Pushing Daisies

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We need to save Pushing Daisies!

For the first time ever, Pushing Daisies will be aired in France beginning November 27. Our French friends can check the official website for details to its airing here.

In case you haven’t heard, NBC has fired two of Heroes writer-producers the other day. They’ve been at the core of production since Season 1 and has left the show because of “creative differences” with the network bosses. The complete story of this is at Watching Heroes.

Now what does this have to do with Bryan Fuller, creator of Pushing Daisies?

I read something that raises the alarm bell for me today. Is Bryan Fuller getting back on board Heroes?  Kristin from E! Online reports:

I’ve just been told by reliable insiders at NBC that Heroes most likely will replace Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander with at least one new writer-producer, and one of the names being tossed around is Bryan Fuller, the creative genius who served as a consulting producer for the first half of the first season.

The upside? This would be nothing short of awesome, as Fuller’s Heroes episodes were some of the strongest ever. If anyone can save this show, he can.

The downside? One would assume this could only happen if Fuller’s current obligation, Pushing Daisies (which he created), does not get picked up, which would be a heart-breaking TV tragedy. Though perhaps he could do both Heroes and Daisies and double the awesomeness in our living rooms? A girl can dream…

On one hand, I’d feel very happy and delighted for him. Such a creative mind should not be left with nothing to do. He’s definitely an asset. On the other hand if this pushes through —- what now, Pushing Daisies?

The video for Pushing Daisies was already released last September. Have you bought your copy?  I also think that this makes for a nice Christmas presents to friends and family this season. Are we going to help the show’s longevity by driving sales up and making plenty of purchases?

If you’re thinking of giving the video as presents, I’ve checked for a few deals online you might wanna consider —

• Tower Records is selling the DVD set for $22.75 and the Blu Ray set for $25.99
• Amazon is selling the DVD set at a slightly lower price $18.99 and the Blu Ray set is at $26.95
• Best Buy is selling the DVD set for $24.99 and the Blu Ray set for $34.99. I was hoping it comes with other freebies like they do some of their DVD sets but I’m afraid this one is just your regular TV box set.
• DeepDiscount DVD is selling the DVD for $21.32, Blu Ray set comes at $26.85
• Circuit City has the DVD pegged at $19.99 and the Blu Ray is at $34.99
• Target has the DVD available for $26.95 but they do not have the Blu Ray sets.
• DVD Empire also has the DVD only, going for $25.32

Shipping rates are not yet inclusive.

This came into the comments section of this blog c/o Luckie and I am reposting a separately new entry for it for every fan of this series. SAVE PUSHING DAISIES!

• Mass fan mail begins tomorrow (11/03): please tell as many people as you can to write to ABC or go to there message boards, time is running out for pushing daisies:
• From November 3rd to November 10th, fans will be sending a letter a day to ABC requesting they renew ‘Daisies’. We want to flood their boxes with mail for daisies for a week.
• You are encouraged to send daisies (paper or real) Daisy seeds, Bouquets of Daisies, Pies (also paper or real) or just a letter. Send a few a day if you can afford it!
• **Emailing is a great, but please send a tangible letter also. Having a full mailbox right there in front of them as opposed to on the internet sends a more powerful message.
• Write to: ABC, Inc. 500 S. Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521-4551. Email them here.
• ALSO- Sign the petition. You can technically sign it as many times as you want, with only one email address. (Use different names) I have a friend who has signed it a LOT.
• Finally, WATCH THE SHOW! Turn on all the tv’s in the house! leave on the online episode player for the latest episode while you’re out shopping! Anything to help the ratings!!

Thank you Luckie!

This will have to be copied word for word because it zeroes in on where the show exactly is and what you must do to help it…

Kristin of E! Online, who is a fan of the show and appeared on one episode in Season 1, wrote this in her column the day of  last week’s episode airing.

The facts are these:

Pushing Daisies needs your help.

Production on episode 13 of season two begins Monday, and that is the last episode currently ordered by ABC for this series. So far the Alphabet network has given no indication to producers that a full-season pickup is coming.

Yes, the Emmy-winning fairy tale could very well end in just a few weeks, and if that were the case, no one who loves good TV would live happily ever after.

Is the situation really as dire as it seems? And can anything be done to save Ned the Pie Maker and friends?
TV fans of the world, in this time of ongoing international turmoil, economic collapse and environmental wackiness, it is important that we come together to save the last best hope of miraculous broadcast television: Pushing Daisies.

TV was once a vast wasteland, but through ingenuity and small-screen spirit it has been turned into a flourishing paradise of awesome. However, if we begin to let go of revelations like Pushing Daisies on ABC, there is a very real threat to quality television as we know it. The wasteland may creep back and overtake all that is gracious and good in our living rooms every night. Join the fight against the scourge of bad TV, won’t you?

THE SITUATION

ABC has only picked up 13 episodes for the current second season, and show runner Bryan Fuller confirms to me that so far, his team has not received word of a pickup by ABC for a full season.

