Bryan Fuller Pushes For a PUSHING DAISIES Revival after ROSEANNE is Canceled
With ABC canceling Roseanne, there is a gap to fill in their fall schedule. Not long after it was announced that the show was canceled, TV writer and producer Bryan Fuller took to Twitter to push for a Pushing Daisies revival to fill that empty slot in the fall schedule!
NOT TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC, BUT IF YOU'RE ITCHING TO FILL THAT #ROSEANNE SLOT WITH ANOTHER FORMER @ABCNetwork SHOW... pic.twitter.com/UXYm5j6adx
— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) May 29, 2018
The wonderful short-lived dramedy starred Lee Pace, Ana Friel and Kristin Chenoweth and it aired on ABC from 2007-09. The series centers on the life of Ned (Pace), a pie-maker gifted with the mysterious ability to reanimate the dead by touching them. The core of the story is love. Ned's childhood sweetheart ends up being murdered, and he uses his ability to bring her back to life, even though he could never, ever touch her. If he did, she would die again, for good.
I loved this show! It's definitely one of my favorites and the fact that Bryan Fuller, the creator of the show, would want to revive it is awesome! I know it's a long shot and it probably won't happen, but damn, it would be so cool to see the show make a comeback!
If you've never seen the show, you really need to watch it because it's something special. When previously talking about his love for the series, Fuller told Vanity Fair:
“It’s perhaps the purest expression of my creativity, as derivative as it is. It’s full of things that make me happy as an artist. So when anyone appreciates the show, they’re appreciating me.”
He also previously talked about reviving the series in some way, saying:
"I still would love to do Pushing Daisies as a Broadway musical. I’d love to see it return as a mini-series for Netflix, Apple, or Amazon, or whoever would pick it up. I ask Warner Bros. every year to see if they’d be open to it. There are some obstacles there as far as revitalizing it as a television show, but like I said, I’d love to see it as a Broadway musical."
Would you like to see ABC revive Pushing Daisies?