When Flashforward premiered, it drew immediate comparisons to Lost (indeed it is the network’s attempt to replace the top-rating series which is finishing its run this season) for its challenging sci-fi-based premise, its ensemble cast whose various stories would be told, alternating through the weeks, and for its powerful and visceral (if a little too Lost-like) opening sequence with crashes and panic and a harrowed protagonist running about and helping people as we are introduced to the show’s main players. It racked up big numbers in the ratings. Then, as the show progressed, its ratings plummeted.
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