Time to face the fact and it is this: Bye Pushing Daisies
So what did I say yesterday? That as beautiful as the episode was, it’s not the type an average viewer would stick around for. Watching Pushing Daisies requires a lot of…thought processing, of making use of our senses. It’s a tough pitch to viewers who just want to sit and watch.
This week was Daisies’ worst rating yet. Although I still have this tiny morsel of hope left, I think I’ve come to terms with the fact that this show will not be picked up for the rest of the season (I am hopeful for a third!). Apparently, that’s seems to be the case. ABC has not ordered any more episodes beyond the 13 they have finished. And Bryan Fuller has been missing calls from the network.
“I assumed that’s what [the call] was about. I can’t help but feel immense pride when it comes to ‘Pushing Daisies.’ I’m grateful TO everyone and FOR everyone who brought the show to life and for the very loyal audience that embraced us. If we are indeed dead on ABC, we now have to convince DC Comics to let us tell the rest of the season’s story lines out in comic book form and convince Warner Bros. features to let ‘Pushing Daisies’ live again as a movie.” — Bryan Fuller to THR Feed
The ratings from last Wednesday night:
8.00 Block
Bones Fox 10.73 M/3.1
Gary Unmarried CBS 8.14 M/2.7
New Adventures Of Old Christine CBS 8.09 M/2.5
Knight Rider NBC 5.12 M/1.5
Pushing Daisies ABC 4.86 M/1.8
America’s Next Top Model The CW 4.80 M/2.3
9.00 Block
Criminal Minds CBS 16.38 M/4.3
Private Practice ABC 7.14 M/2.4
House (Repeat) Fox 5.73 M/2.2
Life NBC 5.32 M/1.7
Stylista The CW 2.16 M/1.0
10.00 Block
CSI: New-York CBS 14.00 M/3.8
Law & Order NBC 7.58 M/2.2
Dirty Sexy Money ABC 5.63 M/1.8
Bearing cancellation, I do hope that ABC decides to air the remaining episodes and finish all thirteen.
In the meantime, we fans have to stick together and set our sights on a third season. We can still push this, shortened second season be damned. Continue to Save Pushing Daisies by doing any of these suggestions.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Cannot believe this is happening. So sad
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 am
Call ABC:
818-460-7477
press 1 (for abc networks prime time)
press 2 (opinions-30 sec comments)
press 2 (for the list of prime time shows)
and press extension 788 for Pushing Daisies
Write or Email ABC Executives:
President and Chairman of ABC
Anne Sweeney
3800 Alameda Ave
Burbank, CA
91505-4300
Email:
anne.x.sweeney@abc.com
anne.x.sweeney@disney.com
President of ABC Entertainment
Steve McPherson
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-0001
Operations President
Alex Wallau
500 S Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521-0001
Email:
alex.wallau@abc.com
Programming Senior Vice President of ABC
John Saade
Email:
john.saade@abc.com
Contact Warner Brothers and encourage them to find a new network for Pushing Daisies:
MAIL:
Pushing Daisies
Warner Bros. TV
300 Television Plaza
Burbank, CA 91505
EMAIL:
http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/main/help/customer_service.jsp
Contact other networks and encourage them to pick up Pushing Daisies:
CBS
CBS Television
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-4321
SCI-FI
feedback@scifi.com
Mail: Mr. Mark Stern
Executive VP Original Programming
NBC Universal - Sci Fi Channel
100 Universal City Plaza
Bldg. 1400, 14th Floor
Universal City, CA 91608
Mark.Stern@nbcuni.com
David Howe
President
NBC Universal - Sci Fi Channel
30 Rockefeller Plaza, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10112
Dave.Howe@nbcuni.com
FAX: 212-413-6509
TBS
http://support.tbs.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=5475
scroll down to the last link, “How do I contact TBS?” and then select the orange “Request Support” tab at the top. I classified my show selection as “other”.
NBC
http://www.nbc.com/Footer/Contact_Us/
Select “other” from the drop down menu.