The Fate of the Rest of LOST Season 4

Source: TV shows start to learn their fate - Entertainment News, TV News, Media - Variety:

"As for 'Lost,' exec producer Carlton Cuse said he and fellow showrunner Damon Lindelof would meet with ABC brass today to hammer out the plan for the rest of the season. They won't be able to finish the remaining eight segs of the show's planned 16-episode season -- five is a more likely number -- but they will be able to craft a completed storyline for the remainder of this season, Cuse said.

And whatever segs are not produced this season will be picked up down the road in the show's remaining two seasons, Cuse said.

'We're going to try to make as many as we can and do a good job of finishing out this season,' he said. 'We'll have to compress some of the storytelling we planned for this season, and that may not be a bad thing. Damon and I feel like we know how we can finish it off and still make it a really, really great story.'"