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Pushing Daisies

January 13, 2023

Pushing Daisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch, an ability that comes with stipulations. Together with his formerly deceased childhood crush Chuck (Anna Friel), co-worker Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), and private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride), Ned uses his abilities to solve murder cases.[2] The cast also includes Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate, with Jim Dale acting as narrator.

Pushing Daisies
Genre
Created byBryan Fuller
Starring
Narrated byJim Dale
ComposerJim Dooley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatHDTV 720p
Original releaseOctober 3, 2007 (2007-10-03) –
June 13, 2009 (2009-06-13)

Touted as a "forensic fairy tale", the series is known for its unusual visual style, eccentric production design, quirky characters, fast-paced dialogue and grotesque situations. The series often uses wordplay, metaphor and double entendre, while Jim Dale's narration is very similar to that of a fairytale.

The series received critical acclaim, with praises going towards the cast, direction, writing, tone, and set design, and won numerous awards. The series received 17 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with seven wins, including Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Barry Sonnenfeld and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Kristin Chenoweth. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".[3] In 2015, Pushing Daisies was voted first in Esquire's "TV Reboot Tournament" that asked fans to vote for the show they would most like to see return to television.[4]

Plot

Pushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned, a pie-maker gifted with the ability to reanimate the dead by touching them. If something is revived for more than one minute, a similar "life value" in the vicinity drops dead as a form of balance. If he touches the revived person or thing a second time, they die permanently.

As a child, he brings back his mother when she dies of an aneurysm. This causes the death of the father of his neighbor and childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles. That night, Ned's mother falls dead permanently when she kisses him goodnight. Chuck's agoraphobic aunts, Vivian and Lily, move in to care for her and Ned is sent by his father to a boarding school, separating the children.

Ned becomes a pie-maker and opens a restaurant called The Pie Hole. He is aided by waitress Olive Snook, who pines for him. The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's powers and offers a proposal: Ned will temporarily bring murder victims back to life, allowing Emerson to inquire about the circumstances of their death, quickly solve the case, and split the reward money with him.

The scheme succeeds without issue until they learn that Chuck, whom Ned has not seen since childhood, was murdered. Ned revives her, but he cannot bring himself to let her die permanently. Ned and Chuck fall in love again, and although they can never touch each other, she moves into his home. Chuck joins Ned and Emerson in investigating deaths for reward money, beginning with her own murder.

Over the course of the series, Emerson searches for his missing daughter who was taken away by her mother, a con woman. After meeting a publisher of pop-up books, he is inspired to create and publish his own pop-up book, hoping that his daughter will read the book and find her way back to him. Chuck struggles to keep the secret of her revival from Vivian and Lily, and Vivian and Lily slowly accept the death of their niece. It is discovered that Chuck is Lily's daughter from an infidelity with Chuck's father while he was engaged to Vivian. Ned revives Chuck's father to ask him questions, and Chuck tricks Ned into thinking he touched her father a second time so that she can keep her father in her life. Chuck's father and Ned have an antagonistic relationship, and Chuck's father asks her to travel the world with him. When she tells him she would rather remain in town, he leaves alone.

The epilogue reveals that Emerson's daughter returns to him, Chuck is able to let her mother Lily and aunt Vivian know she is alive, and Olive has fallen in love with Ned's friend and opens The Intrepid Cow, a restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Pushing Daisies characters

Main

Recurring

  • Sy Richardson as the Coroner, the man in charge of the morgue where most of the murder victims' bodies are stored.
  • Sammi Hanratty as Young Chuck, who appears in flashbacks.
  • Stephen Root as Dwight Dixon, a mysterious man connected to both Ned's father and Chuck's father.
  • David Arquette as Randy Mann, a taxidermist and client of the Pie Hole who is in love with Olive.
  • Nicholas Khayyat as Eugene Mulchandani, Ned's childhood friend who appears in flashbacks.
  • Diana Scarwid as Mother Superior, in charge of the monastery where Olive spends the first episodes of season two.
  • Leyna Nguyen as a newscaster for Channel 9.
  • Christine Adams as Simone Hundin, originally a murder suspect in season one, who becomes Emerson Cod's love interest.
  • Jon Eric Price (season one) and George Hamilton (season two) as Ned's father
  • Raúl Esparza as Alfredo Aldarisio, a traveling homeopathic antidepressant salesman.
  • Josh Randall as Charles Charles, Chuck's father. The character was portrayed by several extras in season one.
  • Paul Reubens as Oscar Vibenius, a murder suspect with an incredible sense of smell.
  • Brad Grunberg as Lawrence and Louis Schatz, the man in charge of Chuck's funeral and his twin brother.
  • Alex Miller and Graham Miller as Maurice and Ralston, Ned's twin half-brothers.
  • Marc Raducci and Diana Costa as Olive's parents in flashbacks.

