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5. J.J. Abrams
Breakthrough Series: "Felicity"
Defining Show: "Lost"
Other Career Highlights: "Alias"
Signature Style: Keep the audience guessing with murky conspiracies and unfathomable mysteries
J.J. Abrams delivered the fledgling WB network its defining series with the youth-skewing "Felicity," about a small-town girl in a big-city college, but he found his true calling with the high-concept conspiracy spy thriller "Alias." As sexy as it is silly, the adrenaline-powered show mixes high-tech espionage and ancient prophecy with adrenaline-boosted plots laced with double dealing and triple agents, a recipe he perfected with the addictive "Lost," the high-concept survival adventure with supernatural echoes, conspiratorial hints and more mysteries than the complete works of Agatha Christie. Whether Abrams and his collaborators have the show intricately and exactingly mapped out, or they're just improvising their way through the seasons, it's the most tantalizing and enigmatic puzzle on TV.
5. J.J. Abrams
Breakthrough Series: "Felicity"
Defining Show: "Lost"
Other Career Highlights: "Alias"
Signature Style: Keep the audience guessing with murky conspiracies and unfathomable mysteries
J.J. Abrams delivered the fledgling WB network its defining series with the youth-skewing "Felicity," about a small-town girl in a big-city college, but he found his true calling with the high-concept conspiracy spy thriller "Alias." As sexy as it is silly, the adrenaline-powered show mixes high-tech espionage and ancient prophecy with adrenaline-boosted plots laced with double dealing and triple agents, a recipe he perfected with the addictive "Lost," the high-concept survival adventure with supernatural echoes, conspiratorial hints and more mysteries than the complete works of Agatha Christie. Whether Abrams and his collaborators have the show intricately and exactingly mapped out, or they're just improvising their way through the seasons, it's the most tantalizing and enigmatic puzzle on TV.