NBC’s Day One Looks Like Cloverfield Meets Lost Meets Cheese
Why is it that network TV just can’t seem to catch up to the cable networks like HBO, Showtime and AMC? I mean, I know there’s the obvious fact that you can’t do anything too edgy or risque on a major network, but it just seems like almost every primetime drama that sounds cool ends up being total crap (Lost being the obvious exception).
I first started hearing things about NBC’s new post-apocalyptic sci-fi series Day One at the beginning of this year, and at the time, it seemed to hold promise. The show follows survivors in the wake of a mysterious global disaster, and it is the brainchild of Jesse Alexander, who prevously worked on Alias, Heroes and Lost. Now that the first promo has arrived online, however, my expectations have been seriously diminished. Basically, they had me up until the characters started talking. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling this is going to be Jericho all over again. Check out the teaser trailer below and see what you think. Day One is expected to take over the Heroes timeslot in Spring 2010.
Comments (12)
I will watch it for George Mason.
Posted by Chris on July 10th, 2009Bad acting…. maybe dvd.
Posted by the man on July 10th, 2009To we quote the ending of the trailer.
Posted by BigHungry on July 10th, 2009“Together we will forget this.”
To RE-quote the ending of the trailer.
Posted by BigHungry on July 10th, 2009“Together we will forget this.â€
From the fired producer of Heroes comes this singularly forgetable new drama. pass.
Posted by oddlots on July 10th, 2009Oh, now I remember what cheesy dialogue sounds like. But I like it. I hope the Chinese guy gets a love interest.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 10th, 2009One advantage that HBO has over network is that they’re not beholden to ratings like everyone else. If you’re subscribed to the channel you’re paying for the show whether you watch it or not.
Posted by Rusty James on July 10th, 2009So they can afford to give second chances to unpopular fair like Deadwood and Carnival.
I liked Jericho. This looks awful though.
Posted by Jonathan on July 10th, 2009Trying to be the new Lost, just after Lost has ended?
Posted by Raph on July 10th, 2009Rusty is dead on. The major flaw with the networks is their impatience with the ratings on new shows and also the desire to only go with shows that have the ability to make it 100 episodes for syndication. Now I don’t know how important that is nowadays with full season DVD’s and downloadable episodes and whatnot but I still think the revenues from that are a lot less than what a good series can get from syndication. Regardless, as long as network TV relies on commercial advertising as it’s main source of revenue, it will continue to hamstring any show that’s intelligent, edgy, or requires a long attention span.
Posted by Maopheus on July 11th, 2009Soo . . . what happens after the first 24 hours? It seems like if they wanted a long-running show they would have picked a title that won’t be so quickly obsolete. That, and better actors . . . and plot . . . and dialogue. Maybe we’ll get lucky and this pile won’t make it past “Week One”.
Posted by Gurnie B on July 14th, 2009Does anyone else see the irony in commenters praising HBO’s ability to take chances and give series a chance and then in the next post an immediate PASS after seeing a clearly unfinished 2 minutes of trailer??
I’ll see where it goes.
Posted by Goondried on July 22nd, 2009Leave a Reply