Guest

Production

Development

The series was greenlit and given a 13-episode order by ABC on May 11, 2007.[5] On October 23, 2007, the show received a full season order.[6] However, scripts for nine episodes were completed before the start of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[7] Bryan Fuller reportedly made last-minute changes to the ninth episode to allow it to serve as a season finale, adjusting the episode to be a cliffhanger.[8]

Because of the Writers Guild strike, the show completed just nine episodes of a 22-episode season.[9] Instead of attempting to complete the first season, the writers planned to begin work on the second season with production resuming around March to June 2008. Although ABC picked Pushing Daisies up for the 2008–09 television season, when ratings quickly declined ABC opted not to order additional episodes beyond the second season's initial thirteen.[10][11] By November 20, 2008, creator Bryan Fuller had confirmed that Pushing Daisies had been cancelled by ABC and expressed the possibility of wrapping up lingering plotlines in a comic book or movie sequel.[12]

The last scheduled episode was broadcast in the United States on December 17, 2008, leaving three episodes unaired, although those episodes were screened at the 2009 Paley Fest.[13] ABC was negotiating at one time to forfeit broadcast rights to the shows and make the unaired episodes available exclusively online,[14] but announced on April 3, 2009 the final three episodes would be broadcast on ABC Saturdays at 10:00 pm beginning May 30.[15] According to Chenoweth, these episodes do not provide a narrative conclusion to the series.[16]

The final three episodes aired on ABC on successive Saturdays at 10:00 pm from Saturday, May 30, 2009 to June 13, 2009, having aired elsewhere around the world. In India, the last episode aired on February 27, 2009 as a world premiere. In Germany, the television network ProSieben showed the last three episodes of Pushing Daisies on March 4, 2009 ("Window Dressed to Kill") and March 11, 2009 ("Water and Power", "Kerplunk"). The three remaining unaired episodes were broadcast in the UK as ITV announced it would be showing the complete season in its run on the channel.[17]

The original concept of Pushing Daisies was rooted from Dead Like Me. The show's creator, Bryan Fuller, intended for Pushing Daisies to be a spinoff of Dead Like Me.[18]

Visual design

Production designer Michael Wylie told TV Guide that, "My goal was a storybook come to life. I wanted everything to look almost like an illustration." He achieved this by "concentrating on conflicting patterns in different colors, particularly reds and oranges, but per director Barry Sonnenfeld, virtually no blues."[19] Cinematographer Michael Weaver told Variety that he and the producers decided the visuals should "feel somewhere between Amélie and a Tim Burton film — something big, bright and bigger than life."[20]

 
Screenshot from "Bzzzzzzzzz!" showcasing its visual style—the use of colors, symmetry, and shapes.

The distinctive storybook-esque style is continued within the overall design of the visual aspects. Circular background shapes, circular windows, and framing shots within circles was a theme seen consistently throughout the series. Symmetry is a common theme used in the visual style, and characters are often framed in windows, doors, or background props. A heavy use of patterns within a location was often used, where a similar pattern would be used in almost the entire location—the wallpaper, window blinds, bedsheets, pillows, furniture, and even clothing, such as Olive's apartment. The series would often use top-down perspectives and over-head shots would showcase its overall visual style. Regardless of the fact that the show focuses on murder investigations, the morgue is painted in candy-cane stripes and many outfits worn by the characters are vibrantly colored, bright, and cheery (for example, Olive's work uniforms alternate between bright orange and lime-green pinstriped dresses, and Emerson is often seen wearing shades of purple).[21] Only Ned consistently wears black.

CGI is prominent in the series, with much use of blue screen technology[22] (the shop window, similar set pieces and outdoor scenery outside often cast a blue halo tinge) and 3D set-extensions (streets, grass and landscape, the pie shop façade). The use of matte painting backdrops are used to complete the look.[23]

Automobiles are often mint-condition vintage vehicles, though some newer vehicles were used (such as a mid-1990s Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan, a Hummer, or a 2006 Toyota Prius). Emerson drives a mid-1960s Lincoln Continental with suicide doors in new condition. Ned is seen driving an old, like-new Mercedes-Benz W108. Other characters drive decades-old vehicles as well. 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor cars in ambulance and hearse configurations figure frequently. Old-fashioned trolley cars can be seen in several shots panning in to the Pie Hole.

Quirkiness

Critics noted the Pushing Daisies distinctive visual style. A NYTimes critic describes it as a "candy-colored, computer-generated bucolic scenery"[24] and another describes a "Technicolor world that seems to exist at right angles to our own" and note "bizarre dialogue" and the use of alliterative and near-duplicate names of both characters (such as Deedee Duffield, Billy Balsam, the Darling Mermaid Darlings, Charles Charles, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, John Joseph Jacobs, etc.) and locations (Boutique Travel Travel Boutique, Über Life Life Insurance, Coeur d'Coeurs, etc.).[25] Some narration is done in the poetic style of Dr. Seuss.

