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The pilot, before it officially aired, was well-received by critics who were able to screen it. ''[[TV Guide]]'''s [[Michael Ausiello]] claimed that "ABC has found its next ''[[Lost (tv series)|Lost]]''!" upon review<ref>{{cite web | url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Omg-Abc-Lost/800015060 | title=OMG! ABC Has Found Its Next Lost! |accessdate=2007-10-11 | publisher=[[TV Guide]] | last=Ausiello | first=Michael | authorlink=Michael Ausiello | work=Ausiello Report}}</ref> and the series has also been touted as "the fall show with the most spring buzz"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/ENT03/705270520/1038 |title=Fantasy, comic dramas rule fall TV |accessdate=2007-10-11 |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref> by many, including the [[trade publication]] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965846.html?categoryId=2522&cs=1 |title=Wednesday gettting dramatic | last=Kisell | first=Rick | accessdate=2007-10-11 |publisher=Variety (magazine)}}</ref> Critics have responded well to the series, comparing the style and direction to that of director [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/10/pushing-daisies.html | title=Snap judgment: 'Pushing Daisies' | accessdate=2007-10-14 | work=Snap Judgment | publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> ''[[New York Magazine]]'' also provided it with a rave review, calling it "funny, imaginative and smart" while also claiming it "boasts ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''-speed wit".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/05/abcs_pushing_daisies.html | title=ABC's 'Pushing Daisies': Bringing the Dead Back to Life | accessdate=2007-10-11 | work=The Word | publisher=[[New York Magazine]] }}</ref>
The pilot, before it officially aired, was well-received by critics who were able to screen it. ''[[TV Guide]]'''s [[Michael Ausiello]] claimed that "ABC has found its next ''[[Lost (tv series)|Lost]]''!" upon review<ref>{{cite web | url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Omg-Abc-Lost/800015060 | title=OMG! ABC Has Found Its Next Lost! |accessdate=2007-10-11 | publisher=[[TV Guide]] | last=Ausiello | first=Michael | authorlink=Michael Ausiello | work=Ausiello Report}}</ref> and the series has also been touted as "the fall show with the most spring buzz"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/ENT03/705270520/1038 |title=Fantasy, comic dramas rule fall TV |accessdate=2007-10-11 |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref> by many, including the [[trade publication]] ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117965846.html?categoryId=2522&cs=1 |title=Wednesday gettting dramatic | last=Kisell | first=Rick | accessdate=2007-10-11 |publisher=Variety (magazine)}}</ref> Critics have responded well to the series, comparing the style and direction to that of director [[Tim Burton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2007/10/pushing-daisies.html | title=Snap judgment: 'Pushing Daisies' | accessdate=2007-10-14 | work=Snap Judgment | publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> ''[[New York Magazine]]'' also provided it with a rave review, calling it "funny, imaginative and smart" while also claiming it "boasts ''[[Gilmore Girls]]''-speed wit".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/05/abcs_pushing_daisies.html | title=ABC's 'Pushing Daisies': Bringing the Dead Back to Life | accessdate=2007-10-11 | work=The Word | publisher=[[New York Magazine]] }}</ref>


===Ratings===
:''See [[List of Pushing Daisies episodes]] for per-episode ratings''


According to ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'', the heavily-promoted [[Television pilot|pilot episode]] ("[[Pie-lette]]") attracted over 13 million viewers in the United States; it was the most-watched new series and 14th in overall viewership for the week.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-tvratingstext10oct10,0,5431873,full.story</ref> By the middle of [[November sweeps]], ''Pushing Daisies'' was down to 8.83 million viewers, and 42nd in viewership.<ref>http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003676518</ref>


==Production==
==Production==

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Pushing Daisies
Second Pushing Daisies intertitle
GenreDramedy
Fantasy
Created byBryan Fuller
StarringLee Pace
Anna Friel
Chi McBride
Ellen Greene
Swoosie Kurtz
Kristin Chenoweth
Narrated byJim Dale
ComposerJim Dooley
Country of origin USA
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersBruce Cohen, Bryan Fuller, Dan Jinks, Barry Sonnenfeld, Brooke Kennedy
Production location USA
Running time42 min (without commercials)
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 3 2007 –
present

Pushing Daisies is an American television dramedy created by Bryan Fuller (creator of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls) who also serves as executive producer alongside Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Brooke Kennedy and Barry Sonnenfeld. The show is produced by Warner Bros. Television.

The show premiered in the United States on October 3, 2007, and currently airs on Wednesday nights at 8:00ET/7:00CT. It also airs a day earlier on CTV in Canada and will begin airing in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in early 2008.[1][2]

Cast

Main article: List of characters in Pushing Daisies
Cast Character
Lee Pace Ned, owner and head pie maker
Anna Friel Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, Ned's childhood sweetheart
Chi McBride Emerson Cod, Ned's business partner
Jim Dale The Narrator
Ellen Greene Vivian Charles, Chuck's aunt
Swoosie Kurtz Lily Charles, Chuck's aunt
Kristin Chenoweth Olive Snook, a waitress at the Pie Hole

Plot

Main article: List of Pushing Daisies episodes

Pushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned, a man gifted with the mysterious ability to bring the dead back to life just by touching them. However, there are a couple of conditions: if he touches the revived person a second time, they die permanently; and if a person is revived for more than one minute, someone nearby dies.

In the pilot episode, we learn that Ned discovered his gift as a child by resurrecting his Golden Retriever, Digby, after the dog was hit by a car. He later brought his mother back to life when she died of an aneurysm. However, by leaving her alive, he accidentally caused the death of the father of his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. Even worse, Ned's mother then fell dead permanently when she gave him his good-night kiss. Ned and Chuck were separated, she to live with her eccentric aunts Vivian and Lily, and he to a lonely boarding school. In consequence, both of them grew to be shy, repressed, and introverted adults.

