Pushing Daisies: The Nominations Keep Cometh
This week, the nominations and recognitions poured in for Pushing Daisies and I am more than ecstatic! It’s the most any new show has earned this season. There is no denying now, critics be stumped — Pushing Daisies is the number one show of 2007!
First, Time Magazine has listed Pushing Daisies as one of the Top 10 New TV Shows for this year, along with Mad Men, Flight of The Conchord and The Riches. Most shows from that line-up come from cable television and Pushing Daisies is the only one outside of that scope since it’s carried by ABC.
Time Magazine says of the show:
It’s whimsational! It’s twee-riffic! It’s preciously precious! In this grown-up fairy-tale, a piemaker (Lee Pace) can raise the dead with a touch, but kills them if he ever touches them again. This complicates matters when he resurrects the love of his life, whom he can never kiss, at pain of her life. Playful, fantastical, and art-directed within an inch of its life in candy colors by Barry Sonnenfeld, Daisies is as romantic as it is outlandish.
Secondly, the Golden Globes nomination list that was announced yesterday came with some very good news. As those who follow television by now know, Pushing Daisies is nominated for Best TV Series - Musical or Comedy. It’s not the least bit surprising, though. Other than because the show did offer comedy and a few musicals, I think every recognition this show is receiving to date — from Best TV Show to Best Performance by An Animal-Extra (those squirrels dying in an early episode worked for me, too!) — is much, much deserved. I’m literally running out of adjectives to praise it.
Lee Pace and Anna Friel both earned actor and actress nominations from the said academy, too. I was hoping they would also give credit to anyone from the supporting cast. But that category is already full, with the inclusion of performances not just from a series, but also from a made for TV production or mini-series.
Third and last… strike or no strike, WGA is also having its annual awards early next year. The writers of Pushing Daisies (and let’s not forget to put their names down) — Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik Creasey, Bryan Fuller, Abby Gewanter, Jim Danger Gray, Lisa Joy, Kath Lingenfelter, Rina Mimoun, Jack Monaco, Scott Nimerfro, Peter Ocko — have all earned nominations for Best New TV Series. Also nominated under the same category are the writers from Damages, Mad Men, Flight of Conchords and The Sarah Silverman Program.
Golden Globes will air in January 13.
Writer’s Guild Awards will be held in February.
Congratulations to everyone responsible for making Pushing Daisies a show to truly rave about!
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