Comments on: Pushing Daisies Ratings for “Dummy”

By: majesstic

majesstic — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:54:11 +0000

it’s because they went overboard with the quirkiness in this episode! they shoudn’t have done that early in the series! I can no longer count the number of people who’ve completely written off the series because of this episode. dandelion cars, the quirky costumes, the song number… that’s just too much for most people. Few have tolerance for quirkiness like we do.

Thank goodness the third episode maintained the balance between reality and quirky like they did in the pilot.

By: Kait

Kait — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:41:37 +0000

Sadly in Canada our viewership counts for very little in terms of getting programs renewed, and if you don’t have a Nielson diary, it counts for nothing at all. We just have to sit back and hope those south of the border (with Nielson boxes) catch on.

By: Kimber

Kimber — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:39:48 +0000

Michelle, your story was hilarious! I’m all about staging a nude body-painted Pushing Daisies recognitionathon … I mean, I would be, were it not for the whole jail time thing.

I never really understood the “ratings” thing. I mean, I do, and I know it has been explained many times before, but … isn’t this just people who have these “boxes” in their homes to record which shows they watch during the week? I’m still not certain how this symbolizes every single household. Also … do they include viewers in Canada (aka: me)?

In the meantime, I’m doing like the rest of you - getting the word out there. I’m pimping the show big time on my LiveJournal, recruiting online and real-life friends to watch. I even held my own private “viewing party” for friends who hadn’t seen the pie-lette, just to get them to watch from now on. And as if that weren’t enough, I’m dressing up as a daisy for my office Halloween party, so that when people ask me “why a daisy” I can go on and on about the show and how deliriously happy it makes me.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:24:01 +0000

Isn’t there always a small dip after the first episode because of the people who didn’t like stopped watching? I think we should only get nervous after the next few episodes and it still declines

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:03:58 +0000

I am certainly doing my part to help ratings. I tell everyone I know about it, including near-strangers, my sister, people at my son’s preschool, people on other message boards, the guy at the grocery store…seriously, I’m going to get a rep as one of “those women” who is obsessed with a tv show. But I’m OK with that. If I thought it would do any good for me to march up and down the street with the series logo painted on my naked body, I’d consider that, too. But I know that the only thing that would accomplish is a call to the police, and then I wouldn’t be able to watch the show because I’d be sitting on a cell, and then they’d actually be DOWN one viewer, so…I dodged that bullet. But I will still continue my quest to get EVERYONE I know to watch this show. And I will continue to quietly (but harshly) judge the people who don’t watch it.

By: The Pie Maker

The Pie Maker — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:17:12 +0000

That is not true. Barry Sonnenfeld WILL be directing more episodes when his schedule allows. There’s been a lot of hype over the costs overruns of Pushing Daisies, but a lot of it is just being blown out of proportion.

By: joesmom

joesmom — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:58:25 +0000

Is it true ABC fired the director after the second episode? Someone posted that at TVGuide.com.

By: Adriann

Adriann — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:38:55 +0000

I am concerned! The show had a huge drop and its has a huge budget supposedly. I don’t get it either cause every where I go people talk about this show?