Lost Audience Responses:

Season	Timeslot (ET)	No. of episodes	Premiered		Ended		TV season	Rank	U.S. viewers (millions)
			Date	Premiere viewers (millions)	Date	Finale viewers (millions)
1	Wednesday 8:00 pm	25	September 22, 2004	18.65[61]	May 25, 2005	20.71[62]	2004–05	#15	15.69[63]
2	Wednesday 9:00 pm	24	September 21, 2005	23.47[64]	May 24, 2006	17.84[65]	2005–06	#15	15.50[66]
3	Wednesday 9:00 pm (October 4, 2006 – November 8, 2006) Wednesday 10:00 pm (February 7, 2007 – May 23, 2007)	23	October 4, 2006	18.82[67]	May 23, 2007	13.86[68]	2006–07	#13	15.95[69]
4	Thursday 9:00 pm (January 31, 2008 – March 20, 2008) Thursday 10:00 pm (April 24, 2008 – May 29, 2008)	14	January 31, 2008	17.77[70]	May 29, 2008	13.99[71]	2007–08	#19	13.17[72]
5	Wednesday 9:00 pm	17	January 21, 2009	13.32[73]	May 13, 2009	9.43[74]	2008–09	#28	10.94[75]
6	Tuesday 9:00 pm Sunday 9:00 pm (May 23, 2010)	18	February 2, 2010	14.30[76]	May 23, 2010	13.57[77]	2009–10	#31	10.08[78]

In addition to traditional terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, Lost is available from various online services, including Amazon Instant Video,Hulu, and Netflix.It was one of the first series issued through Apple's iTunes Store beginning in October 2005.On August 29, 2007, Lost became one of the first TV programs available for download in the UK iTunes Store.

A video game, Lost: Via Domus, was released to average reviews, developed by Ubisoft, for game consoles and home computers, while Gameloft developed a Lost game for mobile phones and iPods.

"The Lost Experience. An official fanclub was launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment.

- Most Media Texts Target A Wide Range Of Audiences , How True Is This To Your Chosen Texts?

Matthew Wiener's 'Mad Men' aired on AMC and Sky Atlantic targets a niche audience therefore not targeting  a wide range of audiences. I will use reference to the series 5 episode ' The Other Woman' to which it  reached over 2million viewers. It's preferred audiences are typically targeted by the scheduling of the show as most viewers are typically aged 18+ thus AMC and Sky Atlantic's airing time of 9pm allowing it's preferred audience to be active. By airing the show at 9pm it will target it's niche audience as they come home from work and settle for the night gratifying them. 'The Other Woman' plot is based  around a pitch to the car company Jaguar to get the job in their advertising campaign.'The Other Woman' holds an ensemble cast which have various ideology's within for example in ' The Other Woman' this is shown through the complex representation of female cast and the models of behaviour they hold. 'Peggy' played by 'Elizabeth Moss'  a work enthusiast uses her knowledge to gain employment and leave the company .The reason for casting 'Elizabeth Moss'  for this role is she is less attractive than 'Christian Hendricks' who plays 'Joan'. 'Joan' is totally the opposite to 'Peggy' she suppresses herself by sleeping with Jaguar's Boss in order for the company to get the job. 'Joan' is sexualised throughout the episode as they purposely use costume to hug her curves allowing her cleavage to be on show at all times where as 'Peggy' is constantly covered in smart attire.  Mad men attracts it's niche audience by gratifying it's audience through personal identity as due to the scheduling time of 9pm it's audience will be at home from work while the children are in bed as they can relate to the work life and family aspects that 'Mad Men' holds as the plot evolves around 'Don Draper' and his work and family life which is why the show is aired at 9PM. So therefore i believe that although most media texts do target a wide audience it's proven by 'Mad Men' that you can target a preferred niche audience through certain techniques.

Mad Men : Facts And Figures

• Mad Men is an American television period drama series created and produced by Matthew Weiner

• The series premiered on July 19, 2007, on the American cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television

• Mad Men is set in the 1960s

• The focal point of the series is Don Draper (Jon Hamm), creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, and the people in his life, both in and out of the office

• Mad Men has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity, visual style, costume design, acting, writing, and directing, and has won many awards including fifteen Emmys and four Golden Globes.

• TV Guide ranked it #6 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time

• Each episode has a budget between US$2–2.5 million, though the pilot episode's budget was over $3 million.