Audience Response-Lost

Lost is a hybrid drama, first aired on ABC in 2005, directed by JJ.Abrams. One way in which Lost fans have responded to Lost is through the creation of fan forums such as 'Lostpedia'. 'Lostpedia' is an online fan forum in which episodes are thoroughly dissected, and a more active audience discusses the narrative plots and respond to events in episodes of 'Lost'. Similarly to the creation of the Madmen fan forum 'theorangecouch.com', Lost's fans can engage with one another, and debate narrative plots and character plots. This also applies to the social interaction strand of the Blumler & Katz model, of which a gratification if to be able to enjoy discussion with others about Lost. As a reult of its success, Lost has also cultivated a market for it to sell merchandise, ranging from T-Shirts to Mugs, and also sell the Scores written by Michael Giacchino. YouTube also harbors a huge amount of Lost videos, which reference the events in an episode and discuss character development, to dissecting every enigma code and trying to predict future episode's narratives.In response to Lost, Lost was awarded 4 Emmy awards and 1 Golden Globe, highlighting its commercial success and emphatic response. However Lost has been criticized heavily for its over use of enigma codes, which often so un-answered for many seasons, and as a result, Lost's viewing ratings dipped during the 3/4th season due to an audience becoming impatient and bored with the drawn out narrative.