In terms of the show’s pilot, SCI FI Wire was among a select group to watch a special screening Wednesday night by Disney/ABC and came away very impressed.
Here are some excerpts:
It’s not Lost, though it has elements of that show: a high-concept sci-fi premise, told intimately through the lives (present and future) of about 10 main characters, as well as a deep, abiding mystery that will be unraveled over the course of the first season and subsequent seasons right up to the last minute.
It’s not The X-Files, though it has an FBI agent (Joseph Fiennes) at its heart and a procedural element to its storylines, with potential criminals and other bad guys and creepy weirdness here and there.
It’s not ER, Fringe, Heroes or any other hit drama, though it shares elements with all of those shows, including a main character who’s a surgeon, weird science and people who may or may not have access to strange visions.
No, it’s that rare thing in television: something completely new. And, at least judging by the big-screen Blu-ray version we saw, it will look absolutely gorgeous, not to say epic, for a TV show.
Read the site’s full report of the screening here. And lastly, you can read another screening report at NY Daily News and more coverage for the show can be read at The Futon Critic and Time’s Tuned In blog. "FlashForward" premieres Thursday, September 24th at 8:00pm on ABC.