And ABC's Lost experienced a 53% increase in rentals the week following its 2005 Emmy win, according to Rentrak, a Portland, Ore.
The loss of the channels, including Sky One and programs like ABC's Lost and 24, has since prompted a small exodus of customers from Virgin Media.
Shows such as Fox's 24 and Prison Break, ABC's Lost and Grey's Anatomy, and the CW Network's Everybody Hates Chris are now being streamed using Move software.
Apple had an enviable accomplice: Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ), which became the first studio to sign up, offering episodes of its ABC network hits Lost and Desperate Housewives, and a few other entries.
"The thing that made the first year so easy is the women's lives were very simple and their problems were very small, " says Cherry at the Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles, explaining the creative decision he claims to have borrowed from ABC's Lost.
Networks have seen that when viewer's favorite shows go off the air for an extended period of time--think the Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people )-owned ABC's Lost and CBS 's (nyse: CBS - news - people ) Jericho--it's hard to get those viewers back.
It debuted in 2004 on ABC around the same time that Lost hit the airwaves.
What we're watching: Day Break seems worth a second look on ABC tonight, it's not Lost but it will do.
The "first couple that we spoke to, the dad took out his cell phone and showed us a picture of his daughter, and I just about lost it, just by looking at the picture, " Kelly told ABC News.
"She lost her life doing what she loved, " her cousin, Jim Wiltsie told ABC News.
After all, he says, ABC proved that a couple of hits, in its case Desperate Housewives and Lost, can turn around around a network.
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