08. Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 Survivors On Beach Of Mystery Island – Lost (2004 – 2010)

When audiences first caught glimpse of the pilot episode, they knew Lost was going to be the most visually epic show ever seen, with the highest production value of any series in television history. The image of the plane survivors is incredibly memorable for this alone, but it also sparked viewers’ interests in a series that kept them engaged and gripped until the culmination of the final season.

Lost was like nothing produced on television before for the immense amount of money spent on sets, props, costumes and special effects. Each episode looked like a multimillion dollar feature film and this image perfectly sums up the extent of the high production value of the series. The tropical location, variety of characters and plane crash props revealed that the producers meant business and audiences knew that they would be on to a winner. Although, arguably, the show lost its way towards the end, there’s no denying that the pilot episode that bore this image was sensational to say the least.