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The '''sixth''' and final '''season''' '''of''' the American [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Lost (TV series)|'''Lost''']]'' began broadcast in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] on February 2, 2010.<ref name=Nov19PR>{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111909_04(contracted; show full)phen McPherson announced that ''Lost'' would end during the 2009–2010 season with a "highly anticipated and shocking finale".<ref name="Conclusion 2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070510030616/http://www.abcmedianet.com/assets/pr%5chtml/050707_01.html ABC Gives Viewers 48 More Original Episodes of the Hit Drama ''Lost'', Culminating in an Exciting Series Conclusion] Posted May 7, 2007. Retrieved from [[Internet Archive]] on May 10, 2007.
  </ref> "We felt that this was the only way to give ''Lost'' a proper creative conclusion," McPherson said.<ref name="Conclusion 2007"/> Beginning with the 2007–2008 television season, the final 48 episodes would have been aired as three seasons with 16 episodes each, with ''Lost'' concluding in its sixth season. Due to the [[2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|2007-2008 writers' strike]], the fourth season featured 14 episode(contracted; show full)title=''Lost'''s Killer Season |accessdate=March 20, 2008 |author=Malcom, Shawna |date=March 5, 2008 |work=[[TV Guide]]| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65ISP2SUS | archivedate = 2012-02-08| deadurl=no}}</ref> Lindelof noted, "We're no longer stalling."<ref name="TV Guide 2008-03"/>  The producers also planned to wrap up long-standing mysteries, such as the nature of the [[Mythology of Lost#The Monster|smoke monster]],<ref>{{cite 
webnews |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2009/06/02/lost-masterminds-carlton-cuse-and-damen-lindelof-dop-hints-about-how-abc-hit-drama-will-end-66331-23767193/ |title=Lost masterminds Carlton Cuse and Damen Lindelof drop hints about how ABC hit drama will end |publishnewspaper=''[[Sunday Mercury]]'' |date=June 2, 2009 |accessdate=June 2, 2009| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/65ISPXEnq | archivedate = 2012-02-08| deadurl=no}}</ref> the reason the Dharma periodic resupply drops continue after the purge,<ref name="ecomiccon">{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/07/25/comic-con-what-we-learned-about-losts-final-season/ |title=Comic Con: What We Learned About Lost's Final Season |author=Quigley, Adam |date=July 25, 2009 |publisher=''[[/Film]]'(contracted; show full)
| title="Lost" series finale will expand to two-and-a-half hours| publisher= EW.com
| accessdate = 2010-05-05
| url = http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/05/04/lost-series-finale-will-expand-to-two-and-a-half-hours/
| archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/679xQZ7ye |archivedate = 2012-04-24| deadurl=no}}</ref> Additionally, the first hour of the premiere episode was screened to an estimated 15,000 fans on [[Waikiki Beach]] on January 30.<ref>{{cite 
webnews |url=http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100131/NEWS01/1310369/Beach+packed+for+last+of+%E2%80%98Lost%E2%80%99 |title=Beach Packed for Last of ''Lost'' |author=Gordon, Mike |publishnewspaper=''[[The Honolulu Advertiser]]'' |date=January 31, 2010 |accessdate=January 31, 2010}}</ref> In the following table, "Series #" refers to the episode's number in the overall series, whereas "Season #" refers to the episode's number in this particular season. "U.S. viewers in millions" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live or recorded them and watched them within seven days of broadcast.
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