BryanFuller-related stories
Posted Sep 10th 2009 12:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
So first I see the headline that
NBC is developing SelleVision, a home-shopping comedy. I immediately thought of how well tapping into payday loans worked for The CW last year. I guess I associate the people who shop on those home-shopping networks as the same people who get payday loans? Not fair, I know but what can you do.
I don't think we've had a home-shopping network-based scripted show (of that, I'm probably wrong). At the least, it's unique. Then I saw that Bryan Singer was directing. Okay, interesting. Bryan Fuller (
Pushing Daisies) is set to write? Sold!
The series, based on the book of the same name, was originally optioned for film, but now is being expanded for television. The bottom line is that the book is bizarre and funny; it features alcohol and drug abuse, marital affairs and other twisted things among its mostly female cast. Fuller excels at weird hour-long comedy-dramas, and this material sounds like a perfect fit for him.
Posted Aug 5th 2009 2:21PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, The Apprentice, Saturday Night Live, The Office, Heroes, 30 Rock, TCA Press Tour, Chuck, Reality-Free
We just got done with the NBC executive session, where primetime entertainment head Angela Bromstad and alternative programming (read: reality) chief Paul Telegdy took the reporters questions.
Of course, many of the questions had to do with
The Jay Leno Show and Ben Silverman's departure. What the gathered reporters got out of the two executives was evasiveness, referrals to other executives, and a general sense that the two of them either don't know or don't want to provide answers about their own network.
When the question of Leno and
CBS's Nina Tassler's assertion that NBC would declare victory no matter what numbers they got, Bromstad tried to pass us to the session for Leno's show later in the day. Telegdy did the same. But we wouldn't let them off the hook. An example exchange, for instance, went like this:
Continue reading NBC execs don't seem to know much about NBC - TCA Report
Posted Jul 25th 2009 10:00PM by TV Squad blogger
Filed under: Heroes, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Bryan Fuller, whose
departure from the writing team of Heroes was seen by some as a harbinger of doom for the troubled superhero show, recently announced that despite the cancellation of his triple Emmy Award-winning TV series
Pushing Daisies, he plans to continue to the series -- as a comic book with DC.
Laura Hudson of sister site
ComicsAlliance talked to Fuller at Comic-Con about what's in store for
Pushing Daisies after it moves from TV to print, and after he mentioned an interest in superhero comics, she asked if he had any interest in writing superhero comics himself -- and he responded with an enthusiastic "yes!"
Since he's already got the hook-up with DC Comics, who knows what might be in store? Check out Fuller (after the jump) reading a copy of "Wednesday Comics" next to dapper DC VP of Publicity David Hyde, and check back for the video interview CA conducted with Fuller for more.
Continue reading Bryan Fuller interested in writing superhero comics
Posted Jun 15th 2009 2:02PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, TV on the Bigscreen, Heroes, Reality-Free, Star Trek: Original Series
... Bryan Fuller thinks so. The former
Star Trek: Voyager producer and current
Heroes scribe told Sci Fi Wire that he'd
love to create a new Star Trek series.
"I think that a
Star Trek TV series is probably a couple years away, just to let the feature franchise breathe," the
Pushing Daisies creator said, adding that any new
Trek series should take place in the universe seen in J.J. Abrams' new
Star Trek movie.
Fuller said a new
Trek series shouldn't focus on the Enterprise crew – he thinks the Federation flagship should stick to the big screen – but on a new ship with a new crew and "an entirely new adventure."
Continue reading Is there hope for a new Star Trek TV show?
Posted Jan 14th 2009 2:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
I don't know about you, but when creator Bryan Fuller talked about concluding all the story threads from
Pushing Daisies as a comic book, I was less than enthused. Now, however, I've got renewed hope.
No, ABC is not even mentioning bringing
Daisies back. They're not even committing to broadcasting the last few episodes. But
Kristin Chenoweth thinks Pushing Daisies might be a movie. That's right, the show could/would/should be wrapped up as a movie in her estimation.
