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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.
Ned is a 29-year-old pie maker with a unique magical ability to bring back to life anyone or anything that is dead.He owns his own pie restaurant, called The Pie Hole, and also uses his gift to aid Emerson Cod, a private investigator, by bringing dead people back to life to find out how they died, though they can only stay alive for one minute before something else must die in their place.
Diane Werts of Newsday liked "Pie-lette," saying that it "stakes out a brave, broad swath of storytelling territory, and a potentially fertile one."—however, Werts didn't think it would automatically lead to Pushing Daisies success. [1]
Pushing Up Daisies – “Kerplunk” (2009) Pushing Up Daisies was unceremoniously brought to an end after just two seasons, with showrunner Bryan Fuller having to quickly conclude the whimsical ...
Pushing Daisies was renewed for a second season in February 2008 by ABC for the 2008–09 television season. [11] On November 20, 2008, after six episodes were broadcast, ABC canceled the show. A total of thirteen episodes were produced for the season, with four of them broadcast in November and December.
Ned grew up in the village of Coeur d'Coeurs, next door to a girl named Charlotte Charles, nicknamed "Chuck", on whom he had a childhood crush. During the pilot episode Ned and Emerson hear of a woman being murdered on a cruise ship, with a $50,000 reward for solving the crime.
Pushing Daisies: Nominated [14] [15] Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Chi McBride: Nominated [14] [16] Family Television Awards 2007 Outstanding New Series Pushing Daisies: Won [17] 2008 Outstanding Comedy Pushing Daisies: Won [18] Golden Globe Awards: 2008: Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy: Pushing Daisies: Nominated [19]
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