Music

The show contains original music composed and arranged by Jim Dooley. The first six minutes of the series pilot, "Pie-lette" were composed by Blake Neely. Dooley describes the musical score as having an Amélie type of sound (Yann Tiersen), which is a "wide-angled, adult fairy tale, with a narrator and this super-real world."[26] It was announced on Jim Dooley's website that the soundtrack of the first season was originally to be released by Varèse Sarabande on October 21, 2008, but was delayed until December 23, 2008, with the album available in the iTunes Store on December 10, 2008.[27] A soundtrack for the second season was released on April 5, 2011, also composed by Jim Dooley and released by Varèse Sarabande.[28]

Both Kristin Chenoweth and Ellen Greene have backgrounds in musical theater,[29][30] and have performed musical numbers in some episodes. In "Dummy", Chenoweth sang "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from the movie musical Grease. In "Pigeon", Chenoweth and Greene harmonized on the They Might Be Giants hit, "Birdhouse in Your Soul". Also in "Smell of Success", Greene sang "Morning Has Broken". Chenoweth asked to sing "Eternal Flame" in an episode, which Bryan Fuller agreed to accommodate.[31] The song was sung in "Comfort Food". She performed a cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello" in "Window Dressed to Kill".

Series continuation

Comics

The show's official website included a comic book that was distributed at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con International, with new mysteries and background information not seen on the televised episodes.[32] The book also contained recaps of aired episodes.

When the show struggled in the ratings during its second season, Bryan Fuller said that, should ABC not pick up additional episodes, he would release comic books and maybe a movie based on the show to wrap up outstanding stories for fans.[33] Warner Bros. gave Fuller permission to produce comic books of the series.[34]

Fuller stated that the "third season" comic book series would be twelve issues long, with a fresh take on the zombie genre starring all of the characters from the show. It was to have been published by DC Comics' WildStorm imprint.[35] On October 13, 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that Bryan Fuller had turned in the script for the first comic issue, featuring recurring character Oscar Vibenius, and continued to work with the show's writers on the next three comic scripts.[36] In January 2010, a rumor leaked that the comic series could potentially become a graphic novel instead.[37]

On September 23, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported the first issue of "season 3" was expected in early 2011. Further, Fuller stated that he and the show's composer Jim Dooley had talked about giving the audience a multimedia experience with a Pushing Daisies comic soundtrack, to be released officially or streamed for free online when the comic book was published. Fuller stated that Dooley had started composing musical cues, and that the cast had agreed to sing on the soundtrack, though licensing fees for the actors may have prevented such performances from being included.[38]

In late 2010, DC Comics shut down its WildStorm imprint. On April 23, 2011, Fuller confirmed that release of the comic had been postponed by the loss of its publisher.[39] At the same time, Fuller released the first page of the uncolored version of the comic book.[40]

Mini-series/film

On April 1, 2011, at WonderCon in San Francisco, Bryan Fuller was quoted as saying "I am really emboldened by what Starz is doing with Torchwood and I would love to do a Pushing Daisies mini-series on Starz", Fuller said. "This would be a great way to wrap up the show properly. [We could] do six great episodes or even a Pushing Daisies movie. But I kind of like the idea of a Starz mini-series since they really embraced Torchwood."[41]

After his success on Kickstarter for raising money for a Veronica Mars movie in March 2013, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas said that Bryan Fuller approached him to "talk to [me] about how this thing works" in relation to continuing Pushing Daisies.[42] Fuller later commented that a Kickstarter campaign would be harder for Pushing Daisies due to the budget differences. He said that $12–15 million would be required.[43]

In the wake of Roseanne Barr's dismissal from the ABC Network in May 2018, Fuller pitched a Pushing Daisies revival on Twitter to take the spot left by the now-canceled Roseanne on its schedule.[44]

Broadway musical

On July 16, 2012, when asked about a potential stage adaptation of the show by TVLine's Michael Ausiello, Fuller responded, "Perhaps!" and continued with, "I can’t really say until it's confirmed, but perhaps. We're working on something that is definitely a 'Pushing Daisies' revival, and the idea would be to have as many cast [members] as we can to participate in it."[45] In February 2014, Fuller revealed he had discussions with Warner Bros. studios and director Barry Sonnenfeld about reviving the series as either a film or a Broadway musical starring Kristin Chenoweth.[46]

Reception

Critical response

Both seasons of Pushing Daisies received critical acclaim. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the overall series holds a 96% rating.[47] The first season received a rating of 92% based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A gloriously strange fairy tale, Pushing Daisies' oddball charms are brought to life with warmth and whimsy in large part thanks to the chemistry of its charismatic leads."[48] Meanwhile, the second season received a rating of 100% based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 7.9 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Pushing Daisies' tawdry quirks continue to bloom in a deliciously inventive second season that rises to the high bar set by its predecessor."[49] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the overall series received a score of 85 out of 100.[50] The first season garnered a score of 86 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[51] Meanwhile, the second season garnered a score of 83 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, also indicating "universal acclaim."[52]

Critics responded well to the series, comparing the style and direction to that of director Tim Burton.[53] The pilot, before it officially aired, was well received by critics who were able to screen it. TV Guide's Michael Ausiello claimed that "ABC has found its next Lost!" upon review[54] and the series has been touted as "the fall show with the most spring buzz" by many, including the trade publication Variety.[55] New York Magazine also provided a rave review, calling it "funny, imaginative and smart" while claiming it "boasts Gilmore Girls-speed wit."[56] Television Without Pity declared it "one of the most original, most genuinely entertaining shows on TV. It's filled with tongue-tying turns of phrase, fabulous set design and a fantastic cast."[57] Time magazine's James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 New TV Series of 2007, ranking it at #5.[58]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Pushing Daisies

The show was nominated for 57 awards, and won 18 of them, including 7 Primetime Emmy Awards.

