Re: Pushing Daisies - Season 2
It'll be a shame if this is the end.
The networks are really killing themselves with this constant revolving door of shows. It seems like most of the time, they cancel what they consider a "poor" performer, just to have the replacement show perform even worse as NBC is now finding out:
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| NBC's new My Own Worst Enemy attracted just 4.25 million viewers, producing schadenfruede for the avid fans of the canceled Journeyman, which drew 5.13 million viewers in the same spot a year ago. |
NBC cancelled another of my favorites,
Surface, a few years ago after just a handful of episodes. That show was a solid performer with about 10 million viewers each week. Most of the shows that replaced it have never been that high and/or that consistent. Even
Heroes is fading fast:
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| NBC continued to bleed viewers Monday night as its onetime hit Heroes drew the smallest audience in its history. The show attracted 7.82 million viewers versus 9.87 million a year ago. |
The networks need to be more patient. They're going to panic themselves into extinction with the constant changes to their lineups.
Pushing Daisies attracted a pretty sizeable audience throughout the first season. The network screwed up badly in not bringing it back after the writer's strike. But the audience is probably still there if ABC will have a little patience and let them re-discover the show now that the distraction of the election has passed. If cancelled, they'll probably replace it with a new show that may perform even worse.
