# Pushing Daisies is cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753 "2008-11-21T00:46:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/1 "2008-11-21T00:46:25Z")
☹ So is Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone. Anyway, bad news for sure, though expected. I heard about this last week, but it looks more official today. [Read about it here](http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/abc-no-pickups.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/2 "2008-11-21T01:07:54Z")
Aww hell \*shakes my fist at ABC ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/3 "2008-11-21T01:19:05Z")
No! Say it ain’t so! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/4 "2008-11-21T01:21:56Z")
Farewell, Pushing Daisies. You were far too good for this world. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/5 "2008-11-21T01:38:06Z")
_scratches ABC off of television_ Fuck you too. I hope your feeds get stuck on an endless loop of the little girl singing a love song to Harris Teeter for sixteen hours straight. That’s what I get for liking a current television show. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/6 "2008-11-21T01:39:21Z")
Also: > [@](#): > > “Daisies” and “Money” hit series-low ratings Wednesday night, Maybe that’s because they bumped it for two weeks straight? I forgot it was back on last night because of that crap. Can’t the CMT awards wait for midnight or something? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/7 "2008-11-21T01:52:46Z")
So can we assume it’ll be replaced by reality television? Great. I like all three of those shows, although Dirty Sexy Money isn’t as good this year. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/8 "2008-11-21T01:57:27Z")
Not surprising. Still sucks ass. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/9 "2008-11-21T02:08:40Z")
I seem to recall reading that between the Strike last year and the new season, they didn’t repeat _Pushing Daisies_ once during that whole time, so it didn’t build up a new audience. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/10 "2008-11-21T02:09:47Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Well, I had heard the rumours, but still… I am SO not happy about this! I love Pushing Daisies! **cries** ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/11 "2008-11-21T02:19:01Z")
Damn, I’m sorry to see it go. According to the article, we may get a chance at some additional storylines (perhaps some resolution to the Ned/Chuck dilemma?) in comic book form, but of course a show like this will lose a LOT without the actors. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/12 "2008-11-21T02:21:21Z")
Here is a link to contact ABC and complain. Hopefully if they hear from enough people they will reconsider [http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?lid=ABCCOMGlobalFooter&lpos=CONTACT](http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?lid=ABCCOMGlobalFooter&lpos=CONTACT) ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/13 "2008-11-21T02:24:26Z")
Well, I’ll also miss “Eli Stone”. It had lots of interesting actors, and took some risks, plot-wise. Recently theres was a thread here in Cafe Society about the form of TV series - how maybe US series should be created as limited-term products, as they often are in the UK. Then the shows can be even riskier, and fans won’t be heartbroken, because they know the length of the series beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/14 "2008-11-21T02:41:06Z")
I’m seriously considering giving up TV (or at least paying for cable). This is just one more nail in the coffin. I’m positive there are better things that I could be doing with my life than watching Survivor and the like. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/15 "2008-11-21T02:43:09Z")
I should have known this would happen after the 1st episode. Way too different to survive the vast wasteland of sameness that is network TV. _sigh_ Is there any hope that a cable channel like USA or Bravo might pick it up? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/16 "2008-11-21T02:45:21Z")
I told you guys what would happen, didn’t I? I told you. Check you local tv news coverage for the guy being escorted out of ABC studios tomorrow morning. That’ll be me. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/17 "2008-11-21T02:46:29Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I should have known this would happen after the 1st episode. Way too different to survive the vast wasteland of sameness that is network TV. > > _sigh_ > > Is there any hope that a cable channel like USA or Bravo might pick it up? I’m hoping for atleast a straight to DVD special which closes out the plot. I believe they are doing that for my other canceled show: Dead Like Me. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/18 "2008-11-21T02:55:53Z")
> [@Qwisp](#): > > Here is a link to contact ABC and complain. Hopefully if they hear from enough people they will reconsider > > [http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?lid=ABCCOMGlobalFooter&lpos=CONTACT](http://abc.go.com/site/contactus.html?lid=ABCCOMGlobalFooter&lpos=CONTACT) Thanks for that address, I just left a note telling them that I am unhappy with their decision and after the end of PD there are no other non-sporting shows on ABC that I watch. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/19 "2008-11-21T03:01:37Z")
Damn! I knew it was coming and still damn! I really loved Pushing Daisies. I’ll leave a comment for ABC but I doubt it will do any good. Well I guess I am nearly weaned of network TV now. Chuck & Reaper are my last two. Damn! My comment: Please give this show another chance. Try a different night. Maybe later would help it. It is the best show I have watched since Northern Exposure and I would really hate to lose it with only 22 episodes. It had an audience pre-strike, maybe it could still find one if you take a chance. Please no more reality shows. You are close to losing this 42 year old viewer for life. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/20 "2008-11-21T03:53:01Z")
Craaaaaaaaap. ☹ (Well, I never got into _Eli Stone_ so much. But craaaaaaaaaaap all the same.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753.md?page=2)