7.2 /10 1 Votes
7.8/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 | 6.5/10 IMDb Composer(s) David Schwartz Original language(s) English Final episode date 30 January 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Josh Goldsmith
Cathy Yuspa Starring Marla Sokoloff
Josh Cooke
Wendie Malick
Kurt Fuller
Terry Chen
Miriam Shor
Stephnie Weir
Diora Baird
Stephen Rannazzisi Network American Broadcasting Company Program creators Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa Cast Marla Sokoloff, Wendie Malick, Josh Cooke, Kurt Fuller, Miriam Shor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Big Day, originally titled A Day in the Life, is an American sitcom that first aired on ABC from November 28, 2006 to January 30, 2007. The series was co-produced by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Michael Spiller for Sony Pictures Television.
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Originally, it was supposed to debut on October 5, 2006, along with Notes from the Underbelly, but ABC made a last-minute change in its schedule by moving Ugly Betty to Thursday, thus replacing both sitcoms whose "buzz" was not especially promising.
Big Day was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9:00/8:00c. The timeslot was to be filled by another new sitcom that had a better "buzz," The Knights of Prosperity, but ABC moved that program to Wednesdays to make Big Day a priority. According to the ratings, Big Day turned out to be a ratings disappointment.
When Big Day ended its first season on January 30, 2007, only 12 of the 13 produced episodes aired leaving the 13th episode, titled The $10,000 Check, unaired.
On May 15, 2007, ABC officially cancelled the show after the network announced their 2007-2008 fall schedule.
A film based on the show was cancelled twice in development from 2007 to 2008. In 2010, a re-version of the movie adaptation is currently in Pre-Production.
Synopsis
Big Day follows a major event in a couples' life: the wedding day, during the course of one day from all the characters' viewpoints.
All of these events and other obstacles Danny and Alice will have to face before they walk down the aisle and say "I Do", unless someone should stand up and ask why this couple should not marry.
The story arc has similarities to the 2004-6 BBC series The Worst Week of My Life, which has also been the subject of a FOX pilot (2005) and the CBS sitcom Worst Week (2008).
Reception
Big Day was considered "One of the Worst TV comedies Ever Killed" and "One of the Most Hated Comedy Series Ever". Metacritic indicated that 40% of critics gave the show widely negative to poor reviews. In 2010, the show is topped as "One of the Worst TV Shows of the 2000s", according to Rolling Stone magazine.