Pushing Daisies’ Rating Bzzzzzzzz!
Pushing Daisies’ second season premiere took a dive at the ratings. It’s quite a disappointment. Did people forget it was coming on? Have they been waiting and waiting and waiting and finally gave up? Did viewers lose interest? Was Knight Rider that exciting? Was this because of the strike?
To be fair though, it wasn’t just Pushing Daisies which didn’t do well Wednesday night. All shows on ABC did.
8.00 Block
Bones Fox 9.82 M
Knight Rider NBC 7.56 M
Gary Unmarried CBS 6.98 M
New Adventures Of Old Christine CBS 6.86 M
Pushing Daisies ABC 6.32 M
America’s Next Top Model The CW 4.01 M
9.00 Block
Criminal Minds CBS 14.51 M
America’s Got Talent NBC 12.55 M
Private Practice ABC 8.05 M
Til Death Fox 4.26 M
90210 (Repeat) The CW 1.73 M
10.00 Block
CSI: New-York CBS 14.67 M
Dirty Sexy Money ABC 7.15 M
Lipstick Jungle NBC 5.31 M
Pushing Daisies lost a million more viewers by its next half. What does that mean? Did viewers find it too whimsical?
How close is this show to cancellation? It currently has a 13 episode order but show creator Bryan Fuller and his staff are waiting on a full season order. What are the show’s chances?
Should the 12 Emmy nominations matter? How about the critical buzz? Is the show going to stick around because it’s refreshing and different or will it be yanked off the air for precisely the same reasons? Do you think it will do better on a different schedule…say, Thursdays at 8 PM?
What do you think happened here?


October 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Eek! I don’t know if it’s the time slot or what. I can’t imagine anyone not loving this show, but it is different from what people are used to sseing.