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 8th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
I am so sick and tired of you programers at ABC. DAYBREAK was a work of art.I hope FOX picks it up, they can add it to thier long list of hits like 24,House,Prison break,Bones. You had a hit and just like you always do, you dropped the ball. Let me cancell one for you now before you get laughed at later.”MEN IN TREES” Please, I beg of you, spare us all!!!!!
January 8th, 2007 at 5:18 am
I would also like to see the remaining Day Break episodes, online, direct to DVD, back on ABC, on a different network, doesn’t matter to me, I just want to see them.
Michael
SE Wisconsin
January 7th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I’m really mad at you ABC. You’re too cheap to pay for more episodes of Lost to fill the Fall season, you take a really good show in Day Break and start it at the beginning of the busy Holiday season. Who starts a series that late in the fall season? nobody! You set it up to fail. Shame on you. Could you possibly go the extra mile for fans and at least put the final episodes online. You won’t follow through with that because that would actually be doing something to benefit your fans. LOST will be another Alias anyway so whoever reads this, don’t get you’re hopes up. I’m losing interest in your product anyway. Good riddence.
January 7th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I think it’s absolutely craze that ABC or whoever isn’t going to air the last seven epidsodes. So what if the ratings went into the tank? That’s what the geniuses at ABC get for teasing us with no new episodes of LOST for several months. Give us the last 7 episodes.
January 7th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
It is terrible when you find a good show to watch and it is taken off so sudden. I used to rush home after bible study making sure I saw Daybreak and now its gone. This is the second show I was a watching faithfully and left. The other was Six Degrees. I hope my last favorite show isn’t booted and if it is looks like I will be a big CBS fan, thanks ABC for all you put viewers through.
January 7th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
People like myself are the reason for the declining viewership. During the holiday season I became quite busy and decidid to watch on line after the season etc. Bedsides, my family really doesn’t get into it so I would watch it on my laptop on line while they watch square pants etc. ABC is on the ball offering the on line service, however they need to consider that people will change the way they watch TV now having new alternatives…
P.S.
I want ABC to re-imburse me for the hours spent watching an show anticipating an ending that now will never happen.
January 7th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I have been hunting for the last episodes or at least a written summary of what happens next. Is there any way we can find out the rest of the story? I hate being dropped with no closure. This was such a good show!
January 7th, 2007 at 11:41 am
I can not believe abc pulled such a wicked show as DayBreak for the reality show American idiot, sorry idol, same crap if you ask me. Daybreak rocks and abc could of easily pushed it to a different time and/or day. Thanks alot a-holes. Its almost the norm for tv stations to cancel great shows. I hope there will be at least a dvd pack that would contain lost episodes and all the trimmings that all us loyal followers of the show missed. Hopefully sooner than later!!!!!
January 7th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Worst decision ever! You will air Wipe Swap or Supernanny but you won’t air DayBreak. What kind of network are you running anyways?!? Terrible - just terrible.
January 6th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Come on now I love this show its a great show and why did ABC have to pull it??? Just because the ratings were not that great?! Come on just cause the ratings arent doing to well doesnt mean pull the show when theres 7 episodes left my uncle and I watched this show ever Wedensday and we loved it alot!!!! Just because American Idel was coming back doesnt mean to pull the show.. push the show to Thursday or earlier in the week. Pulling it off the air is gonna make alot of people angre and thats what I think about that! BRING BACK DAYBREAK!!!!!
January 6th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
This is bulchytttttt. Daybreak was the best show ever… next to Lost.
January 6th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
No wonder my parents always called tv, “the idiot box.” I guess they were talking about network execs who think only idiots watch tv. I loved Daybreak because it was a puzzle that made you pay close attention. I like shows that have huge story arcs. (Although let me say that I’m having doubts about Lost- too big of an arc. It will end up like Alias with a big muddy ending that doesn’t make sense.) I was excited that they were going to tell this whole story in a reasonable number of episodes. I at least want to be able to download the remaining episodes. Why not? They’re already made. Somebody who cares might as well see them. And while I’m moaning, let me say that they should have kept The Nine for all the same reasons!
January 6th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I had no idea until today that Daybreak had been cancelled. I just assumed it had been put on hold because of the holidays… then it seemed strange that I couldn’t see it online.. not even listed! I emailed anyone I could to find out what was going on… then I found this site on yahoo…I cried!!! and CRIED!!! Daybreak was good, and even if it was only on for 1 season ( a complete season) I would have been at least satisfied with that, but then they take it off in the middle when everything was starting to unfold!!! I think I am going to make a site dedicated to getting the rest of those episodes to its fans!!! I WANT DAYBREAK I WANT DAYBREAK…
::sobbing loudly::
January 5th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I just started watching it tonight (saved on my tivo) and I’m upto the 5th hour and I can’t stop watching this show. It’s so damn good. It gives me the rush just like 24. I can’t even find the shows on itunes nor abc.com. I need to see those last 7 hrs!!
January 5th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Im glad that so many people agree. This show was awsome but it looks like the ratings scared abc. They shouldnt have yanked it off the air all together, they should have moved it to another night. I hope another network can pick it up.
January 5th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Day Break was such a refreshing breath of fresh air to watch! I am so disappointed to find out that Day Break was canceled! I was watching the show from day one — it had suspense drama and an amazing cast! I couldn’t wait for the next episode to come on Wednesday night. I even told my family/friends about how good it was. I would re-watch the episodes online in case I missed something.
This may not have reached a billion viewer - or whatever numbers you were looking for. But it did keep you guessing, and right when things got really interesting you pull the show! Its not even available on your website. ABC should give Day Break a real chance to succeed. Lost is still on the air, and I wonder when they will ever be rescued from that island.
Day Break was a mystery, a puzzle that takes time to solve. As you can see by the previous comments there are people who actually enjoyed this show! You could have moved the show to another night. Replacing it with George Lopez/According Jim makes no sense at all. Exactly how well are those shows doing? I never even watched those shows anyway, and I won’t be watching them now!
January 5th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
This is absolutely ridic! i have been away for a couple of weeks and the only thing that kept me going was the thought that when i got back i would be able to catch daybreak episodes online. But of course, to my surprise, i learn that its been pulled. how about on wednesday, instead of Daybreak, ABC kills themeselves!
January 5th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
what the hell is wrong with ABC? Day Break was great show, up there with 24 in my book.
January 5th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Daybreak is wonderful because, unlike Lost, it’s only 13 episodes, with a conclusion to a tightly knit story. And yet they still refuse to air it, even though each episode has been better than every episode of season 3 of Lost, and I was a HUGE Lost fan.
I’m so disappointed that they aren’t even going to allow us to watch the end.
Oh well, I’m not going to watch Lost when it comes back, just to make a point.
January 5th, 2007 at 8:25 am
I JUST FOUND OUT DAYBREAK WILL NOT BE AIRING AGAIN….THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS….MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES LOOKED SO FORWARD TO THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOW….IT WAS A GREAT SERIES….IT FIGURES THEY WOULD CANCEL IT….WE ARE ALL VERY DISSAPPOINTED IN ABC AND THEIR DECISION….VERY VERY POOR !!!!