Inheriting his mother's baking talents, Ned becomes a pie maker who owns a restaurant called "The Pie Hole," which he runs with the help of waitress Olive Snook. The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's gift and offers him a proposal: Ned will bring murder victims back to life for one minute and ask who killed them; Cod will solve the case and split the reward money.

The scheme succeeds until they learn that Chuck, whom Ned hasn't seen since childhood, has been murdered on a cruise. When her body is shipped back home, Ned revives her, but can't bear to touch her a second time; the larcenous funeral home director falls dead in her place. Ned and Chuck fall in love again and he brings her home to live with him, but they can never touch each other. However, Chuck's joy at getting a second chance at life turns her from a shy recluse into a vivacious beauty, and Ned's joy at recovering his childhood sweetheart begins to break him out of his shell.

The series continues as Ned, Chuck, Emerson, and Olive solve murder cases, negotiate relationships, and explore what it means to be truly alive. Their stories combine mystery, magic, dark humor, giddy romanticism, animals, technicolor landscapes, musical numbers, and, of course, pies.

Reception

Early critical acclaim

The pilot, before it officially aired, was well-received by critics who were able to screen it. TV Guide's Michael Ausiello claimed that "ABC has found its next Lost!" upon review[3] and the series has also been touted as "the fall show with the most spring buzz"[4] by many, including the trade publication Variety.[5] Critics have responded well to the series, comparing the style and direction to that of director Tim Burton.[6] New York Magazine also provided it with a rave review, calling it "funny, imaginative and smart" while also claiming it "boasts Gilmore Girls-speed wit".[7]

Ratings

See List of Pushing Daisies episodes for per-episode ratings

According to The Los Angeles Times, the heavily-promoted pilot episode ("Pie-lette") attracted over 13 million viewers in the United States; it was the most-watched new series and 14th in overall viewership for the week.[8] By the middle of November sweeps, Pushing Daisies was down to 8.83 million viewers, and 42nd in viewership.[9]

Production

The series was greenlit and given a 13-episode order by ABC on May 11 2007.[10]

On October 23, 2007, the show received a full season order.[11]

Despite getting a full season order, depending on how long the WGA strike lasts, the show may end up having only a nine-episode season. As of November 13, 2007, the ninth episode, the last script to be handed in before the strike, is being shot and Bryan Fuller did a quick rewrite before the start of the strike and added elements to have it function as a season finale.

Music

The show contains a lot of original music, all composed by Jim Dooley.[12] Dooley describes the musical score as having an Amélie type of sound, which is a "wide-angled," adult fairy tale, with a narrator and this super-real world."[12]

Both Kristin Chenoweth and Ellen Greene have backgrounds in musical theater and their talents have not gone to waste in this show. In Dummy, Chenoweth sang "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from the movie musical Grease. In Pigeon, Chenoweth and Greene harmonized on the They Might Be Giants hit, "Birdhouse in Your Soul". Also in "Smell of Success", Greene sings "Morning Has Broken" by Cat Stevens. All songs were arranged by composer Jim Dooley.

Guest stars

  • It was originally announced that Paul Reubens would be guesting as Alfredo Aldarisio, a traveling homeopathic antidepressant representative/salesman.[13] The role was recast with two-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza. Reubens will still be doing a guest spot on the show as Oscar Vibenius, a former olfactory expert who works for the Department of Water and Power and smells something a little peculiar about Chuck.
  • E! Online columnist Kristin Dos Santos did a one-line cameo in episode 1.03, "The Fun in Funeral".[14]
  • Molly Shannon will play Dilly Balsam, the owner of a saltwater-taffy emporium that sets up a shop across the street from the Pie Hole in what may or may not be a multi-episode arc,[15] depending on the strike.

Online comic

The show's official website includes a comic book that was given at the 2007 Comic-Con International in San Diego, which features new mysteries and background information not shown on the televised episodes.[16] Recaps of episodes that have already aired are also presented in comic book form.[17]

References

  1. ^ "CTV's announces slate of U.S. shows that will dominate its fall schedule". The Canadian Press. 2007-06-04. Retrieved 2006-06-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Grant, Jules (2007-06-28). "ITV continues Screenings spree". C21Media. Retrieved 2007-06-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ Ausiello, Michael. "OMG! ABC Has Found Its Next Lost!". Ausiello Report. TV Guide. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  4. ^ "Fantasy, comic dramas rule fall TV". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  5. ^ Kisell, Rick. "Wednesday gettting dramatic". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  6. ^ "Snap judgment: 'Pushing Daisies'". Snap Judgment. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  7. ^ "ABC's 'Pushing Daisies': Bringing the Dead Back to Life". The Word. New York Magazine. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  8. ^ [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-tvratingstext10oct10,0,5431873,full.story
  9. ^ http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003676518
  10. ^ Sullivan, Brian Ford. "ABC ADDS 10 NEWCOMERS, RENEWS 'NOTES,' 'ROAD'". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  11. ^ http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Exclusive-Season-Blossoms/800025425
  12. ^ a b Interview with Composer James Michael Dooley at Tracksounds.com
  13. ^ "Exclusive first look at Paul Reubens on Pushing Daisies". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  14. ^ The Fun in Funeral
  15. ^ Exclusive: Molly Shannon Is Pushing Daisies!
  16. ^ http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=comic
  17. ^ http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=comicrecaps

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushing_Daisies&diff=173011581&oldid=172910299

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