Yet another sign that ABC's "Lost," not "Desperate Housewives," is the most influential show of last season: NBC's just picked up "Windfall," a drama about 20 people who win a huge lottery.

Like "Lost," it features a large ensemble cast that could grow larger from time to time as the writers explore different lottery winners. It's serialized, and it's about people whose lives all change quite suddenly and at the same time.

That said, based on the five actors NBC brought here today to talk to reporters, these are, as one critic pointed out, the prettiest -- and youngest -- set of lottery winners you've ever seen.

Creator Laurie McCarthy says she was less influenced by "Lost' than she was by stories of large groups of "lunch ladies" sharing a winning lottery ticket, but clearly MCarthy doesn't know many lunch ladies.

One reporter notes that the ensemble includes two veterans of NBC's late, lamented "Boomtown," Jason Gedrick and Lana Parrilla, but there doesn't seem to be much of a message here, other than than in any cast this large, one or two are bound to have worked on "Boomtown," I suppose.