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== Major Networks ==
* [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]: ''[[Lost]]'' was ABC's redheaded stepchild, a complex mystery/drama on a network that was increasingly making its name with [[sitcom]]s and romantic [[Dramedy|dramedies]] like ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Modern Family]]'', ''[[Cougar Town]]'' and ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. ABC made several somewhat pathetic attempts to capitalize on ''Lost'''s success by releasing no less than half-a-dozen copycat shows over the past five years, almost all of which aired in the timeslot after ''Lost''. Every single one was canceled before getting a second season.
** Major sporting events on ABC have been a redheaded stepchild since the year 2006. In just a short matter of time, ABC gave up/lost the rights to their crown jewel, ''Monday Night Football'', the PGA Tour, the National Hockey League, and the Bowl Championship Series. To make matters worse, by September 2006, whatever sense of independent identity that ABC Sports had left was totally vanquished (really, the only reason that ABC Sports was kept around was because of union contracts) with the introduction of "ESPN on ABC" (Disney had slowly been integrating ESPN into ABC Sports since buying ABC back in 1996). As more and more big money events were crossing over to ESPN (since Disney can, with cable, exploit a dual revenue stream of ads and subscription fees), ABC's affiliates began to complain in by the end of 2009. In order to compensate these complaints, ABC and ESPN put together an ad hoc, cheaply made package on Saturday afternoons (instead of like say, bringing back the legendary ''[[Wide World of Sports]]'' (which had been canceled as a stand alone, anthology series around early 1998) series for a new generation) called ''ESPN Sports Saturday''.
** ''[[Flash Forward]]'' effectively revolved around the marketing hook "if you like ''Lost'', watch this!" ABC even made a concentrated effort to cast ''Lost'' alumni on the show and hoped the show would replace ''Lost'' once it ended in 2010. It didn't work.
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