In 2008, the series received 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including 2 wins. Barry Sonnenfeld won for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for "Pie-lette". James Dooley won for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for "Pigeon". Other notable nominations included Lee Pace for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Kristin Chenoweth for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and Bryan Fuller for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for "Pie-lette". The series also received 3 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Lee Pace), and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Anna Friel). Barry Sonnenfeld also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series for "Pie-lette".[59]

In 2009, the series received 5 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including 4 wins. Kristin Chenoweth won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series while the series won 3 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[59]

U.S. ratings

For per-episode ratings, see List of Pushing Daisies episodes.

The heavily promoted pilot episode ("Pie-lette") attracted 13 million viewers in the United States. It was the most-watched new series and 14th in overall viewership for the week.[60]

Season Episodes Timeslot (ET) Season premiere Season finale TV season Season
rank 		Viewers
(in millions) 		Network
1 9 Wednesday 8:00 pm October 3, 2007 December 12, 2007 2007–2008 #52[61] 9.46[61] ABC
2 13 Wednesday 8:00 pm (October 1, 2008 – December 17, 2008)
Saturday 10:00 pm (May 30, 2009 – June 13, 2009) 		October 1, 2008 June 13, 2009 2008–2009 #95[62] 6.10[62]

Home media

Season Region 1 Release Date Region 2 Release Date Region 4 Release Date Episodes Discs Bonus Features
1 September 16, 2008 June 23, 2008
September 15, 2008 (Blu-ray)		 December 9, 2008 9 3
  • Pie Time: Time for Pie – An interactive featurette with creators of the show, the set designer and special effects team who all come together to make this show so unique. Special interviews from creator Bryan Fuller and Lee Pace as they discuss their favorite first season scenes. Region 4 DVDs do not contain this special feature.
2 July 21, 2009 May 25, 2009 April 28, 2010 13 4
  • The Master Pie Maker – Hop into creator Bryan Fuller's mind to discover the inner secrets of Pushing Daisies!
  • From Oven to Table – Follow the production challenges of taking one of Bryan Fuller's script ideas, involving a lighthouse and an egg, and crafting it into reality.
  • Secret Sweet Ingredients – Learn how composer Jim Dooley's music shapes a scene in ways most viewers aren't even aware of.
  • Add a Little Magic – Watch the visual effects team bring a 2-ton rhino to life and learn about the challenges of executing a scene to rival Jumanji!

Syndication

Pushing Daisies premiered in syndication on Chiller on March 5, 2013.[63] In 2015, Pushing Daisies was added to The CW's streaming service CW Seed. The CW is partly owned by Warner Bros. who owns the distribution rights.[64] Pushing Daisies became available to stream on HBO Max in January 2021.[65]

