The entire concept of a "major" network is obsolete. These shows would have been better fits on a small cable network where a select audience could seek them out and support them. How is a delicate show like "Pushing Daisies" supposed to compete with football games and screaming game shows? It can't.
It's a beautiful show, but also expensive. ABC gave it a shot, but the writers' strike certainly doomed it. It's one of those shows that should have been done in the British model -- an arc of a certain number of shows, with a beginning and an ending, fully contained. But thenetworks are still afraid to do that.
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The entire concept of a "major" network is obsolete. These shows
would have been better fits on a small cable network where a
select audience could seek them out and support them. How is
a delicate show like "Pushing Daisies" supposed to compete with
football games and screaming game shows? It can't.
It's a beautiful show, but also expensive. ABC gave it a shot,
but the writers' strike certainly doomed it. It's one of
those shows that should have been done in the British model --
an arc of a certain number of shows, with a beginning and an
ending, fully contained. But thenetworks are still afraid
to do that.