Continue reading Could Pushing Daisies wind up as a movie?
Posted Jan 9th 2009 7:06PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Heroes, Casting, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
It looks like Bryan Fuller feels bad for the cast of
Pushing Daisies, so now that he's returning to
Heroes later this year, he's decided to start bringing them with him. First up,
Swoosie Kurtz will be appearing in an episode in April written by Fuller himself. No word on whether the eye patch will be joining her. Considering the generational dynamic established on the show, Kurtz is a great casting choice. Her role will be that of an old society friend of Angela Petrelli. There's already a similarity to Kurtz' character on
Daisies and the way Cristine Rose plays Ma Petrelli.
While casting isn't usually a huge deal by itself, with the way
Heroes has been received this past year, any move on the beleaguered show is being scrutinized. People are cautiously optimistic that Fuller can reinvigorate the show, though why those people weren't watching
Daisies if they loved him so much I'll never know. And with a cast as huge as this, any addition is also scrutinized. Of course, for now this is a one-episode appearance, but Fuller has indicated it's being written in such a way that she could return.
Continue reading Swoosie Kurtz is Pushing her way into a guest spot on Heroes
Posted Dec 24th 2008 2:05PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, CSI, Festivus, Heroes, Ratings, NCIS, Reality-Free
I'm sure that many of us could go round and round over the quality of the episodes in this latest chapter of Heroes. If you're following along with the weekly reviews, you've no doubt seen it play out in the comments. The thing that is a little harder to argue is the ratings. Over these last few months, the one time flagship NBC drama has seen its numbers drop to drastic levels. Put another way, if Heroes was a space ship, and dropping ratings signified an increase in speed, the show has gone plaid.
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2008: The decline of Heroes
Posted Nov 21st 2008 12:23AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Cancellations, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
Look, this isn't my first time at the rodeo. I knew going into this last year, that the chances of a quirky fairy tale about death having long-term success were slim-to-none.
I've seen the signs; I've known that
this day was going to come. That doesn't mean that I couldn't hope that ABC would decide to keep
Pushing Daisies; my favorite new show from last season. I've held out hope, and today,
that hope was dashed. What's worse, is I can't even focus all of my anger on ABC; some of it is pointed directly at
Daisies creator, Bryan Fuller.
I'm trying to be mature and diplomatic about this, but seriously: Bryan Fuller can suck it.
Continue reading ABC cancels Pushing Daisies, and I hate everyone
Posted Nov 13th 2008 5:04PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Cancellations, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
I would have used a headline like "
Pushing Daisies is living up to its name," but Joe Adalian of
TV Week sort of beat me to it...
According to Adalian, it looks like everyone's favorite cutsey-poo / maudlin-as-hell detective show,
Pushing Daisies, will be stopping production after it wraps its thirteenth episode this week. But that doesn't mean it's dead. ABC may extend the options on the major players in order to re-launch the show next fall, but that's a costly longshot on their part.
So, combine this scuttlebutt with Bryan Fuller's statement that
he'll go back to Heroes if PD is cancelled, his statement to a Paley Center audience that
he'd continue the storylines in a comic book if the show is gone, and the fact that a double-dose of
Scrubs is likely to take the show's timeslot in late January, and things aren't looking good for the crew at the Pie Hole.
Continue reading More evidence that Pushing Daisies is dying
Posted Oct 30th 2008 8:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E05) Hmm...something was off about this episode of
Pushing Daisies for me. Maybe it was the emphasis on Emerson, a character I like, but not my favorite, but this show really only hooked me with Ned's story.
Between the Chinese dumplings and the fruit pies, I was having major munchies. I'm kicking myself for not having ordered steamed dumplings with my Happy Family combination dish earlier this evening. I also loved Ned's line in the opening narration about investing in a pie shop when "...Carbohydrates had fallen completely out of fashion." How true!
