Big Day

*Big Day*
Big Day
Starring	Marla Sokoloff; Josh Cooke; Wendie Malick; Kurt Fuller
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera setup
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 28, 2006 –; January 30, 2007

Big Day (originally titled A Day In The Life) is a short-lived American situation comedy 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. In Canada, the series aired on CanWest's Global and CH stations.

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 supposed 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. Unfortunately, according to the ratings, Big Day turned out to be a very big disappointment.^[1]

When Big Day ended its first season on January 30, 2007^[2], only 12 of the 13 produced episodes aired leaving the 13th episode, titled The $10,000 Gift, unaired.

On May 15, 2007, ABC officially cancelled the show after the network announced their 2007-2008 fall schedule.

Synopsis

Big Day follows a major event in a couples' life — the big wedding day — during the course of one day from all angles, and the people involved (similar to 24), ranging from the maid of honor who accidentally drinks the contact lenses of the best man whom she slept with, to the bride's ex-boyfriend, who's opposed to the union and will stop at nothing to throw a wrench into the plans.

All of these events and other obstacles are part of the ultimate test that Danny and Alice will have to face before they walk down the aisle and say their I Do's...unless someone should stand up and ask why this couple should not be joined together in holy matrimony.

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 an as yet unseen CBS pilot (2007).

Cast

Actor	Character
Marla Sokoloff	Alice
Josh Cooke	Danny
Kurt Fuller	Steve
Wendie Malick	Jane
Terry Chen	Johnny
Miriam Shor	Becca
Stephen Rannazzisi	Skobo
Stephnie Weir	Lorna

Nielsen Ratings

Season	Timeslot (EDT)	Series Premiere	Series Finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1 (see below)	Tuesday 9:00 P.M. (2006-2007)	November 28, 2006	January 13, 2007	2006-2007	#118	5.3 (#116)^[3]

Episodes

Episode #	Title	Date Aired
1	Pilot	November 28 2006
2	The World According to Garf	December 5 2006
3	Skobo and Alice Hooked Up	December 12 2006
4	The Bachelor Party	December 19 2006
5	Stolen Vows	December 19 2006
6	Alice Can't Dance	December 26 2006
7	Boobzilla	December 26 2006
8	War with the Neighbors	January 2 2007
9	The Unstable Minister	January 2 2007
10	Last Chance to Marry Jane	January 9 2007
11	Magic Hour	January 9 2007
12	The Ceremony	January 30 2007
13	The $10,000 Gift	Unaired

International broadcasters

Country	TV Network(s)	Series Premiere	Weekly Schedule
United States	American Broadcasting Company	November 28 2006	(cancelled)
Canada	Global Television Network	TBA	TBA
United Kingdom	ITV2 (First Run) Paramount Comedy 1 (Repeats)	May 15 2007	Tuesday's around 11PM (repeated Fridays at 8PM) (ITV2)
Turkey	ComedyMax
Latin America	Sony Entertainment Television	November 05 2007	Mondays at 09PM in space "Mentes Peligrosas" ("Dangerous Minds") (repeated Saturdays near 11AM)
New Zealand	TV2	Feb 2008	Fridays at 7:30pm (only one more episode to air on May the 2nd)