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 UK viewers will not see the second episode of US drama import ‘Pushing Daisies’, which debuted on ITV1 on Saturday with 5.7m viewers, until later this year.

The mix-up is due to the channel only having an eight-week window in which to show the nine-part series, which, like many US shows, was itself truncated by the writers’ strike.The series will continue this coming Saturday with the third episode rather than the second, which will be shown “at a later date” according to an ITV spokesman.

He said the situation had developed as a result of the US writers’ strike, which left the series and others such as ‘Bionic Woman’ and ‘ Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ with shorter runs than normal. Those two shows aired only eight and nine episodes respectively.

Schedulers decided to cut the series run down to eight episodes and selected the second episode as the one that could be removed with the smallest disruption to the narrative flow. Continue…

ITV1’s American drama Pushing Daisies - starring British actress Anna Friel - has made its debut with 5.7 million viewers, overnight estimates suggest.

It was a relatively strong showing for a US import but the programme lost out to Casualty in its 2100 BST timeslot.

BBC One’s long-running medical series was seen by 6.2 million people. Continue…

Pushing Daisies is yet another high-class American TV import. Seriously, why does anyone ever bother leaving the house?

With a hyperreal palette worthy of David Lynch and its kooky, Tim Burton-esque set, it’s clear from the opening scene that Pushing Daisies has big ambitions despite being made for the small screen.

Not known for its classy imports, ITV is the surprising home to Bryan ‘Heroes’ Fuller’s stylised American offering. This critically acclaimed new show tells the fantastical story of a pie maker called Ned (Lee Pace) who can bring the deceased back to life. If, however, Ned should touch the second-chancers again, they will return to their inert state forever. This caveat on his gift is highly inconvenient as his first and only love, Chuck (Anna Friel), is among the saved and touching her is something he very much wants to do. Let’s just say, it’s not your average plot, just as the show is not your average Saturday night viewing on ITV. Move over, X-Factor. Continue…

Stuff you should know about Bryan Fuller: He hates Queer as Folk. He has “a huge lesbian agenda”. His beautifully written, eye-popping pilot for ABC’s Pushing Daisies was named one of the 10 best television broadcasts of 2007 by The Washington Post.

And – boys – he’s totally adorable. Like clean puppies and chocolate birthday cake adorable. Noon on your favorite beach in June with a fistful of nostalgia-laden boardwalk cuisine adorable. Freshly cut Christmas tree, decorated in candy canes and red ribbons with a cute miniature train running through a cute miniature town underneath adorable.

And did we mention – he’s crazy talented. Fuller spoke to us for part two of our special investigative report: “Gays in Primetime”, but there just wasn’t enough room for all the wonderfulness that is … Bryan. So here are more tidbits from our interview. Topics include the gay Star Trek script that never got made, the de-gayed gay dad on Dead Like Me, the big gay character-driven show Fuller dreams of doing, and - *EXCLUSIVE* - his big reveal on the identity of Pushing Daisies’ gay character. Continue…

Anna Friel is positively glowing, even though she’s just stepped off a nightmarish 16-hour flight.It’s not her artfully applied make-up that’s causing the effect, however, nor is it the fact she’s basking in the phenomenal success of her new American TV show, Pushing Daisies, which starts here next week.

No, it seems the secret of her glow is purely down to her adopting a full-on, high-maintenance Hollywood lifestyle.

When we ask her to explain what she means, Anna pauses. This is not going to be a short answer.

You can tell because she has opened her eyes very wide. She is standing up, to make her point. Continue…

Pushing Daisies star and Burlington native Field Cate has loved and respected animals for as long as he can remember. That’s why the 10-year-old–who plays Young Ned on the hit ABC series–was all smiles when he was asked to sit down for an exclusive videotaped interview with PETA Kids, which can be seen at PETAKids.com, or by clicking here. Field went straight to the “meat” of the matter–why he refuses to eat it, that is–and talked about why he would never attend a circus that uses animals and why he encourages his friends and fans to perform only virtual dissection in school instead of cutting up real animals.For a limited time, visitors to the PETAKids.com site can register to win a size 10 “Circuses Are No Fun for Animals” T-shirt signed by Field!