Despite widespread critical acclaim and fan adoration, ratings for season two are down, and Daisies is deep into the “Cancel” zone of TVbytheNumbers’ Renew-Cancel Index (which predicts the TV futures market based on a show’s 18-49 ratings as a proportion of its network’s 18-49 average). If you wanted to freak out now, that would be OK.

THE PLAN

So what can we, the fans, do to show our support and convince the powers that be at ABC to keep Daisies on the air?

* SIGN UP: Sign the Save Daises online petition.
* TUNE IN: Tonight, watch the show. Live. In your house. Look for the glowing box that receives pictures via bunny ears, a satellite or a coaxial cable coming out of the wall. (Everything else on TV at that time? Obama, Obama and then more Obama. So there’s no downside for you—you won’t miss any other show—and the upside is that the show’s prospects might perk up!) For that matter, email five of your friends right now and tell them to watch, especially if you happen to know anyone who has one of those magical Nielsen boxes.
* TURN ON: Go to ABC.com and play old episodes. If you have some spare change, download a few from iTunes. If Daisies brings in enough digital dime, that revenue might offset the on-air losses.
* REACH OUT: Contact ABC online or use the quaint ol’ post office to send a letter explaining, in your own passionate but polite words, why and how Daisies is the birdhouse in your soul. The address for ABC is 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-4551.
* PUSH THOSE DAISIES: There are 23,000 species in the daisy family of flowers, including marigolds, coneflowers, sunflowers, chamomile, chrysanthemums, dahlias and zinnias. Send a bunch of your faves to ABC, or better yet, send flower seeds. They’re light and therefore cheap to ship. Seeds last for years and won’t go bad or go to waste, and they could be planted to grow into something beautiful in the spring. Don’t forget to include a note explaining that this is for the love of Daisies!

THE CHANCES

What are the chances of saving Daisies? I don’t know what ABC programming execs are thinking right now, but I do know that I wouldn’t be much of a Bryan Fuller fan if I didn’t believe in miracles and magic.

Yes, this is show business and not show friends.

Yes, multinational corporations tend to favor fat profits over creative indulgences.

And yes, the economy is the tank, so if this world ran on logic alone, ABC would surely chop up Daisies and sell the parts for scrap.

But there is more to life than filthy lucre. I have to believe that the people at Disney-ABC understand the power of enchantment, and that if magic were easy, everyone would do it. The cast and creators of Daisies are making magic and shutting them down would be a travesty at a time when we need all the hope and happiness we can get. Something as unique, beautiful and truly special as Pushing Daisies deserves a second chance.

It’s a nice way of putting it. There seems to be hope, but only that hope seems really small. What are the chances of a show when it’s been told to wrap up? I can’t recall any other program that has been told the same, only to be picked up by the network soon after.

Kristin Chenoweth  told some people they have been worried. Of course. Filming ends in two weeks for them if Episode 13 is the last of it. But the network must air all 13 right? Which means we have 8 more weeks or so, in order to enjoy this wonderful series.

And then after that? Goodbye forever?

Don’t forget to watch Pushing Daisies tonight, even if the show is up against Barack Obama. The presidential candidate is airing his campaign special over three other networks at 8:00 PM. But ABC is sticking with Pushing Daisies with a new episode guest starring Stephen Roth.

Episode Title: Dimsum Lose Some

Airing: October 29th

Ned is startled when a mysterious man appears at the diner claiming to be an old friend and associate of his dad’s - and asks for his help in finding him.

Per Entertainment Weekly’s Ausiello, Gina Torres from Firefly and 24 has been cast to play Emerson’s wife. Yep, the very wife who left him and took his daughter. I can actually see this! Kinda was anticipating it… So happy they picked Gina Torres to play her.

Kristin of E! wrote yesterday, former Ed and Lost star  Josh Randall is going to be on Pushing Daisies. He is set to play Chuck’s father, Charles Charles, who as you know, died when Chuck was about 8 or 9 years old. Chuck’s father is set to appear in two upcoming episodes (the eight and the ninth for this season).

How and why does Charles Charles return when he’s been dead for almost 20 years?

(more…)

Pushing Daisies is still on…if we’re basing this on this press release for ABC’s November Sweeps Programming. The show is slated to air for twice this coming month, with a two week hiatus in the first two weeks of November. And it is still airing on Weds at 8 PM.

Some changes should be expected though. I’m waiting news for its full season pick up anytime and it’s making me all nervous…

ABC ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER SWEEPS PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS AND AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, AND JAM-PACKED ORIGINAL EPISODES OF SOME OF TELEVISION’S BIGGEST HITS

The ABC Television Network announces highlights of its upcoming premieres, specials and regular series programming scheduled to air during the November sweep.

Editors please note: What follows is a chronological listing of programming highlights (all times Eastern); this is not a complete list of all programs airing during November sweep.

(more…)

Is there still a glimmer of hope? Wednesday night’s ratings have been below standards once again.

