Comments on: Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone Not Renewed

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:26:08 +0000

Please reconsider getting rid of Dirty, Sexy, Money. It’s amazing! I love this show and I know a lot of people that would hate to see it go…it’s sooo intense!

By: nedlovesme

nedlovesme — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:47:45 +0000

totally agree with amanda. quality wise Pd did not get what it deserves.

but what the hell, quality doesn’t mean anything without money. sheesh.

i also don’t agree with a comic book, i prefer a movie

By: Nick C

Nick C — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:37:33 +0000

Schmokey, Bryan Fuller had a fight with Showtime and decided to leave and try and take his toys home with him. The other writers and people behind the show didn’t follow him and kept on to finish the first season and do the second season and now the upcoming Direct to Video DVD. He had a spat and left the show. So basically the show runner in an argument left and in the process left SHOWTIME having to get a new show runner. That is how he burned his bridges at SHOWTIME.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:22:15 +0000

LBColby, with the exceptions of Tuesday 9:30, Tuesday 10:00, Wednesday 8:00, and Saturday, they’ve announced the schedule piece by piece. Sometimes you just have to put it together yourself.

(All times Eastern/Pacific.)

By: Steve C

Steve C — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:43:26 +0000

yeah can people stop complaining about this. stop blaiming ABC blame the viewers who didnt watch not the network.

By: Chris the TV Sage

Chris the TV Sage — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:54:38 +0000

Alde, you can’t begin to comprehend how hypocritical you just sounded.

By: Alde

Alde — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:34:50 +0000

And you shouldn’t get offensive just because someone disagrees with you. It’s pretty hypocritical how so many people here tend to wash down certain arguments and/or perspectives just because they’re dead set that their version is more superior. Guess what, it’s not. I’m all about the fact that every person possesses a different point of view. I can’t expect it to be any other way.
However, what pisses me off is when certain individuals have made it their personal crusade to say negative comments about someone else’s individual perspective. Someone’s favorite show got canceled. They came here to express what *they thought about it*. They thought it’s quality and that the writing is good. You may very well disagree on their choice, but that doesn’t make it wrong and doesn’t mean that you’re supposed to come here, offend them and give your own individual perspective just because you know it’s different, just because you know they won’t like it and just because you’re sure you’re right. You’re not. Quality is a purely subjective and ambivalent base-line in its nature. Move on, please.

By: Chris the TV Sage

Chris the TV Sage — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:05:30 +0000

Richard: please don’t assume your definition of “good” writing is universal.

Amanda: same with your definition of “quality” program. Millions of former viewers of PD disagreed with you and bailed on the show as the weeks went on.

The facts are these. This wasn’t a show that never found an audience, this was a show that had a huge audience and *lost* most of it.

These angry fans who clog up the internet with venom for all of the unwashed cretins who don’t watch their unbearably quirky show only serve to make me root that much harder for their show’s cancellation.

By: Schmokey

Schmokey — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:00:30 +0000

How did Bryan Fuller burn his bridges with Showtime? I’ve never heard that before. Although I was surprised when it was cancelled, so I guess I’m not surprised that there was a story behind that move.

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:59:05 +0000

So long for Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money

I hope Life on Mars gets a 2nd season.

By: LBColby

LBColby — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:11:02 +0000

Where’s that new ABC schedule? Didn’t they promise they would release it on Friday? All they did today was issue a couple of press releases confirming the time slots for Life on Mars and Private Practice and the premiere date and time for Scrubs (will the show stay on Tuesdays at 9 beyond January 6 or will they air According to Jim in that timeslot after all?). I suppose they still haven’t decided on the final schedule. They’re not sure what to do. Because they can feel it in their gut, whatever they do – it’s going to BOMB! ABC Tuesdays are going to BOMB! (and not only Tuesdays…)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:08:57 +0000

I know this site is all about RATINGS, but I just want to say this:

While I agree that, ratings-wise, PD definately deserved to be cancelled, I think that QUALITY-wise, it did not.

Yes, yes… I know that this does not matter to the network at all, I’m just saying that I think if you chose which shows to save/cancel based on originality, comedy, entertainment, and over-all QUALITY, Pushing Daisies did not deserve what it got. It really is one of the most interesting and entertaining shows I’ve ever seen.

I’ve still got my fingers crossed for a Movie or comic book to wrap up the series the way Fuller wanted it to. It deserves that, at the very least.

By: Josie

Josie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:25:53 +0000

I hope Fuller doesn’t go back the Heroes. It’s a sinking ship. He needs to take his talents elsewhere and start anew. Like Kring’s latest cry; “Screw the hoi polli and network…we want cable!”

