List of Pushing Daisies episodes
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The following is a list of Pushing Daisies episodes. Pushing Daisies is a comedy-drama broadcast on ABC in the United States, on CTV in Canada and on ITV in the UK. The show premiered globally on October 2, 2007 (in Canada); it then premiered in the U.S. on October 3.
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[edit] Series Overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray Release | Season Premiere | Season Finale | Viewers (m) |
Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2007 | September 16, 2008 | October 2, 2007 | December 12, 2007 | 9.42 | #46 | |
| 2 | TBA | 2008–2009 | TBA | Fall 2008 | TBD | |||
[edit] Season 1: 2007
"Original airdate" refers to the first time that an episode is broadcast anywhere in the world; as of November 2007 the country of first broadcast is Canada. Due to the WGA strike, this season contained only nine episodes.
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Guest star(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pie-lette" | Bryan Fuller | Barry Sonnenfeld | Patrick Breen | October 2, 2007 |
| Ned works in a pie store and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, with the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. But another touch will kill them again, for good, and if he keeps them alive for more than a minute, someone else in close proximity dies. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but it grows complicated when he gives life to his childhood crush, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, and decides to let her keep living. | |||||
| 2 | "Dummy" | Peter Ocko | Barry Sonnenfeld | Patrick Fabian Riki Lindhome Jonathan Mangum |
October 9, 2007 |
| Emerson gets annoyed with Chuck tailing himself and Ned on their cases, while Ned refuses to share secrets with Chuck. For this instance, Ned revives Bernard Slaybeck, an auto safety specialist who was murdered in a hit-and-run. Before he can explain his death, Chuck breaks in with romantic questions. With the minute almost up, Bernard asks the team to give his last wishes to Jeanine, a young woman who worked with him at Dandy Lion Industries. Soon, a mysterious murder plot involving a crash dummy costume, bodies in the testing room, and a car that runs on dandelion fuel comes to light. Musical Number: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from the musical Grease. |
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| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | Bryan Fuller | Paul Edwards | Raul Esparza Brad Grunberg Eddie Shin |
October 15, 2007 |
| Ned and Chuck speak to Lawrence Schatz, who they find out died 1 minute after Ned brought Chuck back to life. Meanwhile, Chuck decides to stay true to her original threat of baking anti-depressants into her aunts' food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive unwillingly becomes the messenger in Chuck's plan and accidentally stumbles onto a secret about her unrequited lover's love. | |||||
| 4 | "Pigeon" | Rina Mimoun | Adam Kane | Dash Mihok Jayma Mays E.J. Callahan |
October 23, 2007 |
| A plane crash into an apartment building leaves the trio with a case - did the pilot commit suicide? - while Chuck finds herself drawn to the man who appears to be the sole survivor (guest star Dash Mihok), much to Ned's distress. Meanwhile, Olive takes a wounded messenger pigeon to the aunts for help. Musical Number: Olive and Aunt Vivian do a take on the They Might Be Giants song "Birdhouse in Your Soul." |
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| 5 | "Girth" | Katherine Lingenfelter | Peter O'Fallon | Carlos Alazraqui Barbara Barrie Ralph P. Martin Christopher Neiman Hamish Linklater |
October 30, 2007 |
| In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery. | |||||
| 6 | "Bitches" | Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey | Allan Kroeker | Christine Adams Mark Harelik Lydia Look Jessica Lundy Joel McHale Jenny Wade |
November 13, 2007 |
| When a deceased man tells Ned that his wife killed him after giving him a cup of coffee, he fails to mention that he is a polygamist, making the case harder than it sounds. | |||||
| 7 | "Smell of Success" | Scott Nimerfro | Lawrence Trilling | Paul Reubens Field Cate Tim Conlon Sarah Jayne Jensen Christopher Sieber |
November 20, 2007 |
| The trio is called on to investigate the case of Anita Gray. Sitting at her desk, Anita was leaning over to use her heightened sense of smell on a scratch-and-sniff book when suddenly, an explosion erupted from the book, completely engulfing her. Musical Number: Aunt Vivian sings "Morning Has Broken" made famous by Cat Stevens. |
