American comedy-drama television series (2007–2009)
Pushing Daisies
Genre
Comedy drama
Mystery
Fantasy[1]
Created by
Bryan Fuller
Starring
Lee Pace
Anna Friel
Chi McBride
Field Cate
Ellen Greene
Swoosie Kurtz
Kristin Chenoweth
Narrated by
Jim Dale
Composer
Jim Dooley
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
22 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Bryan Fuller
Barry Sonnenfeld
Dan Jinks
Bruce Cohen
Brooke Kennedy
Peter Ocko
Running time
42 minutes
Production companies
The Jinks/Cohen Company
Living Dead Guy Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network
ABC
Release
October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03) – June 13, 2009 (2009-06-13)
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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.
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]
^Erickson, Hal. "Pushing Dasies [TV Series]". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
^Daniel Fienberg (October 3, 2007). "TV Review: 'Pushing Daisies'". Zap2It. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2010.
^Roush, Matt (June 3, 2013). "Cancelled Too Soon" TV Guide. pp. 20 and 21
^Patches, Matt (March 22, 2015). "The Internet Demands More Pushing Daisies: Our TV Reboot Tournament Has a Winner". Esquire. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
PushingDaisies 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...
PushingDaisies is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC. It premiered in the United States on ABC on October...
writer and producer, best known for creating the television series PushingDaisies (2007–2009) and Hannibal (2013–2015). Fuller is also known for his...
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international prominence with her role as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on ABC's PushingDaisies (2007–2009), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe...
Award nominations. Joy's other work includes the ABC comedy series PushingDaisies (2007–2009) and the USA Network crime drama series Burn Notice (2009–2011)...
of Little Shop of Horrors, and as Vivian Charles in the ABC series PushingDaisies. Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a guidance counselor...
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American writer and producer, best known for the television series PushingDaisies, Hannibal and for serving as an associate producer on Bryan Singer's...
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credits include the NBC drama Sisters (1991–1996), Huff (2004–2006), PushingDaisies (2007–2009), and the hit CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016). Her films...
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for which he won two Grammy Awards. Dale appeared in the ABC series PushingDaisies (2007–2009); he also starred in the Disney film Pete's Dragon (1977)...
Connecticut. On Halloween 2007, Linklater appeared in an episode of PushingDaisies on ABC, entitled "Girth". He also completed the film The Violent Kind...
for his main role portraying young Ned in the fantasy comedy-drama PushingDaisies (2007–2009). He is currently lead singer and guitarist of American...
Schott in NBC's The West Wing and Olive Snook on the comedy drama PushingDaisies, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting...
of guest appearances on television series and tele films, including PushingDaisies, Bones, Eli Stone, Criminal Minds, NUMB3RS, Las Vegas, L.A. Law, JAG...
dark comedy film starring Marianna Palka "Bitches" (PushingDaisies), an episode of PushingDaisies Isn't Life a Bitch?, alternate title of Jean Renoir's...
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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - New Series in 2008;PushingDaisies; Awake; Chicago Code; 3 lbs; and Law & Order. In 2016, Holmes created...
and eleven (2008, 2017). She guest-starred in the television series PushingDaisies as the pie-loving Jeanine. In 2008, she played Hilary, a deeply Christian...
Here during the pilot episode and had a guest role on an episode of PushingDaisies. McHale appeared in Spider-Man 2 in a small role as Mr. Jacks, a bank...
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