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?

Says Bromstad:

“We’ve always looked at Day One as a big event for us and not necessarily a show that would be an ongoing, returning show for a second season. It would depend on its success. Just by nature of the genre, they always then get a little narrow, and whether or not we can sustain it on the air …”

It sure sounds like she’s already working on her justification to cancel the show after its first season. Of course, it could also mean that as potentially expensive as Day One is (and if you’ve seen the extended trailer you know it’s not going to be a cheap show to produce), the network needs to justify paying the cost, which will mean the show needs to net huge ratings.

Are we looking at another Jericho situation here? One hopes not.

Day One will hit airwaves in 2010, and stars Xander Berkeley, Carly Pope, Adam Campbell, April Grace, Julie Gonzalo, David Lyons, Thekla Reuten, Catherine Dent, Addison Timlin and Derek Mio.