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Has ABC Plucked PUSHING DAISIES??
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“Pushing Daisies” today wraps production on episode 2.13, the last episode ordered by ABC. Will ABC order more?
From TV Week:
According to industry sources familiar with the situation, ABC has decided not to produce any more episodes of the critically beloved show this season. Word of the show's apparent death began spreading around Hollywood Thursday morning, though an ABC spokeswoman insisted no decision has been made on the show's fate.
It’s especially disappointing speculation considering ABC could have easily formed an all sci-fi Wednesday night. The network has already scheduled “Lost” for 9 p.m. and “Life on Mars” for 10 p.m. that night. “Daisies” currently airs 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
The good news is series mastermind Bryan Fuller says he’s sufficiently invested in the project to finish telling the tale of Ned, Chuck, Emerson and Olive via funnybook and maybe a movie if this really is the end.
Find all of TV Week’s story on the matter here.
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That's an unfortunate announcement. I really want to see Ned and Chuck touch.
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It was one of the truly original shows on TV. If there is a bright side, Fuller may be free to save Heroes now.
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Visually, this little gem was made for comics. The colors. The situations. I say go for it.
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that's still going, PD is the one to get cancelled? Fuck them, fuck them all. Fuller is constantly thinking up great tv show concepts and they keep fucking him in the ass. Whilst knight rider is being considered for a second season! Madness.
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On the other hand, I think this show was too good to last. It'll be far more beloved as a Twin Peaks or Firefly-like phenomenon than if it had marched on for years. Still, I'll miss the show terribly. Not even the promise of Fuller "saving Heroes" can mitigate that.
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What is wrong with ABC? Are they turning into Fox?
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It's a limited gimmick. Perhaps this is for the best. Wonderful cast, though.
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I really like this show and will be devastated if it gets cancelled.Knight Rider is a frakkin' joke. Who the hell is watching that show!?
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bastards.....its one of the only ABC shows i watch....
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Chuck and Ned must be able to touch! At least sell the show to a cable channel. Fuck sell it to sci fi. they need a good show.
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hey, I love Pushing Daisies but i'd hesitate to call it scifi...
if it's true that it's been canned, though, then i at least hope Fuller is able to pull a Serenity - there's gotta be a studio with brains enough to back this. -
Nov 13, 2008 3:49:42 PM CST
Unfortunately I couldn't even blame them for cancelling it.
by derlanghaarige
Yes, it's a wonderful and innovative show and I wish it would go on at least 5 more years, but from what I've heard it's way too expensive. And since it never became a prestige project like Lost, they got no reason to pour more money into it than the ratings are justifying.
I got no idea if this makes gramatically sense, but it's late here and I got a headache. -
Lets send daisie seeds to ABC!
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I mean come on give them 3 more episodes to wrap everything up!
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I'm in the industry and have heard the whispers from people who know people who would know. So, yeah, I think it's not long for television. I was just lamenting it yesterday, and actually thought to myself that it could make a decent comic.
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Pushing Daisies was the classiest show going on TV. Lots of fun. Excellent production quality.
Eli Stone is probably next.
Those two are the only things I keep on my DVR. I can't understand why Knight Rider is still on the air. -
Lets do it!
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I watch will be Lost and Life on Mars (and I'm still not 100% sold on Mars). Of course I hate ABC and their fraudulent ratings scheme of running shows long so that at 9:00 or 10:00 the ratings reflect the audience for the show that is just ending combined with the audience who just tuned in for the show about to start.
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I don't think so, since there to science involved. It's fantasy, plain and simple.
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then we Americans can bitch and moan about how it(the remake) sucks and the original is better.