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Pushing Daisies is an American comedy drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3 2007 to June 13 2009 The series stars Lee Pace as Ned a pie maker with the ability to bring dead things back to life with his touch an ability that comes with stipulations Together with his formerly deceased childhood crush Chuck Anna Friel co worker Olive Snook Kristin Chenoweth and private investigator Emerson Cod Chi McBride Ned uses his abilities to solve murder cases 2 The cast also includes Ellen Greene Swoosie Kurtz and Field Cate with Jim Dale acting as narrator Pushing DaisiesGenreComedy drama Mystery Fantasy 1 Created byBryan FullerStarringLee Pace Anna Friel Chi McBride Field Cate Ellen Greene Swoosie Kurtz Kristin ChenowethNarrated byJim DaleComposerJim DooleyCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons2No of episodes22 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersBryan FullerBarry SonnenfeldDan JinksBruce CohenBrooke KennedyPeter OckoRunning time42 minutesProduction companiesThe Jinks Cohen CompanyLiving Dead Guy ProductionsWarner Bros TelevisionDistributorWarner Bros Television DistributionReleaseOriginal networkABCPicture formatHDTV 720pOriginal releaseOctober 3 2007 2007 10 03 June 13 2009 2009 06 13 Touted as a forensic fairy tale the series is known for its unusual visual style eccentric production design quirky characters fast paced dialogue and grotesque situations The series often uses wordplay metaphor and double entendre while Jim Dale s narration is very similar to that of a fairytale The series received critical acclaim with praises going towards the cast direction writing tone and set design and won numerous awards The series received 17 Primetime Emmy Award nominations with seven wins including Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Barry Sonnenfeld and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Kristin Chenoweth TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were Cancelled Too Soon 3 In 2015 Pushing Daisies was voted first in Esquire s TV Reboot Tournament that asked fans to vote for the show they would most like to see return to television 4 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast and characters 2 1 Main 2 2 Recurring 2 3 Guest 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Visual design 3 3 Quirkiness 3 4 Music 4 Series continuation 4 1 Comics 4 2 Mini series film 4 3 Broadway musical 5 Reception 5 1 Critical response 5 2 Awards and nominations 5 3 U S ratings 6 Home media 7 Syndication 8 References 9 External linksPlot EditPushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned a pie maker gifted with the ability to reanimate the dead by touching them If something is revived for more than one minute a similar life value in the vicinity drops dead as a form of balance If he touches the revived person or thing a second time they die permanently As a child he brings back his mother when she dies of an aneurysm This causes the death of the father of his neighbor and childhood sweetheart Charlotte Chuck Charles That night Ned s mother falls dead permanently when she kisses him goodnight Chuck s agoraphobic aunts Vivian and Lily move in to care for her and Ned is sent by his father to a boarding school separating the children Ned becomes a pie maker and opens a restaurant called The Pie Hole He is aided by waitress Olive Snook who pines for him The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned s powers and offers a proposal Ned will temporarily bring murder victims back to life allowing Emerson to inquire about the circumstances of their death quickly solve the case and split the reward money with him The scheme succeeds without issue until they learn that Chuck whom Ned has not seen since childhood was murdered Ned revives her but he cannot bring himself to let her die permanently Ned and Chuck fall in love again and although they can never touch each other she moves into his home Chuck joins Ned and Emerson in investigating deaths for reward money beginning with her own murder Over the course of the series Emerson searches for his missing daughter who was taken away by her mother a con woman After meeting a publisher of pop up books he is inspired to create and publish his own pop up book hoping that his daughter will read the book and find her way back to him Chuck struggles to keep the secret of her revival from Vivian and Lily and Vivian and Lily slowly accept the death of their niece It is discovered that Chuck is Lily s daughter from an infidelity with Chuck s father while he was engaged to Vivian Ned revives Chuck s father to ask him questions and Chuck tricks Ned into thinking he touched her father a second time so that she can keep her father in her life Chuck s father and Ned have an antagonistic relationship and Chuck s father asks her to travel the world with him When she tells him she would rather remain in town he leaves alone The epilogue reveals that Emerson s daughter returns to him Chuck is able to let her mother Lily and aunt Vivian know she is alive and Olive has fallen in love with Ned s friend and opens The Intrepid Cow a restaurant dedicated to macaroni and cheese Cast and characters EditMain article List of Pushing Daisies characters Main Edit Lee Pace as Ned also known as The Piemaker the owner of the Pie Hole restaurant who has the power to bring dead people back to life Anna Friel as Charlotte Chuck Charles Ned s childhood sweetheart murdered but brought back to life by Ned Chi McBride as Emerson Cod a private investigator and Ned s business partner Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook the Pie Hole waitress who is obsessed and hopelessly in love with Ned Ellen Greene as Vivian Charles Chuck s agoraphobic aunt Swoosie Kurtz as Lily Charles Chuck s other agoraphobic birth mother who Chuck thought was her aunt Jim Dale as the narrator of the series Field Cate as Young Ned season 2 recurring season 1 who appears in flashbacks Recurring Edit Sy Richardson as the Coroner the man in charge of the morgue where most of the murder victims bodies are stored Sammi Hanratty as Young Chuck who appears in flashbacks Stephen Root as Dwight Dixon a mysterious man connected to both Ned s father