"Pushing Daisies" (2007)TV series

Creator:

Bryan Fuller

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

life. death. and life again.

Plot:

A man has the power to bring dead people back to life.

Plot Keywords:

Supernatural | Death | Colorful | Bird | Car

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Lee Pace	...	Ned (9 episodes, 2007)
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles (9 episodes, 2007)
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod (9 episodes, 2007)
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (9 episodes, 2007)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles (9 episodes, 2007)
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles (9 episodes, 2007)
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook (9 episodes, 2007)
Field Cate	...	Young Ned (9 episodes, 2007)
Sy Richardson	...	Coroner (7 episodes, 2007)
Leyna Nguyen	...	Newscaster / ... (4 episodes, 2007)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Trivia:

Originally planned as a spin-off of "Dead Like Me" (2003).

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Narrator: The facts were these...

The Narration Pushes It Over The Edge Into Annoying Territory

It's always refreshing to see a show that tries to be creative. Especially these days.

The problem with Pushing Daisies is that it advertised its purported creativity long before anyone had seen a frame of the show.

The result is a show that instead of being actually creative tries very hard to have all the trappings of "creativity" and ends up just being over the top and overwrought.

The best example of that is the narration. Without it, Pushing Daisies would still be a bit over the top and trying too hard, but would probably be enjoyable anyway.

With the unceasing, pretentious and precious-sounding narration, it becomes just an annoying show, something that true creativity wold probably have corrected in time.