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"Pushing Daisies" (2007) More at IMDbPro »

• Originally planned as a spin-off of "Dead Like Me" (2003).
  
  
• Jim Dale who voices the Narrator, played in Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973). Digby is also the name of Ned's dog.
  
  
• In the UK the show aired on ITV1, who only had room in their schedule for the usual 8 episodes. Because there are actually 9 in season 1, ITV1 didn't initially air episode 2 at all, until after the season 2 finale. (ITV2, not widely watched, had aired it after the season 1 finale)
  
  
• British Anna Friel, who plays Chuck, uses her American accent all the time when on set. The only person she will drop it for is her mother when she calls as she can't stand her daughter using her "American voice".
  
  
• Based on a rejected plotline for "Dead Like Me" (2003) where Ellen Muth's character couldn't collect any souls because somebody was resurrecting them with a touch.
  
  
• ABC canceled the show in late November 2008 stating that it will not order any more episodes after all 13 episodes of season 2 will have aired.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• After ABC canceled the show at the end of 2008, the last three episodes of the 2nd season remained unaired until German TV-channel Pro7 aired them in March 2009. This means, the last three episodes of the show had their world premiere on German television and were not aired in the US until May 30th through June 13th 2009.
  
  

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