and Chuck s father David Arquette as Randy Mann a taxidermist and client of the Pie Hole who is in love with Olive Nicholas Khayyat as Eugene Mulchandani Ned s childhood friend who appears in flashbacks Diana Scarwid as Mother Superior in charge of the monastery where Olive spends the first episodes of season two Leyna Nguyen as a newscaster for Channel 9 Christine Adams as Simone Hundin originally a murder suspect in season one who becomes Emerson Cod s love interest Jon Eric Price season one and George Hamilton season two as Ned s father Raul Esparza as Alfredo Aldarisio a traveling homeopathic antidepressant salesman Josh Randall as Charles Charles Chuck s father The character was portrayed by several extras in season one Paul Reubens as Oscar Vibenius a murder suspect with an incredible sense of smell Brad Grunberg as Lawrence and Louis Schatz the man in charge of Chuck s funeral and his twin brother Alex Miller and Graham Miller as Maurice and Ralston Ned s twin half brothers Marc Raducci and Diana Costa as Olive s parents in flashbacks Guest Edit Lee Arenberg as Arnaud Bailey Circus Circus Barbara Barrie as Mamma Jacobs Girth Richard Benjamin as Jerry Holmes Window Dressed to Kill Shelley Berman as Gustav Hoffer Robbing Hood Matt Braunger as Rick Dummy Danny Comden as Rob Wright Robbing Hood Wilson Cruz as Sid Tango Kerplunk Nora Dunn as Blanche Ramora Kerplunk Patrick Fabian as Mark Chase Dummy Willie Garson as Dick Dicker Window Dressed to Kill Beth Grant as Marianne Marie Beetle Comfort Food George Hamilton as Ned s Father The Norwegians uncredited Rachael Harris as Georgeann Heaps Circus Circus Josh Hopkins as Shane Trickle Kerplunk Orlando Jones as Magnus Olsdatter The Norwegians David Koechner as Merle McQuoddy The Legend of Merle McQuoddy Riki Lindhome as Jeanine Dummy Hamish Linklater as John Joseph Jacobs Girth Jessica Lundy as Hillary Hundin Bitches Wendie Malick as Coral Ramora Kerplunk Jayma Mays as Elsa Elsita Pigeon Joel McHale as Harold Hundin Bitches Ivana Milicevic as Hedda Lillihammer The Norwegians Debra Mooney as Calista Cod Frescorts Sam Pancake as Denny Downs Window Dressed to Kill Ethan Phillips as Daniel Hill Robbing Hood Robert Picardo as Detective Puget Water amp Power Mary Kay Place as Annabelle Vandersloop The Legend of Merle McQuoddy Missi Pyle as Betty Bee Bzzzzzzzzz George Segal as Roy Buster Bustamante Window Dressed to Kill Molly Shannon as Dilly Balsam Bitter Sweets Grant Shaud as Steve Kaiser Corpsicle Christopher Sieber as Napoleon LeNez Smell of Success Joey Slotnick as Jimmy Neptune Kerplunk French Stewart as Woolsey Nicholls Bzzzzzzzzz Eric Stonestreet as Leo Burns Comfort Food Paul F Tompkins as Gunther Pinker in Oh Oh Oh It s Magic Gina Torres as Lila Robinson Water and Power Jenny Wade as Halley Hundin Bitches Mike White as Billy Balsam Bitter Sweets Fred Willard as The Great Herrmann Oh Oh Oh It s Magic Ping Wu as Bao Ting Dim Sum Lose Some Ron Yuan as Shrimpboy Dim Sum Lose Some Constance Zimmer as Coco Juniper Window Dressed to Kill Production EditDevelopment Edit The series was greenlit and given a 13 episode order by ABC on May 11 2007 5 On October 23 2007 the show received a full season order 6 However scripts for nine episodes were completed before the start of the 2007 2008 Writers Guild of America strike 7 Bryan Fuller reportedly made last minute changes to the ninth episode to allow it to serve as a season finale adjusting the episode to be a cliffhanger 8 Because of the Writers Guild strike the show completed just nine episodes of a 22 episode season 9 Instead of attempting to complete the first season the writers planned to begin work on the second season with production resuming around March to June 2008 Although ABC picked Pushing Daisies up for the 2008 09 television season when ratings quickly declined ABC opted not to order additional episodes beyond the second season s initial thirteen 10 11 By November 20 2008 creator Bryan Fuller had confirmed that Pushing Daisies had been cancelled by ABC and expressed the possibility of wrapping up lingering plotlines in a comic book or movie sequel 12 The last scheduled episode was broadcast in the United States on December 17 2008 leaving three episodes unaired although those episodes were screened at the 2009 Paley Fest 13 ABC was negotiating at one time to forfeit broadcast rights to the shows and make the unaired episodes available exclusively online 14 but announced on April 3 2009 the final three episodes would be broadcast on ABC Saturdays at 10 00 pm beginning May 30 15 According to Chenoweth these episodes do not provide a narrative conclusion to the series 16 The final three episodes aired on ABC on successive Saturdays at 10 00 pm from Saturday May 30 2009 to June 13 2009 having aired elsewhere around the world In India the last episode aired on February 27 2009 as a world premiere In Germany the television network ProSieben showed the last three episodes of Pushing Daisies on March 4 2009 Window Dressed to Kill and March 11 2009 Water and Power Kerplunk The three remaining unaired episodes were broadcast in the UK as ITV announced it would be showing the complete season in its run on the channel 17 The original concept of Pushing Daisies was rooted from Dead Like Me The show s creator Bryan Fuller intended for Pushing Daisies to be a spinoff of Dead Like Me 18 Visual design Edit Production designer Michael Wylie told TV Guide that My goal was a storybook come to life I wanted everything to look almost like an illustration He achieved this by concentrating on conflicting patterns in different colors particularly reds and oranges but per director Barry Sonnenfeld virtually no blues 19 Cinematographer Michael Weaver told Variety that he and the producers decided the visuals should feel somewhere between Amelie and a Tim Burton film something big bright and bigger than life 20 Screenshot from Bzzzzzzzzz showcasing its visual style the use of colors symmetry and shapes The distinctive storybook esque style is continued within the overall design of the visual aspects Circular background shapes circular windows and framing shots within circles was a theme seen consistently throughout the series Symmetry is a common theme used in the visual style and characters are often framed