“I’m a vegetarian because I think it’s terrible to kill animals for food,” says Field, who began his professional acting career with an appearance on the NBC soap Passions in 2004 and has also appeared on other TV shows, including CBS’ hit drama Without a Trace. “If you eat meat, you’re supporting the killing of animals for food.” And Field is in good company: His 3-year-old brother is also a healthy, happy vegetarian. Continue…

ABC series “Pushing Daisies” blossomed at the 21st annual Reims International TV Festival, taking the prize for best series as the five-day event wrapped in the Northern French town Sunday.

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the first two episodes of the popular series about a pie-maker with the ability to bring the dead back to life won over the nine-strong jury led by director/screenwriter/playwright Nina Companeez.

The eccentric dramedy also captured the hearts of a special public jury who gave the series the TeleObs.com prize for best series. “Pushing Daisies” is set to air on French pay TV network Canal Plus in the coming months. Continue…

ITV1 presents Pushing Daisies, the US hit series from Bryan Fuller (Heroes) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), featuring an unprecedented blend of romance, fantasy and mystery. Nominated for three Golden Globes, Pushing Daisies stars Lee Pace and Anna Friel.

Narrated by Jim Dale, this forensic fairytale follows Ned (Lee Pace), a young man with a very special gift. As a boy, Ned discovered that he could return the dead briefly back to life with just one touch. But his random gift isn’t without deadly consequences, as he soon finds out.

As a pie shop owner, grown-up Ned puts his talent to good use by touching dead fruit and making it ripe with everlasting flavour. But his gift leaves him wary of becoming close to anyone, as beautiful waitress Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) finds out. His life as a pie maker gets more complicated when private investigator Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) learns about Ned’s secret. Emerson convinces the cash-strapped Ned to help him solve murder cases (and collect the hefty reward fees) by raising the dead and getting them to name their killers. Continue…

Actress Anna Friel has admitted feeling “nervous” about what the UK will make of her hit US show Pushing Daisies when it airs next month.

Speaking before a screening of the programme at Hollywood’s Paley Television Festival, she said: “I’m so nervous, all the big billboards have started to go up [in the UK] so I’m hoping they like it. It’s very important for me that the Brits like it.”

The show has meant Anna and her family have moved to LA, and the former Brookside star is loving it.

“I’m really settled here now. I went back [to Britain] for two weeks about three weeks ago for the first time in ages, it was lovely, but it’s really nice to come back,” she said.

Anna’s co-star Lee Pace explained the show’s premise: “I play Ned who can touch the dead back to life. If the dead live for longer than a minute then something else will die and if I touch something for a second time they die again forever. But in the first episode I bring to life my childhood sweetheart (played by Anna) and high comedy ensues.”

Ned’s gift means the pair can never touch each other or Anna’s character Chuck will die forever. And Lee revealed there are several re-takes when he accidentally touches Anna during filming.

“She’ll drop dead and we’ll all laugh and have to do another take but I really like that there’s that standing in between us, rather than us falling into bed together.”

Pushing Daisies airs on ITV in April.

Weren’t able to trek out to Hollywood for this year’s Paley Fest? No worries, I’ve got you covered. For the next eight days, I’ll be bringing you all the highlights from the annual festival via (almost-)daily dispatches here in the Ausiello Report. Our camera crew will also be joining me on select days (Buffy! Friday Night Lights! Gossip Girl!), so keep close tabs on the TVGuide.com video player this week for red carpet interviews with the likes of Spike, Coach Taylor, S, B, N and D.

Officially speaking, Paley ‘08 kicked off Friday evening at the Cinerama Dome with what I’m sure was a very educational Elvis retrospective. But as far as this TV junkie is concerned, the tubeapalooza really got started Saturday night with the Pushing Daisies panel. Herewith are the highlights:

Participants: Bryan Fuller (creator), Lee Pace (Ned), Anna Friel (Chuck), Kristin Chenoweth (Olive), Chi McBride (Emerson), Ellen Greene (Vivian), Peter Ocko (coexecutive producer), Dan Jinks (executive producer), Bruce Cohen (executive producer)and Frenemy Kristin Dos Santos (moderator).

MIA: Swoosie Kurtz couldn’t attend because she was with her ailing mother.
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