Pushing Daisies

By Mikaela As I will never, ever forgive ABC for holding a pillow over Pushing Daisies‘ face, I may still be going through the stages of grief. Please don’t try to console me by telling me they’re in a better place now–they’re in the last primetime slot on a Saturday night going into June. That’s not a bett...

By Mikaela While the Paley event concerning the Battlestar Galactica/Caprica universe was probably meant as a roll-out for Caprica, most of the panel discussion concerned BSG (and really, how could superfan Seth Green not ask the creators what the heck was up with Daniel when he had them captiv...

By Mikaela Baconeers were able to hit a couple of the panels this year (many thanks to Friends o’ Bacon D and B for their hosting!), including Bryan Fuller presenting the last three episodes of Pushing Daisies that ABC has yet to broadcast. The episodes will allegedly be shown on May 30th, so we don’t wa...

By Mikaela Squee! It’s Audrey Wasilewski tonight on Bones! In addition to having seen Wasilewski on fare as wide-ranging as Big Love, Mad Men, Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies (make a wish!), Gilmore Girls, Wonderfalls, Friends, and The Bernie Mac Show (wow), you’ve almost certainly heard her, as she’...

By Mikaela We’ve never entirely been able to figure out why brilliant, nuanced, detailed shows can’t find an audience. Why won’t people watch Arrested Development or The Wire or Pushing Daisies or Firefly? Even with recent rumors that the show might live to see another season, we sometimes wonder w...

By Mikaela We’ve devoted considerable attention (read: whinerpantsering) to the mystery of why the delightful Pushing Daisies has not been successful at capturing enough hearts to stay alive. “The Norwegians” may help provide some answers. While I adored it–how could I not? It addressed a key cha...

By Mikaela Oh, show. I suppose hearing "what got thee to a nunnery?" shortly after seeing a great version of Hamlet primed the pump, but I'm trying to remember the last time I laughed harder at anything than at Father Dowling (Emerson), Father Mulcahy (Ned), and Sister Christian (Chuck) being called...

By Mikaela So do the Brits actually have superior television? We do love us some Who and Cranford, and we're grateful they lend us The Office, but we've got Daisies and sent them Buffy and The West Wing to great acclaim. I guess we'll have to keep going back to London until this question is decided once an...

By Mikaela As charming as Ned and Chuck might be, Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride are really the stars of this show. Chuck and Ned's sweet romance might become entirely too sticky if not cut with the lemony comedic bite Olive and Emerson bring to the pie. We're eaten up with curiosity wondering what se...