is reporting that the ABC SF show Day Break that was the hoped-for fill-in surprise of the year has failed to reach an adequate audience to make the network want to bring it back next season.
The show came on as a mid-season replacement for ratings hog Lost, which went on hiatus until after the first of the year. ABC execs were hoping that fans of actor Taye Diggs and those use to tuning in ABC on Wednesday nights would stay faithful and hang in there for Day Break but it never came to pass.
The decision follows a weak ratings performance this week, with the show hitting new lows in the key adults 18-49 demographic (1.4 for Day Break ).
Day Break told the story of a homicide detective who is framed for the murder of a prosecutor and ends up living the same day over and over in Groundhog Day fashion, but in a dramatic setting.
He is the only character in the show that realizes it is the same day, as he must continue to gather evidence to prove his innocence. Kyle s right, Day Break was supposed to run for consecutive weeks from beginning to end, and after it was over then LOST would return.
And yes, ABC should make all of the episodes available from their website, so folks who are interested can watch the rest of the series, and get some closure on how he resolves the mystery.
I hope they do it.
As for not being a second season, why not? How many bad days has Jack Bauer had now?
I have a really really detailed idea on how Day Break should have gone, and I wish I could talk to someone on the production team and see if that s where they were going with it. Especially if they had ideas for continuing the series beyond one season.
I loved Daybreak, but there s absolutely no way I m going to fork over good money for the DVD of another show that a network s canceled in the middle of a plotline.
If a network wants to air serialized dramas, they need to freaking show all the episodes. This pattern of networks canceling a show and then charging the fans fifty bucks for a DVD and acting as if they re doing us a favor has got to stop.
If they do the smart thing and put the remaining eps online like some of the posters above have suggested, that might be enough of a show of good faith for me to take a chance on another of their shows, rather than not watching at all to avoid getting involved in the plot only to have it canceled midway though.
Yes, I m a little annoyed. And no, this has nothing to do with the unbelievable hotness of Mr. Taye Diggs.
Why do you ask?
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