Comments on: ABC Hopes To Boost Pushing Daisies After Obama Passes

By: a

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:21:36 +0000

If there is truth in claims that the mainstream media loves loves Obama, then there would be some irony if the Obama campaign might inadvertently put a few more nails in the coffin of ABC Wednesday night.

I suspect that shows launched in the 2007 fall season are all doomed. They premiered late (Cashmere Mafia didn’t even come on until December), were stunted by the writers’ strike and now the 2008 presidential campaign. Time will tell.

By: snooty

snooty — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:07:18 +0000

I’m gonna leave this comment from a TV WATCHER’S POV. After all, isn’t this a TV SITE?

I have no desire to watch a political speech. By EITHER candidate. I voted a week ago. By trying to create a roadblock, they are depriving me from watching what I want. Luckily, I love Pushing Daisies, so I get to have my cake tonight.

By: snooty

snooty — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:05:32 +0000

I’m gonna leave this comment from a TV WATCHER’S POV. After all, isn’t this a TV SITE?

By: clutz12001

clutz12001 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:12:43 +0000

I cannot help but hope that PD and whatever’s on the CW see big upticks in ratings tonight. I could see how an independent or third-party candidate would need to invest money in such a format, as Perot did. Those candidates simply don’t get mainstream coverage. But for one of the two major party candidates to feel the need to sell themselves in such a manner is just not sitting well. It reeks of narcissism, IMHO, the stench of self-glorification. It’s absolutely hypocritical to nit-pick McCain’s campaign spending when Obama went back on his word regarding public funding! He has nearly ten times as much money as McCain because he broke his word. He refused to play by the same rules as McCain.
OK, sorry, I’ll try not to use this website to rant about politics

By: Gleebo

Gleebo — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:23:02 +0000

I have a feeling this one is gonna backfire. Sucks, but with the ratings the debates got I wouldn’t be surprised if running opposite Obama was the final nail in PD’s coffin. ABC is trying to give it a chance but I think that not coming back after the strike was responsible for killing this show. The numbers don’t lie for all these shows that didn’t return in the Spring(Chuck, Pushing Daisies, and Heroes). With all the cable options in this ADD/”what have you done for me lately?” riddled viewing public aren’t gonna rediscover these shows they may have watched on a regular basis before the strike hit.

By: Koshka

Koshka — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:42:09 +0000

I’d be watching Pushing Daisies anyway…

By: Nick C

Nick C — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:22:04 +0000

Rob, actually McCain CAN afford it. It’s only $1M per network. He can afford to pay a MAKEUP ARTIST $11,000 a week! He can afford the show. Talk that he can’t is just BS anti-dem party talk. I’m a registered Republican. I can see the obvious. All this hate really needs to go away. Why hate 40% of the country? It’s stupid. The behavior is idiotic.

By: David4

David4 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:29:26 +0000

IS ABC trying to cancel Pushing Daisies.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:56:36 +0000

If they do cancel PD, you cant say they didnt try

By: Rob R

Rob R — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:37:31 +0000

Why can’t McCain afford to do the same? He simply can’t. McCain agreed to abide by Presidential election reform and use the CAPPED money from the fund created when taxpayers check the box to donate $1 to fund Presidential campaigns, to reduce the influence of special interest money. Obama initially agreed to the same arrangement, and trumpeted this as part of his “CHANGE” mantra, and then famously went BACK ON HIS WORD. He could not resist the glow of the almighty dollar, and to be fair to him, the willingness of so many to donate, donate, donate to him. So McCain’s funding is totally capped, while Obama’s is unlimited as long as folks and special interests keep sending him money. He has money to burn, so that is why is buying this TV time. McCain has 40% of the money Obama has and could not ever purchase network time like this.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:08:49 +0000

Why can’t McCain afford to do the same? He CAN. He just chooses not to. I think the budget for that went to Palin’s makeup artist or maybe her shoes.

I think it’s funny all the bashing Obama gets for doing something Perot did in the 90s (and worked, if he hadn’t backed out of the Race, God only knows what would have happened). If he uses the 30 minutes like Perot did and explains in an easy to understand manner HOW he is going to help the economy he could seal the deal.

Obama detractors have long said he is just sound bites and speeches, well he’s got 30 minutes to lay it out for all of us or provide more sound bites.

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:38:28 +0000

Its now or never

By: Foo Man Chu

Foo Man Chu — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:37:53 +0000

You mean ABC wont be airing THE MESSIAH? Uh oh, they better watch out or they will end up having their FCC license revoked when he becomes President. Im sick to death of windbag politicians sucking up air time.

How can you tell when a politician is lying? When their lips move.

By: Chris the TV sage

Chris the TV sage — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:01:49 +0000

Who said anything about a “high quality” show? We’re talking about Pushing Daisies!

By: clutz12001

clutz12001 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:00:55 +0000

What if Pushing Daisies hits some outrageous number, say, 15 million total viewers? What if the CW hits double or triple its normal numbers? Such a phenomenon would indicate that Americans – at least Nielsen Americans – won’t choose politics when there’s something else on TV.

Personally, I don’t think it was in the interest of fairness for one candidate to buy 30 minutes’ worth of ad time on all the networks, when his opponent could not afford to do the same.

It will likely be a typical Wednesday night for me – Naked Archaeologist and Mythbusters are my usual choices, and they’ll remain unaffected by the broadcast networks .

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:52:26 +0000

WOOHOO!!! Hopefully this works for Pshing Daisies. I’d hate to see sucha high quality show get cancelled because A.) ABC doesn’t promote the show and B.) the american public at large is so used to crap on tv they don’t know what to do with a high quality show.

Honestly its a week until the big day, what more could you possibly have to tell me that I havent heard already Mr. Obama???

At least I’ll have me some Pushing Daisies to watch!!!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:46:06 +0000

Dan, I think it turns out to be mildly positive for Daisies. As for buying 5 networks at once, its hard to gauge the PR value you gain for doing something like that. And it definitely helps get your message out. Trust me, most people have a much harder time finding things on television than you might think

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:41:19 +0000

But, Bill, didn’t you hear? He got a DEAL! They must be in the tank for him! (That has nothing to do with the laws in place about selling time to national candidates at the lowest price currently offered.)

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:41:09 +0000

It won’t necessarily be bad for Daisies. People who don’t wanna watch the Obama special can just watch a regular primetime show. And its stupid that the same special is on 5 channels I’m sure if people wanna watch the special they’ll be able to find wayever channel its on without it having to be on 5 of them at the same time.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:39:19 +0000

Lori, whoa there girl, if you can’t see that this item was 90% about television and *maybe* 10% about Obama, you need to adjust your perspective.

As for the networks being in the tank for him, that’s a matter of opinion, but this is TV time he’s *paying* for.

By: Chris the TV sage

Chris the TV sage — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:38:08 +0000

an elitist would have said “their” TVs.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:28:12 +0000

Please have we not heard enough of Obama and the networks in the tank for him!
I hope people shut off there TV’s and do something productive. Like get out and Vote McCain!!! enough already…

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:02:15 +0000

Or they could turn off the TV, switch to CW (maybe 90210 will pick up?), put on a cable show, etc. Like I said, I don’t see a big increase out of this.

By: tim

tim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:58:00 +0000

hmmm… interesting move. i dont know if its bad or good, but hey,ABC is right. If you dont waant to watch politics, you have to watch pushing daisies. PD only gets like 5 million viewers now, i am gonna go out on a limb and say they raise that by around 2 million.

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:51:31 +0000

Like you would take the over.

(Unless you mean Obama, in which case under on a per network basis, but over if you count them all together.)