Pushing Daisies has been canceled.  Dirty Sexy Money has been canceled.  Eli Stone has been canceled.  ABC isn‘t using that dreaded c-word in its statements today, but it matters not.  You can‘t argue your way out of reality, and semantics only serve to soften the blow.  The producers on all three of those shows were informed today that ABC would not be picking up the second halves of their respective seasons, and that they have no intention of ever ordering new episodes.  This is the harsh reality of the television business, but it is little solace to the fans, rabid as they were, for each of these three shows.  That shows like

As reported yesterday, the cast and crew of Pushing Daisies are still clueless about the fate of their beloved quirky dramedy.  Reports surfaced that the recently filmed 13-episode season could be the last for the series since ABC has given no indication that it plans to order additional installments to complete a full second season, despite the fact that what might be the final episode ends with a “huge cliffhanger” involving a lead character, according to series creator Bryan Fuller.

It‘s no pun if you‘re a Pushing Daisies fan, drawn to the show the moment it first aired last year, the moment Ned (Lee Pace) and Chuck (Anna Friel

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

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. 

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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 –

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

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, 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