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.
No sniplet called Day Break products
292. PerryMecium said,
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.
291. Ex Lost Watcher said,
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.
290. greg said,
I really liked yhat show. I wish they would bring it back.
289. Jeff Handshaw said,
I thought Daybreak was a great show and the final episodes that completed the show were perfect. Unlike most series that end poorly, Daybreak ended perfectly and even into the next “dayâ€.
One of the best shows ever cancelled (along with, now, Journeyman)
Too bad we couldn’t download the series to show to others.
288. jim said,
I wanted to watch the remaining daybreak episodes online but never saw them and now I see they got pulled. WTF. This was one of their best shows in recent years. I just don’t understand networks.
287. lauren said,
Please bring it back!!!!! Abc I love this show as well as many others that I got hooked on the show!!!! It was the first show I made sure I saw every wed in years!!!!!! Something definitely has to be done about this!!!!
286. Anonymous said,
This sucks.
Started watching when it aired over here in the UK and wondered where it went. I really dug this show.
Can’t even get the complete series online (or seemingly anywhere). It had a bit more substance than a lot of action/drama shows.
285. Anonymous said,
I watched the first few episodes when it aired and it is still weighing on me…When it got cancelled, I got turned off by TV and avoided it since except for sporting events…
I’ll need to try to find the unaired episodes and
284. Hart said,
I have finished watching the complete season via DVD. Just get the whole story from there!!! It’s all about the money…no appreciation of the ARTS. Maybe even the Board of Directors’ heads HURT just watching it because you need BRAINS to understand the show. They don’t have that and because they have all their arteries clogged with fat-rich foods that restricts blood-flow to their brains…Hehehehe!
283. Mario Faria said,
When the American TV Networks decided to pull the plug for shows like Day Break and post the remaining episodes on-line only for american viewers, folks like me from other countries have no legal option to see them. So we have to go to irregular web sites and download them. It is a shame. Due to this lack of respect for non-USA viewers to watch what is left or even pay to do that, the only path we have available remains those web sites.
282. Jason said,
Oh man… I JUST found Daybreak on abc.com and got HOOKED!!! what a fabulous show! I would stay up late LATE watching episodes…
BUT then they just took it off the website! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
I guess it’s to put on new shows, but I can’t be left hanging like this! I feel like the rest of you who got hooked while it was on the air… But at least they put it online and you got to see the rest. I didn’t get to see the end - and who knows if they’ll ever put it on again?
Help! Complain to ABC to get this on DVD or iTunes, or the website again…!
281. Jack said,
ABC SUCKS FOR PULLING DAYBREAK!!! I FRIGGIN LOVED THAT SHOW AND LOOKED FOWARD TO EVERY WEDNESDAY! ME AND MY BROTHER WAS HOOKED AFTER JUST THE FIRST EPISODE AND COULDNT WAIT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT WEEK, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT DIDN’T COME ON,so we just thought they put it on a time out or something, HELL NO! those idiots canceled the one show i loyally watched every week, didnt miss one episode!!ABC sucks!!! screw lost and all the fans that were angry enough not to watch an awesome show!!