Pushing Daisies

Ratings update: Last week’s episode, Dummy, earned about 10 Million viewers for Pushing Daisies. While the show experienced a 20% drop in viewership, it still leads in its key demographics, the 18-34 viewers. Here was the standing from last week:

1. “Criminal Minds” (CBS) 14.47m
2. “CSI: NY” (CBS) 13.31m
3. “Deal or No Deal” (NBC) 12.49m
4. “Private Practice” (ABC) 12.21m
5. “Bionic Woman” (NBC) 10.10m
6. “Pushing Daisies” (ABC) 10.07m
7. “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC) 8.86m
8. “Life” (NBC) 8.14m
9. “Kid Nation” (CBS) 7.01m
10. “Back to You” (FOX) 6.55m
11. “Til Death” (FOX) 6.48m
12. “Kitchen Nightmares” (FOX) 6.45m
13. “America’s Next Top Model” (CW) 5.29m
14. “Gossip Girl” (CW) 2.87m

Reactions to the episode, Dummy:

• TV Squad is slightly worried for Pushing Daisies.
• G-News thinks it was a great episode.
• Give Me My Remote can’t begin to say where all the love is coming from.
• Jump The Shark did not like all the singing that much.
• EW still thinks the show is dandy.
• TV Guide’s Matt Roush, who I know to be one of the first TV critics pushing for the daisies, grows to love it more after the second episode.

Casting News: Some changes are taking place at Pushing Daisies. Broadway star Raul Esparza guest stars on Pushing Daisies to play the role of Alfredo Aldarisio, the travelling saleman. It was a role originally intended for Paul Reubens (PeeWee Herman) but reports now say, Reubens will  still be in the show and will play a different character who might be on to Chuck’s stinking secret.

Recaps from ABC: If you head on to the official Pushing Daisies site, you will see that recaps provided for the show are done via comic strips. Which is yet another different way of presenting the series. It so lives up to its quirkiness!

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