It’s always a touch boring when my favorite shows are in the off-season. But it seems the drama of Lost continues behind the scenes with scores of reports of inner strife, quitting contracts, long (show-killing) pauses in programming and much more juicy bits of gossip emerging. With using terms like, drama, long pauses, and juicy gossip in a sentance, I can of course only mean Lost, the island-drama super hit, which seems intent on crash landing before the story can complete itself.

We start off with the announcement that Lost will take a 13 WEEK HIATUS next year at the middle of season 3! Say what!? According to ABC this is what the fans wanted, as we apparentely decided we hate repeats and would like the show erased from the winter lineup completely. I think any fan would tell you they hate overly long breaks in programming more than sitting through a repeat. But that’s just my opinion.

More drama and gossip after the jump…

With that we come to the report that Lost mega-hunky stars Josh Holloway (Sawyer) and Matthew Fox (Jack are rumoured to be fighting over their $250,000 bonus which the whole cast recieved shortly after Season 2 closed up. Supposedly the rest of the crew are even planning an intervention! Hopefully it will be in the form of a picnic party at one of the star’s beach-front properties, we hear those are popular amongst the cast. This is according to In-Touch Weekly of course, so, naturally a big grain of salt is required if you decide to actually buy the rag, read it, and think about the report.

So with that out of the way, we come to JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, leaving ABC-Disney for Warner Brothers, no doubt after a nice and juicy payoff. ABC stresses that for this season (3), JJ will still be committed to guiding Lost, though they stress that for the 2007-2008 season (4), JJ’s involvement is a bit up in the air and will be tackled in negotiations when the time comes.

…and finally we leave with our feel-good story. The JJ-look is spreading around the set of Lost! It seems that fellow executive producers Stuart Zicherman and Raven Metzner have taken on the JJ-look, making public appearances with thick black-rimmed glasses and snazzy casual wear. Oh my, will the early 90s emo-nerd look come back into style? We at Bunch of Nerds can only hope…

[Abrams won't leave Lost stranded | The J.J. Abrams look] (via TVtattle)