V is a versatile little letter. Could stand for Victory, or Viciousness. Could stand for Values, or Violence. Also it means five. But on this 2009 sci-fi thriller, V stands for Visitors.......from another world! Tune in for discussion of Solyndra, Memogate, and the Crumb and Get It Bakery incident.Av Esther and Hannah

Things are getting crazy on The Lost Broadcasts……this month we’re covering the third season of a British procedural spinoff of Doctor Who that was like the X-Files with gay guys. Until, that is, they decided to be like Lost (with gay guys)! Tune in for discussion of Coriolanus, chip shops, and the noble people of Poland.…

Throughout our history, mankind has been shaped by them. Some call them Incidents. Some call them Situations. To us….they are Events. But what is THE Event, on this sprawling conspiracy thriller series? To learn that, you’ll just have to listen.Tune in for discussion of bipartisanship, children’s riddles, and Unknown.…

Buckle up your seatbelt and slam on the pedal! Adjust your mirrors and pump some gas! The Lost Broadcasts is hitting the road to talk Drive, the most swiftly-cancelled Lostalike yet, and a show that proves the value of a nationwide high-speed rail system. Get on it, Congress! Tune in for discussions of The Amazing Race, Whedonesque, and 2007 Twitte…

It's episode 9 of The Lost Broadcasts, and Esther and Hannah are trapped! Not in a mysterious town, just in having to watch all 13 episodes of Persons Unknown. Can seven kidnapped strangers find their way out of a mysterious town? More importantly, can our hosts?? Tune in for discussions of Deus Ex, eyepatches, and Zepp.…

On episode 8 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther take a ride down The River, a 2012 found footage horror series from the creator of Paranormal Activity. It sounded downstream of our interests, but did it turn out to make a splash? Water.Tune in for discussion of reverse shots, Liam Neeson, and Lone Star.…

On episode 7 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther take a look at the memorable "Lost for Teens" show Flight 29 Down. Can these crazy kids survive the wilderness? More importantly, will they ever learn a traditional end-of-episode moral?Tune in for discussion of democracy, Achewood, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.…

It's episode 6 of The Lost Broadcasts, and we've found a genuinely great show this time: Day Break, a brilliant time-loop detective drama. Why can't every Lostalike be this good?Tune in for discussion of quarries, Hitman levels, and the trailer for The Best Man Holiday.Av Esther and Hannah

On episode 5 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther look at one of the foremost Lostalikes in history: ABC's FlashForward. When everyone on Earth has a vision of their future, how will society respond? Mostly, turns out, it will involve FBI guys yelling at their wives. Tune in for discussion of Six Flags, Final Destination 2, and magicians.…

On episode 4 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther look at the last Lostalike to go up against season 2 of the mothership. This one's "Reunion" from Fox, a primetime soap opera where each episode follows another year in the lives of six friends. Tune in for discussion of graveyard slanderers, AU Lord of the Rings casts, and Drake's Jamaican acc…

On episode 3 of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther continue their look at the shows that went toe-to-toe with Lost's second season. This time it's "Threshold" from CBS. How did a network mostly known for making shows exclusively viewed by old people interpret this cultural moment? Not by giving their entry a lot of money, that's for sure. Tune …

On this second episode of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther discuss "Surface", NBC's answer to the runaway success of "Lost". While it had a much larger budget than "Invasion", its story was no less bewildering. Tune in for discussion of CGI lizard monsters, doomed submersibles, and a mysterious shed in the backyard.…

On this debut episode of The Lost Broadcasts, Hannah and Esther discuss "Invasion", a sci-fi mystery series that aired on ABC in 2005. The show had the misfortune of airing in the timeslot directly following Lost, the show whose success it was obviously trying to draft off of. Tune in for discussion of arm-chopping sheriffs, mysterious duffel bags,…