This just in… Pushing Daisies has won yet another award. This time the pie ho’s have been graced with Best Series at the 21st Annual Reims International TV Festival in France. Daisies also won the public jury’s TeleObs.com prize for best series.

TV critics love PUSHING DAISIES. So much so that PUSHING DAISIES was named the best show in TelevisionWeek’s semiannual survey of TV critics nationwide. This was the show’s first appearance in the poll, so a #1 spot was a surprise.

As for what the critics are saying about the show, Ellen Gray of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote that “Daisies” is “sweet without making your teeth hurt, smart without making your head hurt; this one’s actually living up to the promise of its pilot.”

PUSHING DAISIES appointment at the top of the leader board is impressive considering its company.

Top Ten Best Series (per TV Week’s Critics Poll)
1. Pushing Daisies
2. Mad Men
3. Dexter
4. 30 Rock
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Damages
7. House
8 (tie). The Office
8 (tie). Ugly Betty
10. Californication

The list of the worst shows after the jump
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Congratulations to PUSHING DAISIES Executive Producer/Director Barry Sonnenfeld for winning the Directors Guild of America Award for “Pie-lette“!

The 60th Annual DGA Awards were handed out last night in Los Angeles and Daisies stars Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride were in attendance as Presenters. If we find pictures of Kristin and Chi we will post them here. The photo shown of Barry Sonnenfeld is from the awards themselves… looking dapper Mr. Sonnenfeld!

DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Barry Sonnenfeld
“Pushing Daisies” — “Pie-lette”
(ABC)

Mr. Sonnenfeld’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez
First Assistant Director: Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet

This is Mr. Sonnenfeld’s first DGA Award.

The nominees for the 2007 Directors Guild of America Awards are finally out and guess what?  PUSHING DAISIES and Barry Sonnenfeld are being recognized for the genius that is the “Pie-lette.”

We here at ThePieMaker.com wouldn’t have it any other way and we send our congratulations to Barry and the crew.

2007 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television - Comedy Series

Michael Engler - 30 Rock (”Rosemary’s Baby”)(NBC)
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Chris Swartout
Second Assistant Director: Jane Ferguson

David Grossman - Desperate Housewives (”Something’s Coming”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Charles Skouras III
First Assistant Director: Tom Irvine
Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie
Second Second Assistant Director: Efrain Cortes
Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Richard E. White

Beth Mccarthy-Miller - 30 Rock (”Somebody to Love”) (NBC)
Unit Production Manager: Diana Schmidt
First Assistant Director: Stephen Lee Davis
Second Assistant Director: Bellamy Forrest
Second Second Assistant Director: Brendan Walsh

David Nutter - Entourage (”The Resurrection”) (HBO)
Unit Production Manager: Wayne Carmona
First Assistant Director: Gary Goldman
Second Assistant Director: Vernon Davidson
Second Second Assistant Director: John LaBrucherie

Barry Sonnenfeld - Pushing Daisies (”Pie-lette”) (ABC)
Unit Production Manager: Gabriela Vazquez
First Assistant Director: Chris Soldo
Second Assistant Director: Greg Hale
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet

Here is a good article from LA Times Award site The Envelope talking about how PUSHING DAISIES is the only new series to be nominated for a Golden Globe and how it has brought new life to the crime drama genre most television viewers are used to with procedurals like Law & Order. This article also features star Anna Friel talking about being nominated and the joys of Ned and Chuck’s relationship.

If “Pushing Daisies” deserves its Golden Globe nominations, it might just be because in the land of TV crime dramas, this ABC comedy stands out.

Fans might shudder to think of Bryan Fuller’s candy-colored romantic fairy tale as a mere procedural, but that’s actually how the creator pitched his idea. But is it a fairy tale with a procedural bent or a procedural with a fairy tale twist?

No matter. The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which in past years discovered fresh cable fare such as “The Shield,” “Nip/Tuck” and “Big Love” before the Emmys noticed them, bestowed three important Golden Globe nominations for “Pushing Daisies.”

The series was the only new show that received a nomination alongside its lead actors, Lee Pace and Anna Friel.

“We all knew it was something special when we got involved with the project but we didn’t realize other people would recognize it so quickly and so surely,” Friel said. “I think it confirms our belief that it’s inventive and something very special on TV that people haven’t seen before.”

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Readers of TV Guide have named PUSHING DAISIES’ Ned and Chuck one of the best couples on TV and we happen to agree.  This pair who only rediscovered each other approximately 4 months, 8 days, and 20 minutes or so ago are already up there with some of TV’s other great couples including FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS’ Tami & Eric Taylor, GREY’S ANATOMY’s Derek and Meredith and THE OFFICE’s Jim and Pam - nice company to keep Ned and Chuck.So here’s to seeing more of this TV couple in the future.

As we all know, last night PUSHING DAISIES won the Outstanding New Series Award on the Family Television Awards.

Here is a poor quality clip from last night’s broadcast. If a better quality video is out there, someone let us know.

Just a quick reminder that you can watch PUSHING DAISIES win the Family Television Award for BEST NEW SHOW tonight at 9/8c on The CW.

Fingers crossed that their award actually airs and that we get to see some of our favorite stars get their time in the spotlight.

Congratulations go out once more to the cast and crew of PUSHING DAISIES. This time around it’s for taking home the Satellite Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Pushing Daisies was up again “Ugly Betty”, “Flight of the Conchords”, “Extras”, “Chuck” and “Weeds” but was the victor in the end.

The Satellite Awards honors the most outstanding achievements in the fields of cinema, television and new media as voted on by The International Press Academy (IPA), one of the largest entertainment press organization in the world.

Make some more space on the mantle, because PUSHING DAISIES has been just been given another honor for being the best in TV.  In a week filled with honors for the freshman show, Pushing Daisies has now earned a coveted spot on the American Film Institutes list to Top Ten outstanding televisions programs of of 2007.

Joining Pushing Daisies in the top ten are “Dexter,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Longford,” “Mad Men,” “The Sopranos,” “Tell Me You Love Me,” “30 Rock” and “Ugly Betty.” ”

The AFI honors, which recognizes the entire creative ensemble behind the show, will be presented on January 11th in Los Angeles.

Once again, ThePieMaker.com congratulate the cast and crew of PUSHING DAISIES on this accomplishment.

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