Last night marked the ending of the beloved quirk-ball that was Pushing Daisies. As a series, Pushing Daisies was unique. It stretched the boundaries of television aesthetics with a vibrant colour palette, eccentric costuming, dreamy locales and post-production innovation. Featuring one of TV’s best casts (led by the delicious Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride […]
This Saturday marks the return of NBC’s ambitious passion project Kings. Predictably, the epic drama failed to produce the sort of ratings that the last place network needed so it was cancelled after airing only a few episodes this winter. Now the series will have a chance to burn off their remaining episodes and wrap […]
With Saturday’s return of Pushing Daisies, I realized that I’d forgotten how much I love that show. With an Olive-centric episode, a fun mystery of the week and a couple great guest stars, the only thing I didn’t like about the first episode of the last run of Pushing Daisies was that it was the first […]
Pushing Daisiesis an excellent show. It is cinematically beautiful and brilliantly acted, the stories are engaging and linear, the tone is consistent, the mythology is well-developed, the characters are multi-dimensional and the symbolism resonates clearly. So what’s the problem? There has to be a big problem since no one actually watches the show and ABC […]
While I was at a friend’s place for dinner tonight someone asked a hypothetical question: “if the TV only had 3 channels, which 3 channels would you want them to be?”. I replied “ABC, NBC and CBS… or maybe The CW, or Bravo… definitely ABC”. Then I came home and did the rounds of my […]
This week’s Wednesday Night ABC premieres were all great. Here are some quick thoughts. Pushing Daisies- a lovely episode, NOT confusing like the TV Addict insisted it was, but rather adorable and a good episode to introduce new fans to the show. and the dead person of the week? Autum Reeser!!! I’ve never seen her […]
you’ve heard me speculate on there being more than 1 doctors Shepherd and Burkebut how many characters with one name can there be? let’s see. This season 4 new shows premiered with a character named Chuck- not exactly the most common name to begin with. and yes it did take me this long to notice- […]
PUSHING DAISIES HAS BEEN PICKED UP FOR A FULL SEASON!!!!!!! This means that at the very least there will be 22 43 minute episodes of this gem out there for the world to enjoy- YAY. The cleverest, beautifulest, loveliest, most adorable-est show on TV is STAYING ON THE AIR!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!! If you’re not watching, you […]
I’ve just finished watching the pilot and have concluded that while it doesn’t move at quite the pace of some other shows, Pushing Daisies is pure delight. Its got the lightness and sweetness of a sitcom with the romance and longing of a drama and the mysteries of a procedural. The visual effects, score and […]