Day Break - ongoing thread (merged) (1 Viewer)

[Qui-Gon John]

At least NBC, KIDNAPPED, I can watch Full Screen and not too many glitches.

 

[Jonny P]

Wow...

The first casualty I am actually sorry to see go.

I really liked this show -- very clever. And Taye Tiggs was great in the lead role.

My wife and I just watched the two most recent eps on TiVo....

Oh well...

 

[NeilO]

Vanished's "conclusion" was quite pitiful. No real conclusion, they just stopped after 13 episodes. DayBreak at least was always planned for 13 episodes, so we'll at least be able to get some satisfaction if the player allows us to see it reasonably well.

Neil

 

[Mikah Cerucco]

If you guys see where Daybreak goes, somebody feel free to come back and let us know. Not everyone can get the streaming.

 

[Derek_J]

Just use a proxy.

 

[NeilO]

ABC does have the latest 4 episodes online at the moment, so I presume they'll continue to do that while they add the new episodes.

Neil

 

[Qui-Gon John]

So I looked at the ABC lineup for tonight and those *@*!**@ did take DAYBREAK off the lineup.

Also, I do not see the next episode up on the ABC website yet either.

Anyone have any info on the next episode, when it will show, on air or online?

 

[Joe_H]

yeah, I still don't see the newest episode online yet.

 

[Derek_J]

At the beginning of its former time slot last Wednesday, it said something to the effect of "Watch for new episodes of Daybreak exclusively on abc.com".

 

[Jeffery_H]

Can't say I'm surprised either the show was cancelled. I gave the show 2 episodes and that was more than enough for me. It just didn't work, characters were not interesting and the cheese factor was way too much for my taste.

If shows like Boomtown confused people by telling certain aspects from various characters perspective, then I never thought anything like this show would make it. For those few that liked it, maybe you will get some episodes, but most likely it will feel like John Doe without closure.

 

[Joe_H]

As mentioned above, this was designed as a 13 episode arc, to fill the time until Lost returns. It should have all the closure we need, if they air all 13 online.

 

[Rakesh.S]

Teh reason the episode is unavailable at abc.com is because they have not cleared the music rights to show it online ..or so the story goes.

We'll be lucky if the rest of the episodes make it out. Un-friggin-believable. They find a way to mess with viewers by canceling a show that actually has a conclusion.

The other thing I've heard is -- we only get to see Hopper resolving this scenario..the reasons behind why the whole thing is happening will not be revealed in the final episode. I'm sure they wanted to leave that open in case this show was a hit, so they could spin it off with another actor.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Ugh! This is total mismanagement and piss-poor handling by the ABC ninkompoops!

May the felas of a thousand camels infest their armpits!

 

[Derek_J]

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune....eak_downe.html
Weird...

 

[NeilO]

Well, at least we know why there is a delay in the show appearing online. I find it hard to believe that ABC could have messed up so much, but it seems they are surpassing everyone's expectations.


So, we should find out everything to do with Hopper's situation, but not why/how his day was repeating. That really sounds like all we could expect from 13 episodes as Hopper's situation appears so convoluted in any case.

Neil

 

[Qui-Gon John]

It'd be great if ABC wound up losing more by not showing the episodes. Don't they have breach of contract issues with advertisers who contracted to have the show air, showing their ads. Then ABC goes and pulls the show. Seems to me, they would have to renumerate those clients who already paid for the ad spots.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Networks have viewer number levels for advertising rates, and if the show is under-performing, and can't deliver the viewer eyeballs for the ads, then the network has to come up with ways to compensate for the lack of viewers (either by partial refunds, or a discount on future ads on other shows).

ABC cut their losses by taking this show off the air. There is surely some behind-the-scenes give-and-take for other programming and the ad rates negotiated between the advertisers and the network. It's an on-going thing.

 

[Derek_J]

It's not listed at ABC streaming at all anymore. That doesn't inspire confidence.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Day Broke.

 

[Qui-Gon John]

Any word on when these episodes may hit the web?