Day Break: ABC’s Taye Diggs Drama is Gone
As you may recall, ABC recently announced that they were reworking their Wednesday night schedule (in preparation for the return of Fox’s American Idol). That left fans of Day Break out in the cold as the Taye Diggs series would be pulled from the schedule after the December 27th episode had aired. There was some hope and speculation that the series would be moved to another night. We now know that’s not going to happen.
The Lost-replacing series Day Break has been pulled from the schedule even earlier than expected. The ratings for Day Break have continued to fall since its debut and the latest was no exception. The sixth episode, entitle “What If They Find Him,” attracted only 3.1 million households. As a result, ABC has yanked the drama effective immediately. Repeats of George Lopez and According to Jim will fill 8-10pm Wednesdays for the next two weeks (both sitcoms begin new seasons in January on Wednesday nights).
There are seven unaired episodes and, as of now, there are no plans to air them on the network (joining fellow dramas The Nine and Six Degrees). The good news is that ABC has said they will post the remaining episodes online, with a new episode being posted every Thursday for the next seven weeks. They may decide to release the episodes for purchase online via iTunes but I’m guessing that will have a lot to do with viewer demand.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:54 am
It seems that this great show will go the way of so many other shows to make the best way to watch shows on TV is through DVD. Action dramas are the hottest shows (aside from the thoughtless reality/contest shows) and it seems they are best found and watch on DVD. Examples include 24, Prison Break, Lost, and Heroes. I have watched each of these shows as airing on TV but they are best on DVD. Hopefully someone at corporate will see this show as needing to produce some more income, the best way is releasing it on DVD producing profits of about $50 per unit sold. I still need to see the un-aired episodes and I would definately be purchasing the season. Beyond that, I have little hope of Daybreak have any further life. Like some of the best shows on TV (My So Called Life…) Daybreak will only be a shimmer of potential light that dies too early.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
What do you expect from ABC. Lost is the only thing they have in primetime, NBC is killing them. Its no wonder, we lose Daybreak to get brilliant work like Cavemen or Carpoolers.
I hope someone somewhere was fired, and subsequently divorced.