Pushing Daisies

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ABC has a reason to smile and that’s because this fall, it’s going to be Pushing Daisies. The executive that introduced the panel summed it up best – it’s a forensic fairy tale. Brought to you by the creative mind behind Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, the show follows Ned who realizes at a young age there’s something different about him. That difference: Ned can return the dead to the living with a single touch. The universal caveat: If Ned doesn’t touch them again and end their short return to life, someone in close proximity will take their place in the land of the dead. When he does place that second touch, death is then final.

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ITV in the UK has picked up Pushing Daisies.

From Variety.com:

 LONDON — Blighty’s biggest terrestrial web ITV is lining up two U.S. shows for flagship web ITV1 following a spending spree at the L.A. Screenings.

Two of the three shows it announced it has bought — wife swapping drama “Swingtown” and high concept police procedural “Pushing Daisies” — will air on ITV1, according to acquisitions topper Jay Kandola.

They are understood to be the first U.S. programs to be broadcast on ITV1 for more than a decade.

A year ago the web bought “Six Degrees” for ITV1, but when the show was cancelled in the U.S. the broadcaster was forced to change its plans.

ITV wants a high-profile U.S. hit to compete against rivals Channel 4 and Five, whose schedules rely on imports like “Desperate Housewives” and the “CSI” franchise.

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In an article by USA Today, they were quoted as saying that the new Pilot Pushing Daisies was the best new one since Lost’s premiere - which is saying quote a lot. It’s the show that stands out among the others, they say. USA Today predicted that Pushing Daisies will hit it pick as long as the word about the show gets out there.

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