Generally acclaimed and a popular success, Lost garnered an average of 16,000,000 viewers per episode on ABC during its first year. It has won numerous industry awards including the Emmy Award for outstanding Drama Series in 2005, Best Yank Import at the Brit Academy TV Awards in 2005, the Golden Globe for Best Drama in 2006 and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series. Reflecting its devoted fan base, the series has become a part of Yankee popular culture with references to the story and its elements appearing in other TV series, commercials, comic books, webcomics, humor mags, a Playstation game and song words. The show's fictional universe has been explored through tie-in novels, board and video games, and alternative reality games, The Lost Experience and Find 815.
