Pushing Daisies, “Pie-lette”
Written by Bryan Fuller
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Aired October 2nd, 2007
The facts are these: a series about death, loneliness, romance, PIs, and pie shouldn’t work. Especially on network television. And yet for two seasons, it did. Bryan Fuller’s Pushing Daisies premiered in the fall of 2007 as the highest rated new series, with 13 million viewers tuning in for the pilot, “Pie-lette”. It would eventually drop in the ratings, squeaking out a renewal due to uncertainty over the writers strike before being cancelled the next season, but those who tuned in for that first episode were treated to a delightful, whimsical flight of fancy the likes of which are rarely seen on American television.
Bryan Fuller has a history with darkly comedic, metaphysically tricky shows. His previous series, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, both feature their female protagonists dying (or nearly doing so) in the pilot.
Written by Bryan Fuller
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Aired October 2nd, 2007
The facts are these: a series about death, loneliness, romance, PIs, and pie shouldn’t work. Especially on network television. And yet for two seasons, it did. Bryan Fuller’s Pushing Daisies premiered in the fall of 2007 as the highest rated new series, with 13 million viewers tuning in for the pilot, “Pie-lette”. It would eventually drop in the ratings, squeaking out a renewal due to uncertainty over the writers strike before being cancelled the next season, but those who tuned in for that first episode were treated to a delightful, whimsical flight of fancy the likes of which are rarely seen on American television.
Bryan Fuller has a history with darkly comedic, metaphysically tricky shows. His previous series, Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, both feature their female protagonists dying (or nearly doing so) in the pilot.
- 7/3/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Clips and a bonus feauture video from Treasure Buddies. The Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment family adventure finds Blu-ray and DVD release on January 31st, and we've got four clips as well as a "Diggs" bonus feature up for your viewing pleasure. Treasure Buddies is helmed by Robert Vince, who writes alongside Anna McRoberts, with a cast including Richard Riehle, Edward Herrmann, Mason Cook, Adam Alexi-Malle, Mo Gallini, Christopher Maleki, Tucker Albrizzi, Field Cate, Kaitlyn Maher, Ranya Jaber and Anna Primiani. Disney invites you to travel across the globe in an all-new, treasure-hunting adventure with the Buddies! Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha and Mudbud embark on their biggest adventure yet: to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, teamwork and friendship, the Buddies must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb — all in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips and a bonus feauture video from Treasure Buddies. The Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment family adventure finds Blu-ray and DVD release on January 31st, and we've got four clips as well as a "Diggs" bonus feature up for your viewing pleasure. Treasure Buddies is helmed by Robert Vince, who writes alongside Anna McRoberts, with a cast including Richard Riehle, Edward Herrmann, Mason Cook, Adam Alexi-Malle, Mo Gallini, Christopher Maleki, Tucker Albrizzi, Field Cate, Kaitlyn Maher, Ranya Jaber and Anna Primiani. Disney invites you to travel across the globe in an all-new, treasure-hunting adventure with the Buddies! Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha and Mudbud embark on their biggest adventure yet: to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, teamwork and friendship, the Buddies must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb — all in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips and a bonus feauture video from Treasure Buddies. The Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment family adventure finds Blu-ray and DVD release on January 31st, and we've got four clips as well as a "Diggs" bonus feature up for your viewing pleasure. Treasure Buddies is helmed by Robert Vince, who writes alongside Anna McRoberts, with a cast including Richard Riehle, Edward Herrmann, Mason Cook, Adam Alexi-Malle, Mo Gallini, Christopher Maleki, Tucker Albrizzi, Field Cate, Kaitlyn Maher, Ranya Jaber and Anna Primiani. Disney invites you to travel across the globe in an all-new, treasure-hunting adventure with the Buddies! Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha and Mudbud embark on their biggest adventure yet: to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, teamwork and friendship, the Buddies must avoid booby traps, solve puzzles and explore a mysterious tomb — all in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind.
- 1/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Young Artist Foundation has announced the nominees for the 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards. Check out the soap-related categories below.
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actor
Field Cate, The Young And The Restless
Mick Hazen, As The World Turns
Dylan Patton, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actor 12 and Under
Tate Berney, All My Children
Jake Vaughn, All My Children
Aaron Sanders, General Hospital
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actress
Lexi Ainsworth, General Hospital
Taylor Spreitler, Days Of Our Lives
Gabriela Rodriquez, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actress 12 and Under
Haley Pullos, General Hospital
Mackenzie Aladje, All My Children
Danielle Parker, All My Children
Lauren Boles, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A TV Series (Comedy or Drama)
Supporting Young Actor
Coy Stewart, Are We There Yet?
