WASHINGTON, DC - Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, executive producers of ABC's megahit series
Lost, will address the NAB Show April 15 in Las Vegas. The duo will discuss challenges associated with creating a distinctly original television program that has achieved both critical acclaim and massive popularity, along with their vision for delivering compelling program content to increasingly mobile audiences.
Cuse and Lindelof will be interviewed by
Variety deputy editor of news development Cynthia Littleton. Littleton, a respected veteran entertainment industry reporter, is co-author of the 2007 book, "Season Finale: The Unexpected Rise and Fall of the WB and UPN."
An immediate ratings hit following its debut in September 2004,
Lost tracks the lives of an ensemble cast of survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious island that appears to be in the South Pacific. Flashbacks to the survivors' "previous life" are interspersed with compelling and suspenseful mysteries of island life.
Lost's fourth-season premiere on Jan. 31 drew 16.1 million viewers -- the highest audience for the program in a year -- demonstrating its staying power as one of network TV's preeminent franchise programs.
Carlton Cuse began his career in feature films as a creative executive before partnering with feature writer Jeffrey Boam with whom he developed the films
Lethal Weapon 2 and
3 and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In television, Cuse served as co-creator and executive producer of the Fox series
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., as well as creator and executive producer of the CBS series
Nash Bridges and
Martial Law. Cuse also worked as a writer on the NBC TV drama
Crime Story and received two Emmy nominations for his work as a writer on
Lost. As executive producer and co-showrunner of
Lost, Cuse has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Producers Guild Award, and a Writers Guild Award.
As co-creator and executive producer and co-showrunner of
Lost, Damon Lindelof has received an Emmy for outstanding drama series in 2005 and three nominations for outstanding writing for a drama series. Prior to
Lost, Lindelof wrote for the CBS drama
Nash Bridges, the ABC drama
Wasteland, and the MTV anthology series
Undressed. He has also written and produced for the NBC series
Crossing Jordan, and is the writer of the 2006 comic book miniseries
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk for Marvel Comics.
Cuse and Lindelof join
CSI creator
Anthony Zuiker,
Pushing Daisies director and executive producer
Barry Sonnenfeld, Six Flags President and CEO
Mark Shapiro, and best-selling author
Alvin Toffler as featured speakers during this year's NAB Show.
About the 2008 NAB Show
The NAB Show will take place April 11 - 17, 2008 in Las Vegas (exhibits open April 14). It is the world's largest electronic media show covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all mediums. Complete details are available at
www.nabshow.com.
Online registration is now available for news media reporters interested in covering the NAB Show.
Click here for additional information.
About NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the Courts. Information about NAB can be found at
www.nab.org.
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