineau Jr., Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Naveen Andrews, and Matthew Fox.

During the discussion, Abrams talks about the meteoric success of the show and the process that led to its creation, including where the idea for the show came from, the intricacies of the plotting, and the role of executive producer Cuse and co-creator Damon Lindelof. Cast members speak about their friendships and the experience of shooting in Hawaii.

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