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Nov 13, 2008 4:05:41 PM CST
Oh yeah, I watch Eli Stone too - so it probably is next to go
by big jim
I wonder if ABC is trying to save money for their Thanksgiving party this year and are putting out rumours of Daisies being cancelled in the hopes that people will send in pies in protest.I bet there is some executive looking to create a show containing something he wants that fans will latch onto as a symbol of the show and send it to him when the show gets cancelled. Creating a show in order to cancel it just to get free stuff. Maybe a show where the main character does drugs and frequents hookers. Then, when it is cancelled the exec would be sent drugs and hookers. Every execs. dream! I bet Fox execs are kicking themselves for not cancelling House.
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I swear to CHRIST if ABC is stupid enough to cancel the show I will personally blow my life's savings on mailing daisies to their offices by the truckload. Fuck it, I'm starting now.
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that NBC announces the second year renewal for Knight Rider, is pouring vinegar spiked battery acid into the wound.C'mon NBC, your own network (Conan, 30 Rock, ahem...Leno)makes fun that your network airs that show. Tis a sad day for creative television.
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Production has started on the 13th episode, and the producers have also been told by ABC to "put in a possible series wrap-up at the end of the [13th] episode before the mid-season break."
The rest of the 9 episodes have not been picked up yet by ABC and a decision will be made in the next few weeks. But it doesn't look good. Ratings have been lower than last year and the show had been struggling in competition with other channels. And a lot of people are worried and even resigned to the fact that Pushing Daisies will be dropped permanently.
Also, finally Bryan Fuller has been speculated to return to Heroes following the departure of Jeph Loebs and Jesse Alexander. And Fuller has confirmed that if ABC decides not to back Pushing Daisies any longer then he will "definitely be going back to play with [his] friends at Heroes."
In my opinion, ABC will see how future ratings of PD will play out over the next few weeks and this is when they will make their final judgement. So get as many folks out there watching the next episode on Wednesday 19th November!! -
I read too much in the story below...but, still!!!!!
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beehives and cherry pies!
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Made by what seem like all good folks.
Shame. So is that total run of 22 episodes?
Here's hoping all involved have better luck next time out. -
and tv continues to be a giant wasteland...fuller should create something that takes all his lead actresses from former shows and puts them together...preferably naked...i know he is gay, and that wouldnt interest him...but im not...and i love BOOBIES
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Doesn't make much sense to me. There was better film making in any hour of PD than there was in the last 3 years of Lost combined. PD was well on its way to becoming the best show on TV. Too bad; at least maybe Heroes will get back its best writer.
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This is by far the most original show on the air. What the hell are they going to replace it with; "Ow My Nuts"? I know they're a business, but damn, give some love to art for arts sake.
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Naked Chuck and Olive, Nuff said.
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"According To Jim" still continues on (it's scheduled to return in December)
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Pushing Daisies on Showtime is great idea if ABC drops it.... Very sad they can't make it work... It alway helps to buy the DVD!... give it to a friend!
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We've had to endure a writer's strike and a summer of the shittiest none entertainment featuringthe country's most brainless. Now this? Kiss my balls ABC. After Lost ends, so does my business with ABC.
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..wasn't NEARLY as good as season 1. I was disappointed. How can they end it in a comic or even a movie? Just let them finish the series! Hell Prison Break is filming 2 extra episodes to end its run...
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Aw HELL no!
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Is it just me, or does everything original or truly creative get the boot before it has a chance to tell it's story? Meanwhile, cop show 897 gets to continue far beyond any stories it had to tell (basically because those shows don't have anything to say anyway). Yuck. I'll miss you Pushing Daisies - Bryan Fuller is so much better than the complete mess Heroes has become.
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A Daisies/Lost/Mars Wednesdays triple feature would've rocked.But if the rumors are true and a post Daisies Bryan Fuller returns to "Heroes" to fill the gap left by Jeph Loeb and the other fired guy on that show and the next arc, "Fugitives", marks a character driven series relaunch, a Chuck/Heroes/Medium triple feature could rule. Now that "My Own Worst Enemy" has been given the axe.As it is, House/Fringe/Eli Stone is the happiest night of the week, for me. Your actual happy may differ.
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Just send 'em beehives. And not the hair-do.
