November 14, 2008
Pushing Daisies, it seems, is all but gone. Yesterday, production wrapped on the final episode of ABC's thirteen-episode order. ABC is remaining mum on the subject, but all signs point to an imminent cancellation of the critically adored but little-watched series. It's a sneaky way to cancel a series. In a way, ABC can say that this isn't a cancellation at all, just merely the end of all the ordered episodes. Their contract has run out. Bryan Fuller's work on Pushing Daisies has been nothing short of magnificent, and it's a sad day for fans of the show. There is some hope that ABC will decide to order more episodes, but the prospects are bleak.
November 13, 2008
There has been much speculation regarding where Scrubs, now on ABC, will end up on the schedule when it returns for its eighth, and likely final, season. A proposed mid-season schedule for ABC has been unearthed on Zap2It, and it provides ample insight into what ABC might be thinking come January. The proposed schedule, which has supposedly been given to advertisers, places Scrubs on Wednesday nights at 8pm, the slot currently held down by critical gem Pushing Daisies. Interestingly, the schedule has Scrubs in both the 8pm and 8:30pm time slots. What this means is unclear. Will ABC burn off two new episodes of Scrubs per week, as NBC once did? Or is one of those slots simply a place holder while ABC decides what other show to place next to Scrubs?
November 7, 2008
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With only the freshest ingredients, every dessert from the Pie Hole is sure to leave you wanting more. The owner is a bit odd and the servers are a bit flighty, but all that will disappear as soon as you take that first bite, whether it's a la mode or not. It's also a great place to go if you're looking to hire a private investigator.
October 29, 2008
Six days before election day, Democratic standard bearer and frontrunner Barack Obama will grace the nation’s television screens tonight at 8pm – or at least on NBC, Fox, CBS, and MSNBC. ABC will push through with regular programming – Pushing Daisies.
On October 9, the Obama camp bought a half-hour of primetime from all the major networks to air a special “campaign-related program” for the nifty price tag of $1 million each. Therefore, Americans have a choice to be made tonight. Watch a most probably taped Obama ad or a new Pushing Daisies episode. Or America’s Next Top Model on the CW.
October 22, 2008
Would you like to meet Emerson Cod's mother? I suspect that if you're a fan of Pushing Daisies, your answer to the previous query will be “Yes.” The mother of Emerson Cod is a Private Investigator, just like her son, but more hard-boiled. After tonight's episode, I demand a spin-off featuring Calista Cod and her work as a PI in the modern world. Smoking her cigar in the booth at the Pie Hole, you understood Pushing Daisies' Emerson Cod that much more. His history shows up in his mother, and tonight's episode revolved around the relationship between the two as much as it did around the night's case. Another solid episode of Pushing Daisies. Please - get your friends to watch this show.
October 15, 2008
A little change of venue tonight on Pushing Daisies. The entire episode took place at Olive's new home, the European nunnery. You have to love a show with undercover Vatican police. Especially when a large black man like Emerson Cod calls himself Italian. Pushing Daisies continues to be as much fun as any other TV show on the air. Now, all we have to do is get people to watch it. Pushing Daisies is likely in danger of being canceled, folks. The show has premiered early in the season to depressingly low ratings. Please – recruit friends to watch the show. We need Pushing Daisies.
October 9, 2008
Pushing Daisies, although technically a procedural, has a number of ongoing storylines that exist outside of each week's case. Now that we're two episodes into season 2 of Pushing Daisies, we have a pretty good idea what the overarching plot lines will be this season. Last night's clown-centric episode was another magical piece of TV candy, bright and dark, quirky, mime-heavy and involving an elephant diarrhetic, but it also furthered some important character issues. Pushing Daisies is a fascinating piece of television, and let's all hope that the recent low ratings don't seal its fate. We need shows like Pushing Daisies to thrive on network television. Imaginations like Bryan Fuller's should not be stifled for any reason. Nonetheless, let's take a look at the odds of whether some of this season's ongoing storylines will come to a head at some point during season 2 of Pushing Daisies.
October 8, 2008
Pushing Daisies is so damn cool. Really. There is no pretension or unnecessary cynicism attached to Bryan Fuller's creation, just a heaping pile of ridiculousness that has one goal and one goal only – to put a smile on the viewers' face. It's a free-for-all every week, and it's always somehow satisfying. I think I figured out one of the reasons why tonight – while the cases each week are often convoluted and loosely plotted, all of the character stories, the mythology of Pushing Daisies, is intricately woven throughout the episodes in increasingly intelligent ways. Emerson's daughter, Lily's emotional state, Olive's decision, Ned and Chuck's relationship – all these things were tossed in effortlessly into tonight's Pushing Daisies.