Uneven 'Day Break' fails to illuminate

USA TODAY, November, 2006 by Robert Bianco

Day Break ABC, tonight, 9 ET/PT ** out of four --- There are days -- and stories -- you just want to end. The story driving Day Break is neither original nor sensible, but it is, at least, potentially diverting: A cop is doomed to keep reliving the same day until he can figure out who's framing him for murder.

That's not a bad idea. But it's an idea for a movie, not a weekly series -- even one that is scheduled to run only 13 weeks. That's the plan, anyway: ABC wants Day Break to fill this Wednesday spot until Lost returns in February. Unfortunately, spend two hours tonight with this murky, muddled serial, and you may already feel as if you've been trapped in this day for an eternity. Which means, I fear, TV is once again wasting the charms and talents of Taye Diggs, an...