8.00 Block
World Series Fox 13.10 M
New Adventures Of Old Christine CBS 8.01 M
Gary Unmarried [8.30] CBS 7.85 M
Knight Rider NBC 7.23 M
Pushing Daisies ABC 5.67 M
America’s Next Top Model The CW 4.38 M

9.00 Block
Criminal Minds CBS 14.72 M
World Series Fox 13.64 M
Private Practice ABC 7.78 M
Deal Or No Deal NBC 7.60 M
Stylista The CW 2.46 M

10.00 Block
CSI: New-York CBS 14.24 M
Dirty Sexy Money ABC 5.86 M
Lipstick Jungle NBC 4.19M

The demographics is even worse for Pushing Daisies as it drops to 1.9 Million for Adults 18-49. The network is losing money with it.

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Send in your pies, daisies and daisy seeds to this address to save the show:

• ABC, Inc.
  500 S. Buena Vista Street
  Burbank, CA 91521-4551
  (818) 460-7477
• Pushing Daisies
  Warner Bros. TV
  300 Television Plaza
  Burbank, CA 91505

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Info and banner via Pushing Daisies Livejournal Community.

I’m once again calling on you people to please block off 8:00 tonight for Pushing Daisies. This week’s episode features David Arquette and Debra Mooney who stars as Emerson’s mom. The episode summary.

Pushing Daisies gained some 500,000 viewers last night but didn’t have enough numbers in its key demographic. This site is giving it an orange status for the season, meaning, it is in danger of cancellation. Scrubs, the TV series from NBC which has moved its final season to ABC, is scheduled to air next year but there are unconfirmed reports it’s going earlier, and possibly taking one of the low performing time slots on the Alphabet channel.

What does this mean for Pushing Daisies? Is Scrubs taking over?

Anyway, Wednesday Night’s ratings …

8.00 Block

NLCS Game 5 Fox 7.74 M
New Adventures Of Old Christine CBS 7.74 M
Gary Unmarried CBS 7.71 M
Knight Rider NBC 7.65 M
Pushing Daisies ABC 6.29 M
America’s Next Top Model The CW 3.18 M

9.00 Block

Debate NBC 10.34 M
Debate ABC 9.66 M
Debate CBS 8.91 M
NLCS Game 5 Fox 6.83 M
90210 (Repeat) The CW 1.70 M

10.00 Block

- Debates and after-debate analysis -

Will there be a new episode of Pushing Daisies on October 29th or will this be pre-empted by the fact that Barack Obama’s campaign is bloc buying the said time slot in time for the November elections?

How will this affect Pushing Daisies? As per these reports from The Washington Post:

• Late yesterday, ABC and Obama’s camp were still in talks about whether the network will sell the first half of the time slot, which it had earmarked for another episode of hour-long dramedy “Pushing Daisies.” The show is one of last year’s freshman series hurt by the 100-day writers’ strike and that the network is attempting to relaunch this fall, but so far without much luck. ABC execs may believe there is opportunity for “Pushing Daisies” to get more sampling on Oct. 29 if the network does not join in the Obama time buy. Source
• In that particular half hour on Oct. 29, Fox may or may not be airing Game 6 of the World Series. And ABC at this moment is scheduled to air its struggling dramedy “Pushing Daisies.” “Daisies” is one of last year’s freshman series that got hurt by the 100-day writers strike and which the network is attempting to re-launch this fall, but so far, without much luck. ABC execs may believe there is opportunity for “Pushing Daisies” to get more sampling on Oct. 29 if the network does not join in a so-called “roadblock” buy by the Obama campaign.  With CBS and NBC’s scripted programming scrubbed to make way for Obama, Fox possibly airing baseball and CW running the reality show “America’s Next Top Model,” “Pushing Daisies” would be the only scripted series in the timeslot on broadcast network TV. Source

Is this going to help the show? The most foretelling fact from these reports is that ABC is still intent on saving Pushing Daisies. There is still hope…

Is it time to start the Save Pushing Daisies campaign? Should fans and begin sending pies to ABC? The show once again suffered in the ratings this week, losing some 700,000 viewers more.

8.00 Block
Bones Fox 10.34 M
New Adventures Of Old Christine CBS 7.64 M
Gary Unmarried CBS 7.43 M
Knight Rider NBC 6.73 M
Pushing Daisies ABC 5.55 M
America’s Next Top Model The CW 3.88 M

9.00 Block
Criminal Minds CBS 15.90 M
Private Practice ABC 7.26 M
Biggest Loser NBC 6.56 M
Til Death Fox 4.97 M
Til Death Fox 3.97 M
90210 (Repeat) The CW 1.86 M

10.00 Block
CSI: New-York CBS 15.86 M
Dirty Sexy Money ABC 5.95 M
Lipstick Jungle NBC 4.77 M

What’s gonna happen now? Should a change in time slot and day be in order. If the show doesn’t get a full season order by the end of the month, then dear PD fans…we’ve got something to worry about!

Start sending in your letters of concern (or protest) to these addresses (details courtesy of The Pie Hole LJ Community):

ABC, Inc.
500 S. Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521-4551
(818) 460-7477

Pushing Daisies
Warner Bros. TV
300 Television Plaza
Burbank, CA 91505

Let them know how much you love Pushing Daisies and why we don’t want to see it off the air.