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I was sad about Pushing Daisies... but knew it was kind of inevitable. But reading the article... Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money AND Eli Stone! WTF ABC???? I think I just died a little inside. This was a low blow, a low low blow.
Dang it, geekgirl, I hadn't even read the article yet, I was still reeling from the shock. Well, not really shock since it was kind of on the bubble, but still very dissapointed. And then to read about Eli Stone as well...what is happening to original television. Plus side: this does free up Kristin Chenoweth for a show. But still!
why when i look at the viewing figures for TV in the states is crap like Dancing With The Stars getting 20 million viewers when great inventive shows like PD fail?
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
How come the ratings weren't that strong in the UK either if it was so loved? weird...
Anyway it is sad--I liked Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money (I know I know) even more, I admit. Pushing Daisies was brilliantly creative, fun, and for my tastes a bit too whimsical. Plus I think it shoulda been a UK style series with a set number of episodes... But this is too bad
So much for originality on television...I almost half-wish someone like Sci-Fi would pick it up...it has enough fantasy elements to be something of a fit.
ETA: Referring to "Daisies." Updated On: 11/21/08 at 07:45 AM
It's true, it wasn't as good this year as last -- but surely a sophomore slump is common enough it could have been forgiven. No, ABC killed the show by SEVERELY under promoting, and then no tdoing anything with it post-strike.
Lost remains the last bastion of creativity on ABC -- I really will boycott the channel if they mess that show up!
I've been watching all three, and enjoying them a lot.
Everyone points out the theatre connections with PD, but on ELI STONE two Broadway veterans have actually had a chance to perform musical numbers - Victor Garber (original cast of SWEENEY TODD) and Loretta Devine (one of the original DREAMGIRLS).
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well I think ABC in general has a lot of theatre folk on their shows...
Sara Ramirez on Grey's Vanessa Williams on Ugly Betty (although she was Miss America and had a singing career way before broadway) and don't forget that Cheno guest starred on Ugly Betty
PLUS on Ugly Betty, they mention a lot of theatre stuff... they had a whole episode dedicated to Wicked, one night Justin auditioned for Billy Elliot, and last night they had tickets to In The Heights
so I think ABC (ESPECIALLY on Ugly Betty) Appeals to theatre folk
ABC manages to cast a lot of B'way folk. Ugly Betty has had Cheno, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Patti LuPone, Christian Hoff and Tyler Maynard among others. Pushing Daisies has had Raul Esparza and Christopher Sieber. Grey's had Bernadette Peters and Michael Arden.
This is very sad news. The second season hasn't been as good as the first, but that's to be expected. The first season was brilliant, the second was extremely good. And last night's episode was wonderful and the best so far this season. This is a huge loss for artistic integrity. By far the most original and creative show and it deserved so much better. I do believe the creator (Bryan Fuller) intends to bring it back as a comic book. Which would be nice, but it won't give us Cheno...
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
This just makes me so sad. There is such a lack of quality television shows right now. Why cancel such a sweet show like Pushing Daisies that was so original and just a joy to watch. I really feel like boycotting ABC for the rest of the season and just not watching anything on that network.
Pushing Daisies was an absolute gem. But television has made it clear that money trumps quality and art. So be it: PD can join Arrested Development in "Remember that amazing show" category.
This is very sad new, indeed. Though I have to admit being more crushed by the cancellation of ELI STONE. I love Spy Daddy/Victor Garber and it seems as though after ALIAS, he hasn't found a hit tv show.
I was sorry to read this this morning. Pushing Daisies was different and fun and it gave me a chance to see actors I'd enjoyed on the stage on my TV screen pretty regularly. I think the writers' strike really hurt its chances, but if ABC had done a better job of making the episodes available online for more than a few weeks at a time, more people might have had a chance to get hooked on it.
I loved Pushing Daisies when it first started here in the uk, it was so creative and different. But then I got bored, each week was the same, slight story never feeling like it was going anywhere. All style no content