in windows doors or background props A heavy use of patterns within a location was often used where a similar pattern would be used in almost the entire location the wallpaper window blinds bedsheets pillows furniture and even clothing such as Olive s apartment The series would often use top down perspectives and over head shots would showcase its overall visual style Regardless of the fact that the show focuses on murder investigations the morgue is painted in candy cane stripes and many outfits worn by the characters are vibrantly colored bright and cheery for example Olive s work uniforms alternate between bright orange and lime green pinstriped dresses and Emerson is often seen wearing shades of purple 21 Only Ned consistently wears black CGI is prominent in the series with much use of blue screen technology 22 the shop window similar set pieces and outdoor scenery outside often cast a blue halo tinge and 3D set extensions streets grass and landscape the pie shop facade The use of matte painting backdrops are used to complete the look 23 Automobiles are often mint condition vintage vehicles though some newer vehicles were used such as a mid 1990s Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan a Hummer or a 2006 Toyota Prius Emerson drives a mid 1960s Lincoln Continental with suicide doors in new condition Ned is seen driving an old like new Mercedes Benz W108 Other characters drive decades old vehicles as well 1959 Cadillac Miller Meteor cars in ambulance and hearse configurations figure frequently Old fashioned trolley cars can be seen in several shots panning in to the Pie Hole Quirkiness Edit Critics noted the Pushing Daisies distinctive visual style A NYTimes critic describes it as a candy colored computer generated bucolic scenery 24 and another describes a Technicolor world that seems to exist at right angles to our own and note bizarre dialogue and the use of alliterative and near duplicate names of both characters such as Deedee Duffield Billy Balsam the Darling Mermaid Darlings Charles Charles Charlotte Chuck Charles John Joseph Jacobs etc and locations Boutique Travel Travel Boutique Uber Life Life Insurance Coeur d Coeurs etc 25 Some narration is done in the poetic style of Dr Seuss Music Edit The show contains original music composed and arranged by Jim Dooley The first six minutes of the series pilot Pie lette were composed by Blake Neely Dooley describes the musical score as having an Amelie type of sound Yann Tiersen which is a wide angled adult fairy tale with a narrator and this super real world 26 It was announced on Jim Dooley s website that the soundtrack of the first season was originally to be released by Varese Sarabande on October 21 2008 but was delayed until December 23 2008 with the album available in the iTunes Store on December 10 2008 27 A soundtrack for the second season was released on April 5 2011 also composed by Jim Dooley and released by Varese Sarabande 28 Both Kristin Chenoweth and Ellen Greene have backgrounds in musical theater 29 30 and have performed musical numbers in some episodes In Dummy Chenoweth sang Hopelessly Devoted to You from the movie musical Grease In Pigeon Chenoweth and Greene harmonized on the They Might Be Giants hit Birdhouse in Your Soul Also in Smell of Success Greene sang Morning Has Broken Chenoweth asked to sing Eternal Flame in an episode which Bryan Fuller agreed to accommodate 31 The song was sung in Comfort Food She performed a cover of Lionel Richie s Hello in Window Dressed to Kill Series continuation EditComics Edit The show s official website included a comic book that was distributed at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con International with new mysteries and background information not seen on the televised episodes 32 The book also contained recaps of aired episodes When the show struggled in the ratings during its second season Bryan Fuller said that should ABC not pick up additional episodes he would release comic books and maybe a movie based on the show to wrap up outstanding stories for fans 33 Warner Bros gave Fuller permission to produce comic books of the series 34 Fuller stated that the third season comic book series would be twelve issues long with a fresh take on the zombie genre starring all of the characters from the show It was to have been published by DC Comics WildStorm imprint 35 On October 13 2009 Entertainment Weekly reported that Bryan Fuller had turned in the script for the first comic issue featuring recurring character Oscar Vibenius and continued to work with the show s writers on the next three comic scripts 36 In January 2010 a rumor leaked that the comic series could potentially become a graphic novel instead 37 On September 23 2010 Entertainment Weekly reported the first issue of season 3 was expected in early 2011 Further Fuller stated that he and the show s composer Jim Dooley had talked about giving the audience a multimedia experience with a Pushing Daisies comic soundtrack to be released officially or streamed for free online when the comic book was published Fuller stated that Dooley had started composing musical cues and that the cast had agreed to sing on the soundtrack though licensing fees for the actors may have prevented such performances from being included 38 In late 2010 DC Comics shut down its WildStorm imprint On April 23 2011 Fuller confirmed that release of the comic had been postponed by the loss of its publisher 39 At the same time Fuller released the first page of the uncolored version of the comic book 40 Mini series film Edit On April 1 2011 at WonderCon in San Francisco Bryan Fuller was quoted as saying I am really emboldened by what Starz is doing with Torchwood and I would love to do a Pushing Daisies mini series on Starz Fuller said This would be a great way to wrap up the show properly We could do six great episodes or even a Pushing Daisies movie But I kind of like the idea of a Starz mini series since they really embraced Torchwood 41 After his success on Kickstarter for raising money for a Veronica Mars movie in March 2013 Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas said that Bryan Fuller approached him to talk to me about how this thing works in relation to continuing Pushing Daisies 42 Fuller later