Sonya Walger as trauma surgeon Olivia Benford in FlashForward
ABC is pitching a new show, FlashForward, as something that will appeal to LOST fans. In the preview video (below), they even start off by saying “From the network that brought you LOST ….”
The show features Sonya Walger, LOST’s Penny, in a starring role. There are also rumors that Dominic Monaghan, who played Charlie, may be in the cast, but the FlashForward producers are just saying “no comment.”
The premise of the show is that everyone in the world, for some unknown reason, blacks out for two minutes and 17 seconds and gets a glimpse of their lives six months in the future, although they don’t know if what they see will actually happen.
I must say, the premise doesn’t really grab me, but it will all depend on what they do with it. When I first heard the premise of LOST — a bunch of people crash on an island — I thought “eh.” And now look where I am, totally addicted.
ABC screened the pilot episode for the press yesterday. One reviewer called it “grand in scope, but uneven.”
ABC already has an official FlashForward site.
The show starts on September 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM (7:00 Central).
Here’s the preview:
Sonya Walger photo (c) ABC
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