Braeden Lemasters,...
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actor
Field Cate, The Young And The Restless
Mick Hazen, As The World Turns
Dylan Patton, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actor 12 and Under
Tate Berney, All My Children
Jake Vaughn, All My Children
Aaron Sanders, General Hospital
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actress
Lexi Ainsworth, General Hospital
Taylor Spreitler, Days Of Our Lives
Gabriela Rodriquez, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A Daytime TV Series
Young Actress 12 and Under
Haley Pullos, General Hospital
Mackenzie Aladje, All My Children
Danielle Parker, All My Children
Lauren Boles, Days Of Our Lives
Best Performance In A TV Series (Comedy or Drama)
Supporting Young Actor
Coy Stewart, Are We There Yet?
Braeden Lemasters,...
- 2/21/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Continuing the money-making franchise that started with Air Buddies, Santa Buddies is a Christmas movie you might want to be a Grinch about and pass by. The dogs that talk include Butterball (Voiced by Josh Flitter), B-Dawg (Skyler Gisondo), Buddha (Field Cate), Rosebud (Liliana Mumy) and, of course, the new kid, um, pup in town, Puppy Paws (voiced by Zachary Gordon). I never watched any of the original Buddies movies, so I might not be the person to write this review. However, my sons loved Space Buddies and now they adore this one. My oldest said to give it 5 stars, but I am not going to go that far. But you can probably deduce that kids...
- 12/9/2009
- by Dana Rae
- Monsters and Critics
Two series are coming back to ABC -- one beloved and one essentially ignored. Regardless of how viewers feel about them, neither one are going back into production. The network is just burning off already shot episodes of Pushing Daisies and Opportunity Knocks. What about Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money?
Pushing Daisies follows a lovable piemaker (Lee Pace) who can revive the deceased, his childhood sweetheart (Anna Friel), and his private eye partner (Chi McBride). Others in the cast include Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Cate, Sean Lake, Sy Richardson, Stephen Root, and Sammi Hanratty, with narration by Jim Dale. The series ran for two abbreviated seasons. Based on low ratings, ABC opted not to order any additional episodes past the 22nd. Only 19 of them have aired.
Opportunity Knocks is a reality game show that brings the competition to a family's front door. The series is hosted...
Pushing Daisies follows a lovable piemaker (Lee Pace) who can revive the deceased, his childhood sweetheart (Anna Friel), and his private eye partner (Chi McBride). Others in the cast include Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Cate, Sean Lake, Sy Richardson, Stephen Root, and Sammi Hanratty, with narration by Jim Dale. The series ran for two abbreviated seasons. Based on low ratings, ABC opted not to order any additional episodes past the 22nd. Only 19 of them have aired.
Opportunity Knocks is a reality game show that brings the competition to a family's front door. The series is hosted...
- 4/6/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ABC's quirky drama, Pushing Daisies, certainly has a lot of colorful characters. One of the most unique is waitress Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) who has a crush on her pie-making employer. With the show coming to an end, more than a few have been wondering what might have been, including Chenoweth.
Pushing Daisies showcases the talents of performers like Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Sean Lake, Sy Richardson, and Chenoweth. The fantasy TV show debuted on October 3, 2007 on ABC. Despite sagging ratings in season one, the network renewed Daisies for a second year. The size of the audience didn't improve and ABC recently decided to pull the plug after 22 total episodes. Viewers will get some closure if/when the final episode airs.
The series' creator, Bryan Fuller, has expressed interest in continuing the show in movie and comic book form. Those...
Pushing Daisies showcases the talents of performers like Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Sean Lake, Sy Richardson, and Chenoweth. The fantasy TV show debuted on October 3, 2007 on ABC. Despite sagging ratings in season one, the network renewed Daisies for a second year. The size of the audience didn't improve and ABC recently decided to pull the plug after 22 total episodes. Viewers will get some closure if/when the final episode airs.
The series' creator, Bryan Fuller, has expressed interest in continuing the show in movie and comic book form. Those...
