Day Break

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Day Break

Genre	Action - Thriller - Drama
Starring	Taye Diggs Moon Bloodgood Victoria Pratt Meta Golding Ramon Rodriguez Adam Baldwin
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	approx. 42 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Original run	November 15, 2006 – March 2, 2007
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Day Break is a television program for which one 13-episode season was produced. The series aired on the ABC network, and premiered on November 15, 2006. Rapidly declining ratings led to the show being cancelled on December 15 after only six episodes had aired.^[1] The remaining episodes were subsequently made available online at ABC.com. Viewers for the show averaged 6.5 million.^[2]

The series stars Taye Diggs as Detective Brett Hopper, who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Due to a time loop, Hopper lives the same day over and over. The series revolves around his attempt to solve the mystery of the murder, and find out who is behind the conspiracy to frame him.

1 Synopsis
2 Characters
- 2.1 Main characters
- 2.2 Supporting characters
3 Broadcast
- 3.1 International broadcasters
- 3.2 Online distribution
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Synopsis

See also: List of Day Break episodes

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Los Angeles Detective Brett Hopper is stuck repeating the same day, in which he is framed for the murder of the Assistant District Attorney, Garza. Each day, he attempts to uncover clues to the homicide that has him on the run for his freedom. Hopper must clear his name, but those close to him get caught in the web of conspiracy that will put their lives in danger.

The days can get complicated with each decision he makes as he tries various tactics to fight or flee the murder allegations. At least one other individual seems to be repeating the same day as Hopper, but his actions rarely affect Hopper's case unless they happen to be working together on that iteration of the day.

While episodes may start at any time of the day and may contain multiple days or parts of days, Hopper begins each day by waking up at 6:17 a.m. and viewing his clock at 6:18 a.m.^[3] Hopper only carries his memories and his body, with any injuries, over into the next repetition of the day. However, injuries sustained to other individuals do not carry over to the next day.

If Hopper makes enough of a difference in one situation, related events are sometimes altered. This generally involves an individual waking up with a sense of apprehension or a newfound perspective concerning the object or relationship that Hopper affected in a previous iteration of the day. These changes can be reverted, as in the case of Rita's feelings towards Hopper in episodes 11, 12 and 13.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

Brett Hopper, played by Taye Diggs, the main character of the show. He is a detective who is framed for the murder of Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza.

Rita Shelten, played by Moon Bloodgood, Brett's girlfriend. She is a nurse and is targeted by those who are framing Brett.

Jennifer Mathis, played by Meta Golding, Brett's sister. She is a school teacher.

Andrea Battle, played by Victoria Pratt, Brett's current partner. She is also a detective and is being investigated by Internal Affairs because of some shady dealings with her informer "Slim". She is romantically involved with Eddie Reyes, a former cop with a drug addiction.

Damien Ortiz, played by Ramon Rodriguez, Brett's informant. He is a gang member that decided to turn against his gang. His safe house was ambushed the night before the repeating day, but he escaped.

Chad Shelten, played by Adam Baldwin, Brett's former partner. He is now a detective in Internal Affairs. He is also Rita's ex-husband.

[edit] Supporting characters

Actor	Character	Role
Mitch Pileggi	Armen D. Spivak	Detective, robbery/homicide
Ian Anthony Dale	Christopher Choi	Detective, robbery/homicide
Joe Nieves	Fencik	"Shadow Agent"
Michael McGrady	Buchalter	"Shadow Agent"
Jim Beaver	Nick Vukovic	Retired cop, former partner of Brett's father
Don Franklin	Randall Mathis	Principal, Jennifer's husband
Michael B. Silver	Nathan Baxter	U.S. Attorney
Bahar Soomekh	Margot Clarke	Coffee shop/bus Woman/Judge Nitzberg's secretary
Jonathan Banks	Conrad Detweiler	"Shadow Man"
Nestor Carbonell	Eddie Reyes	Andrea's lover, former cop
John Getz	Tobias Booth	City Councilman
Eric Steinberg	Danny Yan/"Slim"	Drug dealer
John Rubinstein	Barry Colburn	Defense attorney
Clayton Rohner	Jared Pryor	Man who appears to be experiencing the time loop

[edit] Broadcast

[edit] International broadcasters

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States	ABC	November 15, 2006	(cancelled)*
Canada	Global Television Network	November 15, 2006	(cancelled)
Fiji	Fiji One	February 13, 2007	Tuesday 9:05pm
Australia	Seven Network	2007
France	TF1	2007
New Zealand	TV2	April 10, 2007
United Kingdom	Bravo	March 7, 2007	Wednesday 10:00pm
Spain	Cuatro TV	2007

*All 13 episodes made available on ABC.com.

[edit] Online distribution

ABC had previously said that there were problems that kept the rest of the episodes from being shown online, calling them "unforeseen music clearance issues."^[4] On January 14, 2007, the network announced that the remaining episodes would be made available by the end of February.^[5] The first six episodes which had aired on television were posted online on January 29, 2007, along with the first four unaired episodes. Episodes 11 and 12 were then released the following two weeks.

The thirteenth and final episode, which was originally scheduled to be available on February 19, was delayed multiple times. After a nearly three week wait, the finale premiered late on March 2. It was reported that the reasons for this delay concerned copyrighting issues with some of the original soundtrack from the final cut of the episode.^[6]