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| 8 | "Bitter Sweets" | Abby Gewanter | Allan Kroeker | Molly Shannon Field Cate Michael Cornacchia Raul Esparza Steve Hytner Mike White |
November 28, 2007[1] |
| Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. However, when Ned brings Tony back to life to find out who killed him, Tony claims it was Burly Bruce Carter, via the hands of his “girlfriend” who is a RealDoll. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town, and Alfredo continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, continues to pine after the Pie Maker. | |||||
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | Lisa Joy | Brian Dannelly | Paul Reubens Grant Shaud Julia Campbell Field Cate Colby Paul Audrey Wasilewski |
December 12, 2007[3] |
| When Chuck disappears after discovering Ned’s connection to her father’s death, Ned finds her with Olive, but she refuses to go back home with him. Meanwhile, Oscar Vibenius continues his attempt to figure out why Chuck smells so different. It’s New Year’s, and Emerson and Ned investigate the death of an adjuster from the Über-Life Life Insurance Agency who was found in a snow bank. Lily suffers from hallucinations after Olive inadvertently overdoses a pie with Chuck's homeopathic mood enhancer. Due to the WGA strike, this episode served as the season finale.[2] |
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[edit] Season 2: 2008-2009
Pushing Daisies has been renewed by ABC for the 2008-09 television season. [4]
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Guest star(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "TBA" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Olive has a breakdown and packs up to leave in the middle of the night. Fearing that she’ll spill some pretty big secrets, Lily whisks Olive off to a nunnery in the country.[5] | |||||
| 2 | "Circus, Circus" | TBA | TBA | Field Cate | TBA |
| We find our crime-solving and pie-making heroes solving a mystery in the most unlikely of places: the circus. Meanwhile, Olive decides to stay in the nunnery for a while.[6] | |||||
[edit] U.S. Nielsen ratings
[edit] Season 1: 2007
| # | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (week) |
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| 1 | "Pie-lette" | 8.3 | 14 | 4.3/13 | 13.03 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | "Dummy" | 6.6 | 11 | 3.7/11 | 10.28 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | 6.6 | 11 | 3.6/10 | 9.86 | 2 | 5 | 33[7] |
| 4 | "Pigeon" | 6.2 | 10 | 3.0/8 | 9.67[8] | 2 | 5 | 36[8] |
| 5 | "Girth" | 5.7 | 10 | 2.6/7 | 8.57 | 1 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | "Bitches" | 5.8 | 10 | 3.1/9 | 8.83[9] | 1 | 4 | 42[9] |
| 7 | "Smell of Success" | 4.7 | 8 | 2.3/7 | 7.52 | 1 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | "Bitter Sweets"[1] | 6.2 | 9 | 3.8/9 | 10.18 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | 4.5 | 7 | 2.4/7 | 6.85 | 3 | 6 | 54 |
- In the UL 8.2 Million viewers watched the premiere episode and numbers then began to drop with 2.2 Million watching the finale.
[edit] Future episodes
Things that Bryan Fuller has planned for the second season include more insight into Chuck's childhood as well as insight into the lives of the aunts. Fuller also plans to bring up Emerson's obsession with pop-up books again. We'll also be introduced to the rivals of Lily and Vivian. Additionally, it is planned for Olive to be involved in an illegal horse race.[10]
Some details revealed at the 2008 Paley Festival include Chuck being told of the actual identity of her mother as well as the return of Alfredo Aldarisio.
Fuller does not expect to finish the first season but rather to cut it short and start with the second season.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Bitter Sweets" aired at a special time, following the seasonal rebroadcast of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- ^ Schneider, Peter Sanders, Rebecca Dana and Sam (2007-11-06). As Writers Gamble for Digital Pie. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
- ^ NED TRIES TO MAKE PEACE WITH CHUCK ... ON ABC'S "PUSHING DAISIES" from abcmedianet.com
- ^ ABC Announces Scripted Show Renewals
- ^ Pushing-Daisies.com >> Episode 2.1
- ^ Pushing-Daisies.com >> Episode 2.2
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Week of October 15, 2007)", ABC Medianet, 2007-10-23. Retrieved on 2007-10-23.
- ^ a b I.T.R.S. Ranking Report ... 10/22/07 through 10/28/07 from abcmedianet.com
- ^ a b I.T.R.S. Ranking Report ... 11/12/07 through 11/18/07 from abcmedianet.com
- ^ Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Reel
- ^ ITV to give US drama Pushing Daisies peak time slot | Media | guardian.co.uk
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