commented that a Kickstarter campaign would be harder for Pushing Daisies due to the budget differences He said that 12 15 million would be required 43 In the wake of Roseanne Barr s dismissal from the ABC Network in May 2018 Fuller pitched a Pushing Daisies revival on Twitter to take the spot left by the now canceled Roseanne on its schedule 44 Broadway musical Edit On July 16 2012 when asked about a potential stage adaptation of the show by TVLine s Michael Ausiello Fuller responded Perhaps and continued with I can t really say until it s confirmed but perhaps We re working on something that is definitely a Pushing Daisies revival and the idea would be to have as many cast members as we can to participate in it 45 In February 2014 Fuller revealed he had discussions with Warner Bros studios and director Barry Sonnenfeld about reviving the series as either a film or a Broadway musical starring Kristin Chenoweth 46 Reception EditCritical response Edit Both seasons of Pushing Daisies received critical acclaim On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the overall series holds a 96 rating 47 The first season received a rating of 92 based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 8 4 out of 10 The site s critical consensus reads A gloriously strange fairy tale Pushing Daisies oddball charms are brought to life with warmth and whimsy in large part thanks to the chemistry of its charismatic leads 48 Meanwhile the second season received a rating of 100 based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 7 9 out of 10 The site s critical consensus reads Pushing Daisies tawdry quirks continue to bloom in a deliciously inventive second season that rises to the high bar set by its predecessor 49 On Metacritic which uses a weighted average the overall series received a score of 85 out of 100 50 The first season garnered a score of 86 out of 100 based on 30 reviews indicating universal acclaim 51 Meanwhile the second season garnered a score of 83 out of 100 based on 14 reviews also indicating universal acclaim 52 Critics responded well to the series comparing the style and direction to that of director Tim Burton 53 The pilot before it officially aired was well received by critics who were able to screen it TV Guide s Michael Ausiello claimed that ABC has found its next Lost upon review 54 and the series has been touted as the fall show with the most spring buzz by many including the trade publication Variety 55 New York Magazine also provided a rave review calling it funny imaginative and smart while claiming it boasts Gilmore Girls speed wit 56 Television Without Pity declared it one of the most original most genuinely entertaining shows on TV It s filled with tongue tying turns of phrase fabulous set design and a fantastic cast 57 Time magazine s James Poniewozik named it one of the Top 10 New TV Series of 2007 ranking it at 5 58 Awards and nominations Edit Main article List of awards and nominations received by Pushing Daisies The show was nominated for 57 awards and won 18 of them including 7 Primetime Emmy Awards In 2008 the series received 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations including 2 wins Barry Sonnenfeld won for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Pie lette James Dooley won for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for Pigeon Other notable nominations included Lee Pace for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Kristin Chenoweth for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and Bryan Fuller for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Pie lette The series also received 3 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Television Series Musical or Comedy Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Lee Pace and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy Anna Friel Barry Sonnenfeld also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing Comedy Series for Pie lette 59 In 2009 the series received 5 Primetime Emmy Award nominations including 4 wins Kristin Chenoweth won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series while the series won 3 Creative Arts Emmy Awards 59 U S ratings Edit For per episode ratings see List of Pushing Daisies episodes The heavily promoted pilot episode Pie lette attracted 13 million viewers in the United States It was the most watched new series and 14th in overall viewership for the week 60 Season Episodes Timeslot ET Season premiere Season finale TV season Seasonrank Viewers in millions Network1 9 Wednesday 8 00 pm October 3 2007 December 12 2007 2007 2008 52 61 9 46 61 ABC2 13 Wednesday 8 00 pm October 1 2008 December 17 2008 Saturday 10 00 pm May 30 2009 June 13 2009 October 1 2008 June 13 2009 2008 2009 95 62 6 10 62 Home media EditSeason Region 1 Release Date Region 2 Release Date Region 4 Release Date Episodes Discs Bonus Features1 September 16 2008 June 23 2008September 15 2008 Blu ray December 9 2008 9 3 Pie Time Time for Pie An interactive featurette with creators of the show the set designer and special effects team who all come together to make this show so unique Special interviews from creator Bryan Fuller and Lee Pace as they discuss their favorite first season scenes Region 4 DVDs do not contain this special feature 2 July 21 2009 May 25 2009 April 28 2010 13 4 The Master Pie Maker Hop into creator Bryan Fuller s mind to discover the inner secrets of Pushing Daisies From Oven to Table Follow the production challenges of taking one of Bryan Fuller s script ideas involving a lighthouse and an egg and crafting it into reality Secret Sweet Ingredients Learn how composer Jim Dooley s music shapes a scene in ways most viewers aren t even aware of Add a Little Magic Watch the visual effects team bring a 2 ton rhino to life and learn about the challenges of executing a scene to rival Jumanji Syndication EditPushing Daisies premiered in syndication on Chiller on March 5 2013 63 In 2015 Pushing Daisies was added to The CW s streaming service CW Seed The CW is partly owned by Warner Bros who owns the distribution rights 64 Pushing Daisies became available to stream on HBO Max in January 2021 65 References Edit Erickson Hal Pushing Dasies TV Series AllMovie 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