C4 Winter: E4 lands 'Lost', 'Desperate Housewives'

Lost

E4 has landed the rights to two of the hottest new US shows of the season.

Lost, premiering in January, is a drama following 48 survivors of a plane crash stranded on a remote and mysterious Pacific island. Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan and Ian Somerhalder head up the cast.

Meanwhile, Desperate Housewives is a new drama/soap "with a darkly comedic edge" following the lives and loves of a group of suburban women. Channel 4 will air the episodes weekly from January, with E4 premiering the next episode immediately afterwards.