Stephen Root's appearance as Dwight Dixon, a friend of Ned's parents, opened a world of possibilities. At one point, I thought he might be the pie-maker's father, but the last scene seems to dispel that notion. What's with the pistol on the front seat?
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Dim Sum Lose Some
Posted Oct 1st 2008 11:59PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
(S02E01) What's the buzz? The buzz is bees and bees were the main topic on tonight's season opener. Frankly, I really don't like bees, so I found the sight of the dead body -- Kentucky Fitz -- covered in pus-filled bee bites rather repulsive. However, you got to hand it to
Pushing Daisies for production values.
Everything about the show remains top-notch. The look, the feel, the essence remains as precious as the Emmy-award winning pie-lette (for direction). In fact, that's the only problem with
PD; it is precious. For some people that's too much. For me, this is TV that's just too good to care about the delicate balance between surreality and satire, fable and a far-out acid trip.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Bzzzzzzz! (season premiere)
Posted Sep 30th 2008 6:00AM by Maggie Furlong
Filed under: Interviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
Chi McBride made a name for himself playing incredibly serious, commanding, dramatic roles, which is probably why people love him so much as Emerson Cod, the cynic with perfect comedic timing on ABC's
Pushing Daisies.
When
Pushing Daisies returns for its second season (premiering Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 8PM EST), we'll find Emerson, Ned, Chuck and Olive solving murders in a particularly buzz-worthy cosmetics company, a killer circus, a magician's castle and a nunnery, just to name a few.
Chi talked to us about Emerson's softer side, his mission in life and how to become his best friend ever ... and it only requires a few million friends.
Continue reading Quick Chat with Chi McBride
Posted Aug 2nd 2008 9:02AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Interviews, TCA Press Tour, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
One of my favorite parts of the summer press tour was the last day, mainly because a busload of critics got to go to the Warner Bros. lot and tour sets from
ER, Chuck, and
Pushing Daisies (we also saw the
Dollhouse set on the Fox lot later that day).
On the Pie Hole set of
Daisies, for instance, all the stars and producers were available for interviews. Kristin Chenoweth held court right outside the pie-shaped diner's entrance, sporting a splint on her right hand from a recent bat bite (I kid you not... wonder what scene they were shooting at the time). But I was there to ask her about how she felt about being the model for Harriet Hayes on
Studio 60 two years ago. And she was very candid about the situation,especially in light of the fact that her former (and current?) boyfriend,
S60 creator Aaron Sorkin, never was.
First, though, a question about Jeff Probst; Chenoweth dropped the tidbit that the two of them dated when she announced his Emmy nomination the week before. Audio is after the jump.
Continue reading Kristin Chenoweth on Studio 60, Jeff Probst, and her Daisies song request - AUDIO
Posted Jul 29th 2008 8:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Interviews, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
Joss Whedon fans, take note ... you may have competition from the fans of ABC's Pushing Daises. That's the way it seemed at their Comic-Con panel on Saturday afternoon. They were so loud and applauded so frequently that it made an audience of Whedon fans seem like a group of cloistered monks taking a vow of silence.
But, that really isn't surprising since the show (whose first season comes out on standard DVD and Blu-Ray on September 16th) has such a wealth of talent both on and off screen. The audience at the Pushing Daises panel had an opportunity to see all that talent in one place as the entire cast joined creator Bryan Fuller and executive producer Barry Sonnenfeld in answering questions about season two. The tantalizing morsels appear after the jump.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies Panel - Comic-Con Report
Posted Nov 14th 2007 10:23PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Pushing Daisies
(S01E06) Up until now, we've only seen Emerson as a gruff P.I. whose role was to throw a sprinkle of cynicism on the decidedly sprightly environment around the Pie Hole. But you knew that eventually we were going to either find out more about his past or see him get involved with one of the people he was investigating. Tonight we got the latter. And his dalliance did a nice job of throwing some needed darkness into what was an overly-sweet episode.
Continue reading Pushing Daisies: Bitches
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