The Loquacious Limey

ABC Touches Daisies Twice

The news is not good. According to those who are advised on such things, Pushing Daisies is effectively dead. Rumors of its demise have been rife for weeks, but Daisies completed its current 13-episode order this week and ABC has made no effort to order more, which is usually a bad sign.

The only viable hope for extension would be for ABC to keep the cast under contract, then re-launch the show in the Spring. But that would be costly, especially when, in common with the other major nets, they are blaming huge drops in ad revenue on the economic situation, and the fact that we’re all using DVR’s instead of being the mindless, ad-watching drones they’d prefer.

I’d be sad to see the show close. The idea of its slot being filled with another police drama or the intellectual insult of yet more ‘reality’ is too awful to even conceive. But like most of its fans, I’d rather see it close than be forced to endure in this weakened state. Season one was an iconoclastic charm, replete with fresh ideas, involving plots and copious viewer appeal. Season two is a wafer-thin imitation. It’s almost like the Writers got hooked on Alli. The plot in the Convent was dull and too long, and the story since then just hasn’t picked up.

It just doesn’t make sense: This pie has everything right - the casting is perfect, the writing is strong, the production’s amazing and there’s not a hint of derivation. If anyone has a theory on what [apparently] sealed this splendid show’s fate, leave a comment and let’s chew it over.

ABC Touches Daisies Twice

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