Oceanic Airlines Oceanic Airlines Oceanic Airlines, and less frequently, Oceanic Air"ways," is the name of a fictional airline used in several films, television programs, and comic books; typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real airline would prefer not to be associated. The brand is used prominently in the TV series "Lost," where Oceanic Airlines is featured branded with a highly stylized logo depicting an Australian Aboriginal dot painting that resembles a nazar, a bullseye, an island, or an "O." The show's fictional storyline begins with the crash of an airline flight called Oceanic Flight 815.
Night Flight (TV series) short films, stand-up comedy and animation. Jeff Franklin (head of American Talent International) and Stuart S. Shapiro (head of International Harmony) approached USA Network about developing "Night Flight" in February 1981. A new series that defied conventional formats and easy categorization was an acceptable risk to USA, and it aired the first episode of "Night Flight" on June 5, 1981. The timing was a deliberate move to exploit the Hollywood writers' strike, which had halted production on NBC's highly popular program "Saturday Night Live". Episodes originally lasted four hours each, and aired in the late-night programming block after 11:00 PM