"Pushing Daisies" (2007) TV series 2007-2009

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Creator:

Bryan Fuller

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

life. death. and life again.

Plot:

A man has the power to bring dead people back to life.

Plot Keywords:

Minute | Murder | Pie | Surrealism | Diner

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 30 nominations

Cast

Lee Pace	...	Ned (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Field Cate	...	Young Ned (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Sy Richardson	...	Coroner (12 episodes, 2007-2009)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG (season 1) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Trivia:

The curly font used for the credits, and various other text like some shop signs and books (including "Boutique Travel Travel Boutique") is called Harrington.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Olive Snook: Jiminy Crispies!

Tired, clichéd and pretentious, if ambitious

I do give Pushing Daisies some props for attempting to do something original. I really do. It would be nice if creativity was more the order of the day on network television rather than endless clones of few and far between hits and endless brainless reality shows.

However, this show tries so hard to appear original, it fail to deliver any actual originality.

Unlike Bryan Fuller's first efforts, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies is ponderous, poorly written, unfunny and generally overwrought to the point of being offensive.

"Look how creative we are" is what each scene seems to be screaming at the audience.

I don't know what happened or who is to blame. If ABC executives wrought the creativity out of this show too, or if Barry Sonnenfeld became so intent on getting critics and award givers to be impressed (don't worry Barry, they will be - the marketing campaign took care of that!) or if Bryan Fuller has reached the end of his creative rope, but the result is as stale and annoying as it comes.

It's rather disappointing that a show purporting to be all about creativity has so little.