One of the more intriguing new shows coming up in 2010 is NBC’s “Day One”, from former “Heroes” producer Jesse Alexander. The show was originally envisioned as a 13-episode first season, but that was eventually shortened to a four-hour mini-series. Now, at the NBC TV Critics Association press tour, the network has confirmed that the show will be shortened yet again to a two-hour movie.
Archive for Day One TV Series
Day One Mini-Series is Now a Two-Hour Backdoor Pilot
A New NBC’s Day One Pic Shows What’s Left
NBC’s “Day One” was supposed to be a full series but for reasons unknown, it’s getting the chop down to a 4 hour miniseries. “Day One” is about a group of people trapped, hiding or sticking together in an apartment complex after something invades the hell out of us.
Day One and V to Premiere as 4-Hour Mini-Series Events
It seems a lot of major decisions have been made in regards to two highly anticipated sci-fi shows. Variety reports that NBC has decided to air Jesse Alexander’s Day One as a 4-hour mini-series event instead of a full-blown 13-episode season, as originally planned. Something similar is happening with the new V TV show on ABC.
More Day One Details — SPOILERS
Well this is a kicker: as soon as I posted that Day One article about how NBC isn’t giving out lots of good vibes about standing by Jesse Alexander’s Day One, the boys at AICN went and posted these SPOILERIFIC details about the show and its pilot. Read on only if you want to know SPOILERS. You’ve been warned.
Is NBC Already Planning the Cancellation of Jesse Alexander’s Day One?
Well this is interesting news. According to this interview with NBC president Angela Bromstad at the Television Critics Association summer press tour(via SciFiWire), it sure sounds like NBC doesn’t have very high hopes that Jesse Alexander’s Day One will last past Season 1. Or does it mean something else?
Sargasso Planet Leads Us To NBC’s Day One
Day One is a nifty little Sci-Fi show starting this fall that features a group of people fighting to survive in an apartment complex after the aliens come and clean house. Now, a clever little website has sprouted up, getting all Fanboy over a television series that doesn’t exist but points you toward the Day One site on NBC.
New Day One Extended Trailer Reveals the Mystery, More Plot Details
So, I bet you thought NBC’s new Day One show was just another generic post-apocalyptic TV show ala Jericho and its ilk, huh? Well guess again, because this thing is starting to shape up into something I didn’t really expect. Check out this extended trailer for the show, which reveals a decidedly alien menace behind all the chaos. And not “alien” in the from outer space variety, though that’s certainly a possibility. At this point, it seems like the mystery of who, or what is behind the “global catastrophe” that has all but destroyed the Governments of the world will be kept under wraps for a while.
Network Sci-Fi/Fantasy Shows: Renewals, Cancellations, and Newcomers
With the networks officially kicking off their upfront presentations this month, we’ve now gotten official (and in some cases, semi-official) confirmations about which shows are coming back, which ones are gone, and what new offerings will be available to the genre fans out there. The schedule for the upfronts are: FOX’s begins today, followed by ABC on Tuesday, and CBS on Wednesday. NBC already did theirs earlier this month.
Post Apocalyptic Day One On NBC Is A Go
We have it directly from NBC that “Day One”, an excellent sounding post apocalyptic series from Jesse Alexander (Lost, Alias, Heroes) has been picked up for next falls NBC schedule.
The official synopsis:
Heroes’ Jesse Alexander On NBC’s Day One
“Day One” is a very interesting sounding Post Apocalyptic story about a group of folks dealing with the end of the world as they know it, all from their California apartment complex. It has been described as a cross between Cloverfield and Lost.
Heroes is Almost Officially Kinda Renewed for Season 4
You may or may not have heard, but there are rumblings aplenty about the fate of NBC’s superhero show Heroes. The whole crisis seems to stem from a very innocent twitter by one of the show’s stars, Greg Grunberg, but it sure set off a firestorm. Everyone and their momma who never liked the show in the first place have begun pontificating the show’s end. Well guess what, guys, screw you. The show is coming back for a fourth season. Probably.
Jesse Alexander’s Day One Adds Carly Pope, Three More
Maybe getting kicked off Heroes was the best thing that could ever have happened for TV producer/writer Jesse Alexander, whose post-apocalyptic TV show Day One has just been greenlit for a pilot by NBC, and now he’s added four more to his cast. Leading the way is Carly Pope (pictured, left), recently seen (and killed off!) the current season of 24, plus three others, including David Lyons, the show’s male lead, Adam Campbell and Thekla Reuten.
Jesse Alexander’s Day One Gets Pilot Order
Here’s the deal about former Heroes producer Jesse Alexander’s new TV show Day One: I wish it wouldn’t waste time trying to find out the reasons for the apocalypse, but just move on with the aftermath. I know, the whole “what happened?” is going to be one of those “big questions” that the show attempts to answer during its run, and I’m sure clues will be dropped left and right, the answers always out of reach, and — you know what, it’s BORING. Can’t I just get a TV show about life in the aftermath of a mysterious, unknown apocalypse?