- 12/17/2008
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Though writers on ABC's Pushing Daisies TV show knew in advance that the fantasy show would likely end after its current season, the producers opted to end the series on a cliffhanger. Now that the axe has officially fallen and the cast and crew have completed filming the last episode, it seems creator Bryan Fuller is having some second thoughts.
Pushing Daisies is a whimsical series that follows a piemaker (Lee Pace) who can bring people back to life, his previously-deceased girlfriend (Anna Friel), his detective partner (Chi McBride), and waitress (Kristin Chenoweth). The colorful show also features the talents of Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Sean Lake, and Sy Richardson.
The TV show returned for its second season on October 1st. The ratings had fallen in Daisies' year one and they continued that decline in season two. ABC had ordered 13 episodes for season two with the option to order additional installments.
Pushing Daisies is a whimsical series that follows a piemaker (Lee Pace) who can bring people back to life, his previously-deceased girlfriend (Anna Friel), his detective partner (Chi McBride), and waitress (Kristin Chenoweth). The colorful show also features the talents of Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Sean Lake, and Sy Richardson.
The TV show returned for its second season on October 1st. The ratings had fallen in Daisies' year one and they continued that decline in season two. ABC had ordered 13 episodes for season two with the option to order additional installments.
- 12/11/2008
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Apparently, there's some talk around town that ABC may not be picking up any more episodes of the hour-long critically acclaimed series. However, an ABC spokeswoman said that there hasn't been any final decision made so far. ABC executives still love the show and apparently blame the ten month hiatus due to the strike on the struggling numbers this fall. Variety reports that as a result, net may be mulling a plan to extend its options on the show's cast and attempt another relaunch next year. Created by Bryan Fuller ("The Amazing Screw-On Head," "Star Trek: Voyager"), "Daisies" stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth and Field Cate.
- 11/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Apparently, there's some talk around town that ABC may not be picking up any more episodes of the hour-long critically acclaimed series. However, an ABC spokeswoman said that there hasn't been any final decision made so far. ABC executives still love the show and apparently blame the ten month hiatus due to the strike on the struggling numbers this fall. Variety reports that as a result, net may be mulling a plan to extend its options on the show's cast and attempt another relaunch next year. Created by Bryan Fuller ("The Amazing Screw-On Head," "Star Trek: Voyager"), "Daisies" stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth and Field Cate.
- 11/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Apparently, there's some talk around town that ABC may not be picking up any more episodes of the hour-long critically acclaimed series. However, an ABC spokeswoman said that there hasn't been any final decision made so far. ABC executives still love the show and apparently blame the ten month hiatus due to the strike on the struggling numbers this fall. Variety reports that as a result, net may be mulling a plan to extend its options on the show's cast and attempt another relaunch next year. Created by Bryan Fuller ("The Amazing Screw-On Head," "Star Trek: Voyager"), "Daisies" stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth and Field Cate. The show airs on Wednesdays at 8/7C. Check out the official site here - http://abc.go.com/primetime/pushingdaisies/index?pn=index More information on the show: From Bryan Fuller (Heroes, Wonderfalls) and...
- 11/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Apparently, there's some talk around town that ABC may not be picking up any more episodes of the hour-long critically acclaimed series. However, an ABC spokeswoman said that there hasn't been any final decision made so far. ABC executives still love the show and apparently blame the ten month hiatus due to the strike on the struggling numbers this fall. Variety reports that as a result, net may be mulling a plan to extend its options on the show's cast and attempt another relaunch next year. Created by Bryan Fuller ("The Amazing Screw-On Head," "Star Trek: Voyager"), "Daisies" stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth and Field Cate.
- 11/13/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
MGM and Exodus Film Group Presents the Animated Feature premiere of "Igor" starring John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Eddie Izzard, Molly Shannon and Jennifer Coolidge
John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Izzard, Molly Shannon, , Liam Aiken, Corbin Bernsen, Field Cate, Jennifer Stone, Becky and Milli Rosso, Sammi Hanratty, Madison Pettis, Brandon Soo-Hoo and many others showed up to the purple premiere of Igor held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA.
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John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Izzard, Molly Shannon, , Liam Aiken, Corbin Bernsen, Field Cate, Jennifer Stone, Becky and Milli Rosso, Sammi Hanratty, Madison Pettis, Brandon Soo-Hoo and many others showed up to the purple premiere of Igor held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA.
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- 9/14/2008
- by Richard Chavez <djchops@msn.com>
- IESB.net
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