Did you miss Day Break on ABC last night? If so, you’re certainly not alone. We’ve been innundated with emails and traffic from people looking for details on what’s happened to the Taye Diggs series.
For those who don’t know, Day Break has been pulled from primetime by ABC after just six episodes due to low ratings. The on-going storyline is hardly resolved with seven unaired episodes left in the season. ABC has said they will post episodes (one per week) on their website but many people don’t have a powerful enough computer, can’t access the Internet long enough to watch, don’t have a fast Internet connection or, for many other reasons, simply can’t view the episodes. In short, millions of people who could have seen future episodes on free network television, will never see this excellent series — and we think the decision-makers should know.
So, we’re inviting you to sign a petition that asks the network and the production companies (Gross Entertainment and Touchstone Television) to release the series so that more people can see it — to return the series to network TV or at the least, to release it on DVD. With enough interest, there could even be a second season or a movie.
Let your friends, neighbors and co-workers know — anyone who misses Day Break — where they can find this petition. Naturally, the more names are collected, the better.
To sign the petition, fill out the “comments” box below. You only need to leave your name, city and state (or country). You may leave comments if you wish but please try to keep them civil. We’ll be monitoring the petition to ensure that it stays clean of spam or inappropriate comments. Let’s save Day Break!
Please note, due to the overwhelming response, 5,000 comments have been archived (for bandwidth issues).
To ABC, Gross Entertainment & Touchstone Television:
cc: Taye Diggs
We, the undersigned have enjoyed much of your programming, particularly the outstanding Day Break series. We have enjoyed the Taye Diggs series each week and are dismayed that it has been pulled from the primetime schedule.
We believe that the ratings have not accurately shown the show’s popularity for success. After just six episodes, we believe that Day Break was not given enough time to fully establish a potentially huge audience. Please remember that many very popular shows like MASH, 24 and Cheers were not immediate hits.
We understand that ABC is posting the remaining episodes online but, for a variety of reasons, millions of people are not able to see these episodes — resulting in lost viewership for you and disappointment and frustration for them.
We respectfully request that you return Day Break to network television and to consider continuing production of further episodes or even a film. At the very least, we ask that you make the existing episodes available to a wider audience via a DVD release.
Thank you in advance for your attention and consideration.
The Undersigned fans of Day Break
Bring back Daybreak or release it on DVD. Thank you!
We thought this show was great! Lots of action and suspense. We’re still in suspense! We want to know what happens. Please bring the show back!
We’re in Canada, so we can’t view programs online. What’s up with that?
Day Break is an excellent series with top-notch acting, a great story, and is overall very well mixed. I hate to see it cancelled. Please keep it alive and running. I look forward to the possibility of another season.
Bring back DayBreak! I can’t believe ABC managment was greedy enough to think that just a few million viewers wasn’t enough to warrant keeping the show. They didn’t even give the show a chance, and even when they already had the episodes to air. Give people what they want and bring it back please.
This show was a blast!
Absolutely incredible!
Loved every minute !
QUESTION TO ALL POSTERS HERE:
Since its cancellation, have any of you watched a single minute of ABC in Daybreak’s former timeslot?
(Wednesday 9PM)
I know I haven’t!
I watched the remaining episodes of Daybreak on the web. Thoroughly entertaining and excellent show! Edge-of-your-seat action. Complex and thought-provoking storyline. More exciting than the current “24” season. Please revive it for another season.
You can download all episodes at mininova.org. But would love to see it on TV
Superb show ! finally something with an intelligent storyline. Bring it back ! Lets appeal to some viewers with half a brain rather than the millions of gormless halfwits that tune into reality TV shows.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING DAY BREAK BACK~~~~!!!!
I love this show; the whole thinking process is just fun!I looked forward to it everyday and i always feel sad after one episode ends every Wednesday because i had to wait another week on it again!
I’m a super fan!!!
please bring it back on or at least release it on DVD
PLEASE~~~~~
Bring Daybreak back!!!!!!!!! I want season 2!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t understand. I can’t find any episodes to watch as advertised on ABC. Isn’t anyone responsible for jerking us around? Why even watch ABC if they are going to do this and not feel any responsibility to the viewers. We get lied to enough every day, now “YOU CAN’T TRUST ABC”
Pulling a show like Day Break is just the sort of thing that makes me embarassed to be a Disney stockholder. Shows like this don’t gain a following overnight (or over six episodes for that matter.) A lot of it is word-of-mouth, good advertising and a decent time slot. But ABC doesn’t need me to tell them this… or do they?
BRING IT BACK!
this show is great!!! we need more keep em coming
Great show, I couldn’t believe it wasn’t kept on the air! Absolutely love it and would rank right up there with Lost on ABC for great TV shows.