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bee hives it is!
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Is all. Gimmicky show.
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the only ABC shows I'll watch will be Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal (also just about over), Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, Life On Mars, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.And until Samantha gets her tits back, that's it.
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CHENO...WILL YOU MARRY ME??? OR AT LEAST LET ME GET A LOOK AT THOSE HUGE CHRISTIAN BOOBIES
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with the faltering economy and the lack of ad revenues, watch for wall to wall reality shows...cuz they cost little to produce and they pay the writers peanuts...makes me wonder what will happen with shows like mad men, that depend on the back end profit to keep going
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They should tell Fuller that it is finished so he can wrap it up properly. Would be good to finish it with Ned dying to save Chuck and then Chuck kissing him. BAM!
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I would start watching it if it was scheduled before Lost (along with Life on Mars on a regular basis). Just lettig ABC know.
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THANK GOD!
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It needs more over arching plots and to grow out of its "mystery of the week" plotting. Do something crazy with the show, let Ned accidently bring someone else back to life permanantly and have them be some fucked up criminal or maybe we find out someone else has the same power as ned, or is he a one off? What about if someone finds out about his power, what happens if the government found out? Would he be taken for testing? Would people come to him thinking he was a messiah? Etc.
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The main man is coming back to the good ship Heroes and all shall rejoice! Well, except for those who watched this weird weird little show.
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Pleeeeease?
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Am I the only one who thinks that out of Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and Pushing Daisies, PD was the weakest of the three?
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Nov 13, 2008 5:52:32 PM CST
Pushing Daisies has some of the best writing and visual gags on
by lovecraftfan
Every episode should be watched more than once to catch the numerous one-liners, visual gags, subtle puns and numerous other things. The people who says its only a gimmicky show I have to wonder if they were actually watching it.
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One the best New Shows with a 2nd season. Most of these Niche shows run into a brick wall in season 2 but Daisies continues to excel. I dont understand how or why this show is being cancelled.
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the writers enjoy the extra DVD revenue they'll get from the PD series sets. Maybe it will make up for the fact that they killed this show with the strike.
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This is terrible. "Pushing Daisies" was the last show I actually watched with any regularity. I suppose, to put a positive spin on things, I can finally start deconstructing my tower of unread books now. I think I'm in a Neil Gaimen mood. Hmmm...should I read "Anansi Boys" or "Coraline" first...?
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I don't get why failed tv series are candidates for movies?
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Youcan translate a show like "Pushing Daisies" into a comic book. It looses a lot of the color and spirit.
Here's an idea, give Bryan four to six more hours to complete whatever he wanted to do, call it a fantasy mini-series, and wrap it up.
But first, let's start sending pies to ABC, and the worse-tasting the filling, the better. -
A Pushing Daisies comic book isn't the same..or even close. It should be flesh-and-blood fantasy, and on our TV
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reason i ignore 99.9 of regular tv. stick a reality show in PD's slot.
great show, pd deserves better. hey, showtime, amc, help! -
Nov 13, 2008 7:07:06 PM CST
yeah, it's sad that Pushing Daisies might be gone. BUT FEAR NOT!
by ravex
Knight Rider will most likely get 2nd season order!
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but it still sucks hard. What an excellent Wednesday line up that would have been.
There is a link saying that kristen over at E! was the monitor for the Paley event but she doesn't have anything up on her site? Oh and she asked Fuller if the was some occurance that can happen so Ned & Chuck could eventually touch and Fuller says, "Like what, an eclipse?" Ha! Heroes burn! -
OUCH! lol
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...I will miss it.
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"Asked by DosSantos if there was "any chance of a loophole" that would allow Ned and Chuck to touch (if you don't know why that's a problem, the Daily Blink is amazed you've read this far), Fuller responded incredulously, "Like during an eclipse?" He explained, "I think it's more fun to see the characters overcome an obstacle than to have the obstacle disappear," and enumerated some of the creative ways that obstacle has been surmounted thus far. "
Burnny,burn,burn,burnBURN!
