# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/21 "2008-11-21T05:13:02Z")
It’s a cold cruel world out there. There’s no accounting for taste. I really like Pushing Daisies", but you’ve got to look at the numbers. “Daisies” averaged 6.4 million viewers. Here’s the top 20 season rated [shows](http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,272%7C%7C%7Cseason,00.html). I don’t claim to understand Nielson ratings, but the number 20 show had 11,678,000 viewers. I haven’t been able to find a comprehensive Nielson ratings site, but I’m quite sure that there is a asymptotic drop off after that, and “Daisies” is way down on the curve. It had some pretty good production values, so I’ll bet it wasn’t cheap to produce. Nevertheless, I’m bummed. It was a bright surreal funny show. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/22 "2008-11-21T05:19:26Z")
Crap. Daisies and Eli Stone are two of my favorite network shows right now. Daisies is possibly the best show I have seen in years. This sucks ---
**Author:** ![daksya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@daksya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daksya)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/23 "2008-11-21T12:42:02Z")
Isn’t Pushing Daisies by the same team as Wonderfalls? Another quirky show of theirs cancelled. Unfortunate thing is that their material is not what premium cable networks would want; but if they did, the show runs would have been a lot longer. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/24 "2008-11-21T12:52:32Z")
Eh, I liked the show a bit, but I felt that the writers sort of shot their wad in the first season and left themselves with no place to go. The conflicts between the primary characters were resolved much too quickly and they were forced to constantly bring in new characters to advance the plot. Shows like House and CSI do a better job of parceling out the interpersonal drama of the main characters around the weekly episodic mysteries. Pushing Daisies pretty much dumped it all in your lap at the outset and then hoped you stick around to see what the next weeks mystery was…people didn’t. Plus, the show was just too damn sickly sweet. ---
**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, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/25 "2008-11-21T13:21:04Z")
> [@daksya](#): > > Isn’t Pushing Daisies by the same team as Wonderfalls? Another quirky show of theirs cancelled. Unfortunate thing is that their material is not what premium cable networks would want; but if they did, the show runs would have been a lot longer. Yes, but the third show actually failed even on Showtime, “Dead Like Me”. I liked “Dead Like Me” quite a bit, I thought it better than “Wonderfalls”. It ran only a bit longer than “Pushing Daisies” and was on Showtime and not a network. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/26 "2008-11-21T13:30:59Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well I guess I am nearly weaned of network TV now. Chuck & Reaper are my last two. Back on the teat, man. Give “Life” a shot. Wednesdays at 9 on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/27 "2008-11-21T14:27:00Z")
Damn. I liked Daisies and Eli Stone. I’ve asked this before, but I’ll go ahead and ask again. If a show has 7 million viewers/week, that is an already established audience and fan group, why couldn’t these shows just continue production, and sell on iTunes? Say, a dollar/download? That’s 7 million bucks/week, theoretically. Wouldn’t that pay the bills? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/28 "2008-11-21T14:37:59Z")
The \*Dead Like Me \*movie now has a release date of February 17. But it has been changed umpteen times. New Daisy, no Rube, no Kiffany. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/29 "2008-11-21T14:38:14Z")
If people will pay for it, maybe. I don’t know if your casual fan would pay money for a show, however, when he or she could just find another one to watch for free. Your rabid, die-hard fans, yeah, they’ll pay, but someone who’s a more casual watcher probably won’t. And I’d bet that the casual fans outnumber the die-hards by a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/30 "2008-11-21T15:41:36Z")
_Eli Stone_’s very existence annoys me, but losing _Pushing Daisies_ makes me sad. [Don McLean has expressed my sorrow better than I could.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM) ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/31 "2008-11-21T18:03:52Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > The \*Dead Like Me \*movie now has a release date of February 17. But it has been changed umpteen times. New Daisy, no Rube, no Kiffany. Ahh! No Rube?! ☹ Kill me, kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/32 "2008-11-21T18:08:37Z")
I really wanted to like Pushing Daisies and did for an episode or two, but it never really grabbed and held onto my interest. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/33 "2008-11-21T18:19:17Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Yes, but the third show actually failed even on Showtime, “Dead Like Me”. I liked “Dead Like Me” quite a bit, I thought it better than “Wonderfalls”. It ran only a bit longer than “Pushing Daisies” and was on Showtime and not a network. I agree, “Dead” is/was the best of the three. “Daisies” slumped a bit in it’s 2nd season. You know I think the writers have shot themelves in the foot with that strike. Soon, they are going to be in the same Position of Power as the Typesetter’s Union. I gave Eli a real shot, but it was too treacly sweet and unrealistic (lawfirm- wise) for me to continue. I see no love for “DSM” here, and I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/34 "2008-11-21T18:26:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I agree, “Dead” is/was the best of the three. “Daisies” slumped a bit in it’s 2nd season. > > You know I think the writers have shot themelves in the foot with that strike. Soon, they are going to be in the same Position of Power as the Typesetter’s Union. > > I gave Eli a real shot, but it was too treacly sweet and unrealistic (lawfirm- wise) for me to continue. > > I see no love for “DSM” here, and I agree. I liked what little I saw of Dirty Sexy Money. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/35 "2008-11-21T18:30:57Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I see no love for “DSM” here, and I agree. I’m a DSM fan. At least, I enjoyed the 1st season. This season…meh; but I’m still watching it until it fades away into TV oblivion. Axing PD, however, is a crime. Original and funny, which made it doomed from the start. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/36 "2008-11-21T18:53:49Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Also: > 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? i agree with this; wasn’t it supposed to be back last week, and ended up getting pre-empted again? then it comes back this week with no fanfare at all? i realize ABC is probably loathe to throw more money at a show they think is a lost cause, but wouldn’t even a smidge of promo $$ make sense? i can’t believe they’re so willing to toss aside a show that HAD an audience last year, with so much critical acclaim, and not make some attempt to bring people back into the fold. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/37 "2008-11-21T20:27:13Z")
Dammit dammit DAMMIT. I loved _Pushing Daisies_. Although, they did mention a movie in the link in the OP…dare we hope? I do hope they show the remaining episodes and there’s some wrap-up to the storyline. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/38 "2008-11-21T20:30:18Z")
> [@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) Done, for what it’s worth. ☹ I had a feeling when the ratings came out (3.0) from Wednesday’s episode ABC was just waiting to swing the axe. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/39 "2008-11-21T21:16:32Z")
I complained as well. About Pushing Daisies. Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money were crap. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753/40 "2008-11-21T22:13:39Z")
I’m going to agree with **Ominscient**. I enjoyed the show but slowly but surely it was wearing itslef out on me. I don’t particularly like the Pie Man, the conversations can be aggravating as hell, the characters act pretty stupidly. I enjoyed it’s quitrkiness, but I honestly do not think it is the kind of series that I could stomach much past this season. YMMV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-daisies-is-cancelled/473753.md?page=3)