Pushing Daisies

Ratings Update: The Fun In The Funeral, last week’s episode of Pushing Daisies, managed to pull itself some steady viewers in its key demo, even while over-all ratings continue to drop week after week. The drop isn’t so bad since the show is still a winner among adults, 18-49 years old.

Last week’s standing:

1. “Criminal Minds” (CBS) 14.87m
2. “CSI: NY” (CBS) 13.86m
3. “Deal or No Deal” (NBC) 12.29m
4. “Private Practice” (ABC) 11.81m
5. “Pushing Daisies” (ABC) 9.75m
6. “Dirty Sexy Money” (ABC) 8.83m
7. “Bionic Woman” (NBC) 8.52m
8. “Life” (NBC) 7.66m
9. “Kid Nation” (CBS) 7.41m
10. “Til Death” (FOX) 6.98m
11. “Back to You” (FOX) 6.91m
12. “Kitchen Nightmares” (FOX) 6.88m
13. “America’s Next Top Model” (CW) 4.97m
14. “Gossip Girl” (CW) 2.42m

Next week, Pushing Daisies will go up against NBC’s new show, Phenomenon, a reality TV show that will have a five-episode run. Will this somehow affect our favorite’s standing, for better or for worse?

Cast News: Did you catch E!Online’s Kristin Dos Santos in the last episode? She had a few seconds of screen time, playing a dead person that Ned accidentally touches and makes dead again. Kristin happens to be a big fan of this show. And she has an account of her set visit which includes a chat with Anna Friel and Kristin Chenoweth.

And what about Broadway star Raul Esparza? His character, Alfredo Aldarisio, is confirmed to reappear in another episode in November . I guess that song and dance I’m hoping (and it seems most everyone else is also hoping for) will finally happen. Here’s a sampling of what Raul can do with his singing voice.

Daisies in the Media: Speaking of Broadway stars,  Swoosie Kurtz, who plays Aunt Lily, has this to say about her character, in this interview.

“Lily is very isolated but very passionate, lusty and sexual,” she says, “but she has no way to release that in the life she’s living. She’s definitely a little dark, because she’s harbouring a lot of unresolved mental baggage. But I know a couple of big secrets about her that will be revealed later.”

TV Guide Magazine’s latest issue carry an article on Pushing Daisies,  and Spoiler TV shares the scan for it. You may also read excepts of that article here (spoiler alerts for upcoming episodes!)

Daisies has more imaginative curveballs in store. This week, sparks will fly between Chuck and a man with a prosthetic arm, while pint-size Pie Hole waitress Olive (Kristin Chenoweth) is revealed to be a former jockey in the upcoming Halloween episode. But there’s at least one development you’ll never see if Fuller has his way: an explanation of why or how exactly Ned got his life-and-death abilities. “I really would like not to,” the executive producer says of creating an elaborate mythology. “Then all the fun goes out the window.” And that’s one thing Daisies couldn’t grow without.

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