By: KJB

KJB — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:51:47 +0000

All three were interesting shows but, as has been mentioned, I’m not sure any of them really should have been on broadcast television. PD was almost certainly on borrowed time but might have flourished on SciFi or USA. DS would have benefited from a network like Showtime where they could have taken the gloves off an gotten truly dirty instead of network dusty. Then there’s Eli Stone…. I’m not sure that series would have found an audience much larger than it did anywhere. I’m all for high concept – I like Life on Mars (US) despite also being a fan of the original – but some of ES left a lot of people I know just saying, “huh?” at the end of an episode. And not the sorta good “huh?” they say after most episodes of LOST.

I’m not surprised ABC is giving LOM a little more room. They paid for a second pilot, paid top move the production to New York and paid for Keitel & Imperioli. It went from a series whose bigger money went to the licensing rights and Jason O’Mara with a relatively modest budget for everything else to a series that costs a lot just for the cast & location. I’ve actually liked the direction of the series and am glad it has diverged from some of the areas covered by the UK version. The original idea was to produce a version of the classic BB cop series, “The Sweeney”, an extremely violent early 70’s drama and contrast it with the modern day cop. If the US version would have taken the same idea too heart, dropping the modern cop into what is essentially a 70’s cop show, they’d have had to remake Kojak or something similar as that period was the era of the TV super detective on US television. I’m trying hard not to compare the US versions of the characters with the UK versions because you just can’t. On its own, the US LOM is a decent period cop show with a high concept hook and an appealing cast. It should do fine after LOST. Of course, I thought Journeyman & My Own Worst Enemy would benefit from a Heroes lead-in, so what do I know?

By: NANCY

NANCY — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:10:35 +0000

DIRTY SEXY MONEY IS THE BEST SHOW SINCE DALLAS. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:45:47 +0000

I work for Watercooler, a developer of sports and TV apps for Facebook. Speaking from the standpoint of social media, I can tell you that our Facebook application for Dirty Sexy Money never received any traction whatsoever. Fans just weren’t interested in it. Pushing Daisies on the other hand has a pretty devout following even if it is only ~20,000 people. But if the almighty ratings aren’t there, they’re not there. Would be interesting to see if those ratings change when looking at online streams in addition to broadcast TV.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:01:35 +0000

What’s sad is there no place for good writing today in tv. With the lost of both Pushing Daises and Eli Stone I will currently be watching ZERO shows on ABC til lost comes back. So if they have a good mid season show I won’t hear about unless I hear about it from one of the many podcasts that I listen to. So I guess more of my time will go to Netflix instead of network tv.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:53:16 +0000

Alde, I knew you had problems with silly arguments about some show being smarter than another, but now you’re making up things about LOM. It is most definitely not a copy of the British series. They’ve decided since the get go to not follow the “he comes out of the coma and commits suicide,” storyline. So it’s only copying the premise: cop gets hit by car and wakes up in the 70s. There are even different character types on the show. It’s different not a 1 to 1 copy.

By: moonlightfan

moonlightfan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:28:50 +0000

Normally I would have watched pd also, but I am so concious now about having my favorite shows cancelled. That is why I never watched PD really, just took in an episode or two. I never stay up to watch shows later than 9pm – what is the use if they are only going to get cancelled. At this point in time the only best bet is Oprah, there is no continuing storyline to get hooked on, hoping and wishing for the outcome of the characters, after 1 hr that is it. On to the other story.

By: Rachel P

Rachel P — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:29:46 +0000

Yeah Chris, I assumed that’s how the ads worked. Just thought it was strange that PD would show up on a tshirt site.

By: Alde

Alde — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:45:32 +0000

I agree with R.G.

By: GY!

GY! — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:48:11 +0000

Well PD deserves to be cancelled. with those ratings is logical.

Yay for Private Practice, surviving the strike and manage to stay alive with that crappy lead in!

By: R.G.

R.G. — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:05:25 +0000

No….”CIRCUS WITH THE (PRETEND) STARS is garbage…but we don’t hold it against any poor misguided person.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:02:30 +0000

No!

I just hope that they give Eli Stone a proper ending.

Don’t leave the show on a cliff hanger or with unresolved issues!

By: Cool

Cool — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:35:59 +0000

DWTS is not garbage, I think there’s two types of reality shows. Good realities like DWTS, AI, Amazing Race, Survivor and crap like Flavor of Love, Tila Tequila, etc. I watch DWTS is fun and dont blame me with that.