Originally, the series was expected to run 13 episodes beginning right after the winter Olympics. Now NBC has changed the order, asking for a four hour miniseries which means some major reworking needs to be done on the plot. With two hours already in the can, the producers and writers are now left scrambling to create a satisfying ending with only two more hours on the clock. Not wanting to give up hope of an additional pick-up, they plan to write an ending that leaves room to grow should the mini do well.

All of this comes just days after ABC announced that they’re going to air four hours of the series “V” in November with a cliffhanger that won’t resolve until after the Olympics in March. Huh? The only upside is that they haven’t canceled their order for additional episodes — yet.

I guess a split season could work. Cable shows have been doing it for awhile but usually with more than four episodes packed up front. No matter how they spin it, it seems like a lack of confidence in both projects which is a shame. From everything I’ve seen of “V“, it looks like a winner. Certainly a winner for Fox, unfortunetly it’s on ABC.

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– Jesse Alexander via Twitter

Day One is NBC’s new apocalyptal aftermath series helmed by Heroes and Lost producer Jesse Alexander.

The story follows a band of eclectic neighbors from the same apartment building in Los Angeles who are forced to ban together in order to survive. Now they’ve got some hefty talent backing them up in the form of Javier Grillo-Marxuach (seen here with his friends from Lost) the creative genius behind the underrated Middleman series along with Erik Oleson from E-Ring and The Agency. Sounds like this show’s survival chances just went up a notch.

And speaking of The Middleman, Grillo-Marxuach announced on his blog that the DVD would be ready for release sometime this summer. If you’re a fan, and you really should be, check out the Shout! Factory website for the evolution of the DVD cover art. It’s all good stuff.

Photo: William Mapother, Mira Furlan, Jorge Garcia and Javier Grillo-Marxuach attend the Official “Lost” Fan Convention held at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Towers in Burbank, California on June 11, 2005 (Pictured:William Mapother, Mira Furlan, Jorge Garcia, Javier Grillo-Marxuach). Photo By Baxter/ABACA.

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There are some big guns behind the series, namely executive producer/writer Jesse Alexander (“Heroes,” “Lost,” “Alias”) and director Alex Graves (“Fringe,” “Journeyman”). The cast if full of young faces you’ve seen but probably can’t put a name to including Adam Campbell (“Harper’s Island”), Catherine Dent (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), Julie Gonzalo (“Eli Stone”), David Lyons (“ER”), Derek Mio (“Greek”), Carly Pope (“24″), Thekla Reuten (“Sleeper Cell”) and Addison Timlin (“Cashmere Mafia”).

They say it’s a story of hope, about how heroes are born every day — looters and price gougers are also born every day, so we’ll just have to see how this goes.

Click through for a look behind the scenes of Day One then visit the official site at NBC.com

Pictured: (l-r) Xander Berkeley as Clark, Carly Pope as Bonnie Cayce, Adam Campbell as Zach Adamski, April Grace as Max, Julie Gonzalo as Kelly Vargas, David Lyons as Sam Brody, Thekla Reuten as Lynne, Catherine Dent as Jennifer, Addison Timlin as Hunter Christiansen, Derek Mio as Johnny Nozawa — NBC Photo: Mitchell Haaseth

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