Lost fans bumped the President

[TheRandomOne]

The White House will not say when President Obama’s State of the Union Address will be delivered. They did say, however, when it will not be: During the three-hour season premier of the final season of “Lost” on ABC, which airs on Feb. 2.

Fans of the television series about marooned plane crash survivors have created a stir on the Internet over the possibility that Mr. Obama would schedule his speech on the same night of the show.

Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, told reporters today that he could “allay fears” of those who watch “Lost.” He said the president’s speech will not be on Feb. 2. “I don’t foresee a scenario in which the millions of people that hope to finally get some conclusion in ‘Lost’ are preempted by the president,” Mr. Gibbs said.

He did not explicitly say the decision was made because of the hit program, but administration officials have acknowledged being lobbied to keep the State of the Union away from Feb. 2. “I assume it’s a big deal at ABC,” Mr. Gibbs said.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...the-union-but/

[Amalthea]

Yeah, I would say it's a big deal at ABC. LOL Well done, Losties!

[Skydiver]

ah shucks, they coulda had it on feb 2, then abc could have not aired it and given me something to watch

it'll probably be the week before. the networks hate having political speeches in ratings months anyway. they'll effectively lose that night's ratings

[Alan Wake]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech. haha

[alaskannut]

The White House will not say when President Obama’s State of the Union Address will be delivered. They did say, however, when it will not be: During the three-hour season premier of the final season of “Lost” on ABC, which airs on Feb. 2.

Fans of the television series about marooned plane crash survivors have created a stir on the Internet over the possibility that Mr. Obama would schedule his speech on the same night of the show.

Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, told reporters today that he could “allay fears” of those who watch “Lost.” He said the president’s speech will not be on Feb. 2. “I don’t foresee a scenario in which the millions of people that hope to finally get some conclusion in ‘Lost’ are preempted by the president,” Mr. Gibbs said.

He did not explicitly say the decision was made because of the hit program, but administration officials have acknowledged being lobbied to keep the State of the Union away from Feb. 2. “I assume it’s a big deal at ABC,” Mr. Gibbs said.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...the-union-but/

LOL!......

Lost: 1

Erkel: 0

......That is just awesome

[Col.Foley]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech. haha

To some it might be

[Pharaoh Atem]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech. haha

LOST is more important then listening to obama say the same thing over and over.

[DuncTK421]

Yay! Good one Losties!

[Sp!der]

i am really happy. could not wait a week more for season six, bring it on abc...

[LoneStar1836]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech. haha

Because it is.

Thank goodness. I'd heard about this possibility earlier. I've been waiting for this final season since last May. It's one of the very few shows...which I can practically count on one hand...I still care about watching on tv. I'd have been pissed if it had been bumped for regurgitated vomit.

[retiredat44]

that's the only intelligent thing our government has done. I don't even want to see or hear Obummer.. and defintely don't want to see his ** at that time!

[boyd22]

Thats good to hear. To make us wait another week would be pure torture.

[SaberBlade]

It's proof that Lost is so popular, that even Obama doesn't want to miss it for something as trivial like the State of the Union.

No harm in taking the night off to watch Lost instead of a boring speech that is basically

"oil good, terrorists bad, airports need more safety, muslims are friends, mexico is bad, ooh, Lost starts in 7 minutes, got to run"

[knowles2]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech.

That because it is, this president can give speeches any-time of the year, but there will only be one premier of season 6 of Lost, an we the people of the world have waited long enough already.

[maylet]

This is funny. that article makes it seem like the show is more important than the speech. haha

LOL, it was really funny