Bad news: NBC's apocalyptic series Day One, which was already downgraded from an ongoing series to a miniseries, has apparently been downgraded again — to a two-hour movie.

NBC have cut Jesse Alexander's new series Day One from a 13 hour-long episode season to a four-hour mini-series. A bad sign, or the best decision for the show? According to Alexander, it's the latter, and he told us why.

This week, Day One creator Jesse Alexander has been guest-blogging with us as part of our "TV Ate My Brain" week. Closing out the week, we talked to him about influences, the future of storytelling, and the importance of D&D.

This is a weird post. Maybe even a rant. And my ire could be significantly misplaced, but WTF - This is something I've been thinking about all summer: Where is the middle? I'm talking movie budgets here.

Before Apollo and Starbuck began frakking and fighting in Battlestar Galactica, the Wildcards of Space: Above and Beyond were dogfighting in their Hammerheads, bar-brawling with in-vitro hating racists, and elbow-deep in martian mud as alien artillery screamed from the sky.

io9 is honored to have two guest bloggers joining us for TV Ate My Brain week: Josh Friedman (left), showrunner on Sarah Connor Chronicles ; and Jesse Alexander (right), former Heroes producer and creator of forthcoming series Day One.

What's happening 224 days from now? Why does no-one else remember classic SF show Sargasso Planet? A new fansite for a possibly fictional TV show from the past may offer hints at one of next year's most anticipated new series.

Wondering what to expect from Jesse Alexander's new NBC series Day One? The creator has been talking about the show's influences, format and why it's not as like Jericho as you may have originally thought.

Great news! Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of last year's coolest show, The Middleman, has joined the staff of NBC's post-apocalyptic drama Day One. Now we're way more excited for the show, in which the residents of the same Van Nuys, CA apartment building cope with the end of days.

Alex Graves has been chosen to direct the pilot for Day One, the new show from Heroes and Lost's Jesse Alexander. Click through to find out why this is good news and get Alexander's take.