'Fringe:' Sounds a Little Like ...

Of all the new stuff coming this fall, I'm most curious about the new J.J. Abrams show, "Fringe," which will be on Fox. Why? For one thing, the series will be set in Boston, although according to a Fox publicist it will be shot in New York (booo). (The pilot was filmed in Toronto).

And then, the sci-fi tinged series has a bunch of "Lost"-like ingredients. As with "Lost," the premise involves a plane, Flight 627 (remember those numbers?), which lands at Logan with all the passengers and crew members dead. The landing triggers an investigation that leads to, you guessed it, a huge mystery and a "larger, more shocking truth," as Fox puts it.

The casting also has some "Lost" parallels. On "Lost," we have former teen-TV heartthrob Matthew Fox from "Party of Five"; on "Fringe" we'll have Joshua Jackson from "Dawson's Creek." On "Lost," we had "Lord of the Rings" trilogy alum Dominic Monaghan; on "Fringe," we'll have "LOR" grad John Noble. On "Lost," we have Harold Perrineau, one of the longtime actors from "Oz"; on "Fringe," we'll have Kirk Acevedo, also a full "Oz" regular. On both "Lost" and "Fringe," we'll have Lance Reddick: He's Abaddon on "Lost," and he'll be an FBI guy on "Fringe."

Oh yeah, and "Lost" is also a one-word title. OK, a little desperate....