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The show is really only 3/4ths of the way through one season because of the writer's strike, and it was already exploring larger story arcs (like what's the deal with Ned's dad's friend?). Given proper time to grow, I really believe this show would've done great overarching narratives in addition to fantastically creative (and wonderfully morbid) weekly mysteries. The strike really did kill this show, as it had good numbers going into the break. Heroes doesn't deserve such a great writer. And I love the eclipse comment. Awesome.
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Why let Fuller go to NBC?
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KEEP IT ALIVE!!! Send some shit to ABC!
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I kid, I kid...
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Now it's joining Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me in the category of gone too soon.
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pushing daisies is the only thing on tv that i HAVE to watch every week. it is the only show that i get upset when it's preempted for oh, i don't know, the fucking hee-haw awards. i like life on mars, but if they can daisies, i will say good bye to ABC. if i could remove it from my channel line-up, i would. that's what i did with hbo after they killed john from cincinatti. bastards.
p.s. i ain't watching heroes ever again even if fuller goes back. it was a lame premise to begin with and i don't care about any of the characters. -
...it officially killed this show. I hope the horrible deal the WGA signed was worth it, but I know it's note. I will miss the pie-hole dearly...
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...which is stupid. Cancel this show.
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I don't think "finish telling the tale" is the way to go. It should be a complete, standalone, big, spectacular, epic fairytale worthy of the material.
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Nov 14, 2008 1:06:19 AM CST
If th pie maker touches it, will it come back for another minute
by citizen sane
Maybe this show can find its way through to its true calling in one of the other mediums mentioned. Because this show is unable to blossom in its current forum. If the prmise wre executed into a very well nourished feature, then maybe will all enjoy it bloom.
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Screw the Mouse. Send rat poison. Without PD, Lost is the only time I'll tune into ABC.
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...to finish that story out? Just sayin'...
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Good news on the Heroes/Brian Fuller front (possibly)
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TV executives: Killing creativity in the name of the Almighty Dollar since 1975
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and that ain't blueberries in there
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Fucking unions and their digital distributions!! Pushing Daisies being axed is the cruelest turn of events.
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Nov 14, 2008 9:16:53 AM CST
I miss the days when they'd let them finish out the season
by _maltheus_
I have no interest in comic books and they'd only need a few episodes to tie things up. They use to notify the showrunners that this was there last season. Now they just stop showing things (even if they have more eps in the can) the second they decide they won't renew it. They already have the advertisers locked in for the year, don't they? Just let the season play out.
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Welcome back, Bryan Fuller!
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Also, or I'll flip the fuck up. These are the only two happy, feel good shows on tv that don't suck total nutsack. They actually make me happy. I can live without Daisies I think (the formula is getting repititive, but still highly entertaining) but Eli Stone really makes me feel good, and I desperately don't want it to be axed. And as far as all you fools jerking off oer Fuller returning to Heroes, its not like one guy can save a burning, fiery trainwreck. One can't write a whole season, he'll write like two episodes. And his episodes can only be as good as the situations and storylines Kring, etc give him. Which, needless to say, was strong in season one, so his episodes were strong. But now...Jesus H...the man will not save that terrible fucking show. Possibly the worst season of any show I've ever seen. I honestly feel like someone with Cerebal Palsy is writing the plots.
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But instead of touching the show after the minute is up, he can just leave it alive and another show will die. I'm pretty much OK with anything else on network TV right now (note: not Lost or Dexter) biting it so this show can live. With all this Heroes talk...
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Pushing Daisies sucks and although I've never watched the show but I know that it sucks because Herc likes it. I use Herc as an inverse TV critic. If he likes a show I know that I will not and if he doesn't there's a pretty good chance I will.
