Just as "Lost" had a major influence on so many of the shows that would come after it, "Lost" itself only exists because of other groundbreaking TV shows from previous years. The most obvious influence is "Twin Peaks," a mystery show from the early '90s that embraced its weirdest aspects to the delight (and frustration) of fans everywhere.

Perhaps the biggest influence, however, was the '90s TV series "Babylon 5," which aired on the PTEN network (later turned into TNT) starting in 1993 . "Babylon 5," sadly, has not maintained the same lingering cultural prominence that "Twin Peaks" has going for it, but by the early 2000s, it was certainly still fresh in "Lost" showrunner Damon Lindelof's mind. In a 2016 interview with Lightspeed Magazine , "Babylon" creator J. Michael Straczynski e

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