There are 48 episodes of LOST remaining until the series finale. They announced that last year; but instead of showing 24 episodes for two years, they decided on 3 seasons of 16 episodes each -- originally designed to be uninterrupted; i.e., like 24, one episode per week, with no re-runs.
Then the strike happened; and only 9 of the 16 for this year were filmed. That means if they keep the same schedule, that there will be 23 episodes for next year, and 16 for the last year.
Not reporting anything new, but people forget, particularly after nine months.