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This just goes to show that originality, creativity and hard work go unrewarded... Just because middle America doesn't like it because they think it's "gay because of all them colors" doesn't mean that a smarter, more open-minded non-middle America doesn't like it. THE NIELSENS DON'T REPRESENT ME. Is it just me, or does everything coming out of Hollywood seem to sacrifice creativity for shallow-minded remakes and "reimaginings"? Fuck this bullshit.
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This is bullshit. ABC makes a dumb ass show about a cop who time travels to the 70's, but can't keep something original like this?
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Word.
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"Pushing Daisies sucks and although I've never watched the show"... just because someone else likes something means it sucks? How enlightening! By that rationale, the Koran must suck, 'cause I've never read it. Baked Alaska must taste like shit, 'cause I've never eaten it. Climbing a mountain must suck, 'cause I've never done it. Oh, and sex must be terrible for you, 'cause you obviously have never had one tiny bit of it. Frustrated much?
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then at least package both shortened seasons together in a boxed set next summer and be done with it. And price it under 40 bucks!
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I never watched Pushing Daises.
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One man can not stop the sinking of the Titanic. First off, even if he is such an amazing writer, it's not like the current storyline is Heroes is good enough to even produce an interesting episode, and second, ONE EPISODE can not save an entire show. It's not like the guy is going to write every episode next season or anything. One or two. Get a fucking grip. Heroes sucks dick.
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Not as good as Pushing Daisies on it's finest day.
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Those are my favorite shows running. I'm going to miss the hell out of Pushing Daisies.
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Cute show, funny writing, endearing actors. I don't know how many seasons it really could have gone without becoming a little stale, but for fuck's sake at least let it finish season 2!
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get rid of that instead of PD. bad call, ABC.
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i would have ned help emerson solve a big cae that makes him rich. In return, emerson uses some of the money to see if ned and chuck can have kids through invetro fertilization. It works they have a kid fast forwrd to chuck holding one kids hand and ned holding the other hand as they walk. happy ending
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because that's the biggest FUCK YOU that we can give to ABC right now. Their cancelling a great show has enabled its writer to move back to fix a problem on their rival network. I say, suck on that irony Alpabitch Channel!
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Looks as though ABC is pulling the plug on Line on Mars as well.
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Come to papa, beeeeeyotch! Diddy got sumfin fo' ya!!
Goodbye, Emerson Cod. -
I am never watching another new TV show ever again. This is too fucking much.
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what a cool idea for the ending. if it has to end, there couldn't be a better way to end PD.
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Guess I should enjoy it while it lasts. ABC is the new NBC, which is the new FOX. No wonder CBS is #1.
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from tvguide: Over at ABC, though Pushing Daisies on Thursday night wrapped production on the 13th and final ordered episode of its second season, series creator Bryan Fuller is holding out hope that Stephen McPherson will "touch" the acclaimed series back to life. "Our ABC exec was on the set last night saying they are still swinging in the fight to keep Daisies on the air," Fuller tells the Reporter. "Spirits are high and hopeful and everyone here is very proud of our work and this show."
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Good idea, but would Ned's bodily fluids kill Chuck?
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but Futon Critic has a tenative schedule up that is supposed to released next week for mid-season and PD is being replaced by Scrubs & The Goode family. At the end of the article it does say that they still aren't sure about next season but networks also say bull happy shit like that when fans are worked up.
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I don't care if its a Fuck You to ABC, all I'm saying is that one writer can not save "the problem" of an entire show. It just won't happen. Therefore it isn't good for Heroes, therefore, stop saying it is.
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you know i have no idea if ned's body fluid woud kill chuck. But, i think it would be pretty funny how they would write how they would do invetro fertilization in the PD universe.
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...so that makes it all better right?
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PD didn't spend enough time with the primary characters and that weird relationship/situation. I don't care if the cleavage blond goes to a nunnery. The aunts/mom are not that interesting.
The Pie Maker and the sexy Hot Chick solving murder mysteries, that was fun. -
Did you miss a lot of the episodes this season they had a lot of what you're talking about. Thankfully they also expanded its characters creating a rich and layered world.
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