TV Updates: Spaced Canned, Lost Extended, JJ Abrams’ Fringe And New Heroes Promo

I've decided to consolidate a bunch of tv updates down to one posting, because, after-all this is still a movie blog.

The writers strike caused LOST to lose two hours of it's planned fourth season. The show's producers have announced that they will reclaim those hours in the show's fifth and six season. That means that the finial two seasons of the hit show will now be 17 episodes in length instead of the planned 16 episode arcs. [THR]

Nikki Finke is reporting that the American remake of Edgar Wright's Spaced is a no-go. This should satisfy fans of the original British fanboy series starring Simon Pegg. For those of you who have never had a chance to watch the original Spaced, it finally comes to DVD in the states on July 22nd featuring new Exclusive Commentary By Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Bill Hader, Matt Stone, Patton Oswalt and Diablo Cody.

Fox has picked up JJ Abrams's Fringe, which follows a young female FBI agent who tackle cases involving unexplained medical and scientific phenomena. Abrams' Bad Robot produced a two-hour pilot which was written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Transformers, Star Trek) and directed by Alex Graves (Journeyman). The series' cast includes Anna Torv, Mark Valley and Joshua Jackson. [Variety]

And finally, NBC has started running a promo to promote Heroes Season 3. Watch it below.