Pilot (Lost) 1011 to represent Flight 815's wreckage. Many changes were made during the casting process, including the selected actors, the characters' behaviors and fates. The pilot introduces the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815, who experience a plane crash and end up on a mysterious island. Three of the characters, Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox), Kate Austen (Evangeline Lilly) and Charlie Pace (Dominic Monaghan), are featured before the crash in flashbacks of their experiences on the plane as it breaks apart in mid-air; this narrative technique would be reused in almost every subsequent episode of the series. The "Lost" pilot is one of
Night Flight (TV series) not to be "...heavy-handed, but do 'here's-something-that's-in-the-news' shows". The eventual backlash against the repetition of rock videos inspired "Night Flight" to program even more public domain animation (especially those from the Fleischer Brothers, Ub Iwerks, etc.) , cult and camp films in the mid to late-1980s into the early 1990s. The show was thus instrumental in the distribution of cult, midnight movie and campy films. "TV Guide" called "Night Flight" the "Best Pop Music Magazine show on cable". "USA Today" would later echo that sentiment, declaring it "the most creative use of music and video on television today". Night Flight