Wayne D's Blog

Today I received a comment on one of my previous posts about how anxious the poster was for the return of Pushing Daisies and it reminded me of a USA Today story that I read when I was in San Jose for Nvision. The story basically says that the studio wanted to "rein in the more "fantastical" elements of the show to woo a broader audience". Oh, oh, the quirkiness of the show is what I found so endearing and charming. Pushing Daisies was my favourite show of last year. It also sounds like Kristin Chenoweth, who plays Olive, may not be playing as large as part in the show as she did last year with her move to a nunnery. I am prepared to give ABC the benefit of the doubt until I see a few episodes but I am not hopeful. Studio exec's meddling with shows is usually the beginning of the end and a show that has only had nine shows needs a chance to find it's legs.

For those of you who haven't seen the show I can't do it justice with a description but I'll try. It's about a pie maker who can bring the dead back to life for a short time, his childhood sweetheart who he can't touch, his detective partner who uses the pie makers unusual skill to solve crimes for the rewards. If you want to see what all the fuss is about and live in the U.S. you can watch the first season online at http://abc.go.com/player/ if you are outside the U.S. you can try Google. I'm keeping my fingers crossed until October 1st when the show premieres for this season.

As I have been writing this post I have also been watching a rerun of C.S.I. that I didn't see last year, with a funny cameo by the Mythbusters watching one of the C.S.I's lighting a dummy on fire. I also just saw an ad for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I hope it's not aimed at me because I wasn't impressed.

(update Sept 19) Here are a couple of season 2 sneak peek videos I found on Brightcove.com.