"Pushing Daisies" Flatlines, "Eli Stone," "Dirty Sexy Money" Canceled Too

ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies, executive producer Bryan Fuller confirms to me exclusively.

According to our inside sources, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money have also been canceled. Reps for both shows have declined to comment.

Is the pie-maker dead? Will we ever see him again? Read on for the exclusive inside dish straight from the top...

Bryan Fuller tells me, "[ABC president] Steve McPherson called me, and said 'We gave it the best shot we could.' "

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[ApolloniaCreed]

Pushing Daisies I understand, but NOT Dirty Sexy Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What will I watch on abc online when I am bored???????????????????

[Lazycrockett]

Pushing Daisies had promise but before the first season was even over, it was already repeating itself and the Tim Burton like feel of it got old kinda quickly. I was excited bout the show when it first premiered but got bored rather quickly.

Eli Stone seemed like a kinda cheap Boston Legal knockoff.

If Dirty Sexy Money didn't take itself so serious and kinda went into a modern "Dynasty" spin, with the economy in the tank it could be a fun frothy escapism.

[huffy2001]

Move to FX and TNT. The nets are dead.

[Clare53]

And Rosie O'Donnell gets a show. Go figure.

[happycat]

It looks extremely cheesy also.

[Clare53]

Rosie in makeup and a fur stole gives me the willies.

[ChiGuy]

Each of those shows was a rare thing: A quality program.
What a shame.

[happycat]

I know. Every single time a show of quality comes out, it gets cancelled within a year.

[crayola 08]

i really liked pushing daisies. it was a delightfully quirky show and omg Lee Pace is hot!! yup, i got a big weakness for nerdy lookin guys. w00t!

[happycat]

I am so pissed with the ABC network. Last year the executives were bragging about the success of Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money. The reviews were also great. I became a big fan of both shows and never missed an episode. Meanwhile, Private Practice remains on the lineup and it is a far inferior show to those two! ABC did not give Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money proper advertising. I am sick of this happening - every time I like a show it gets cancelled! Thank goodness for Cable!

[Clare53]

Ditto.

[RichardMo]

Count me in on that. I think the strike and the extra lay off might have hit the fan base. But DSM is or was the only show on ABC right now that I watch.

[writerforhire]

Too Bad for Dirty Sexy Money - I really dig those darlings! I thought we were headed back to the glory days of prime time dramas. Maybe they only need better writers! Give them another chance - change the story line - television audiences are forgiving. Who can forget Bobby Ewing in the shower - that wiped out an entire disastrous season and kept those dastardly Ewing"s alive for how many more seasons?

[hiprogloho]

Three shows that glorified greed, death and lawyers brought to you by stuffed network suits who no longer do market research and sell depressing entertainment with an agenda. I say good riddence.

Obama will be President and salt of the earth media consumers will want real people on TV again, not control freaks, amoral socialites and bohemians who represent the warped values of GenX Hollywood.

[MountPanic]

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone were two of the most life-affirming shows on network television. They both "glorified" love and redemption. If anything, they were too gentle for the current marketplace where endless CSI and Law & Order iterations (which includes similarly mindless cookie-cutter procedurals like NCIS, Criminal Minds, ad nauseam) monopolize the prime time hours.

[GiannaX]

Spot on! Eli Stone is a magnificent show. Excellent cast, wonderful storylines, beautifully shot. I'm truly saddened by this announcement. It will probably be replaced by another inane reality show. The dumbing down of America continues.

[llisa]

You are so right about both shows. I watch 5 shows each week. These are 3 of them. I too am sick of police procedurals and I WILL not watch reality shows. I thought somebody had finally wised up that there are people out here who enjoy smart, well-written shows with characters they can care about. I was wrong again.

[happycat]

Oh shut up.

[huffy2001]

LOL

[SoonerThought]

"Dirty Sexy Money" deserved cancellation entirely because of the peurile title of the series.

[BlackJAC]

The show turned the soap opera genre on its ear, hence what has to be the best title ever.

[JJ30]

Noooooooooooooo. Not Dirty Sexy Money! *stomps out of thread*

[plafayette]

Each season it becomes clearer that the networks don't care what we like. I think they make decisions based on sponsorship & advertisment...not what we like to watch. The Book of Daniel was another good show not allowed to take root.

Dirty,Sexy is fab, casting, writing, etc. MOWE..same thing..great casting, writing, plotlines. WTF?

[claptrapa]

This may be a trend where such greats as Sutherland can contract with the cable channels where the best series are being created without the bothersome realities of censorship.

[Secularist]

About time. Dirty Filthy Money wasn't the same after the writers' strike. And both "Pushing Daisies" and "Eli Stone," with their pretentious quirkiness, were both cringe inducing shows. Good riddance. I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did.

[GiannaX]

You must love blood and guts and perversity.

[Lexica]

I"m convinced the "Big Three" networks have no clue. The disruptions of the past year, caused by the writers" strike and the most exciting election cycle in at least a generation, have wreaked havoc on regular programming. However, "Arts and Entertainment" have no place in the mix when "Corporate" is only interested in "Demographics and Profit".

Pushing Daisies was brilliantly written, cast, shot, etc etc etc. It doesn"t deserve to die.

I"m happy to know there are other alternatives to television " especially books " because television, with the exception of some cable channels and PBS, is sinking into the pit of so-called Reality TV, which has been done to death and is boring. The non-reality programs being kept on are either written for tweens and teens or are cop shows, medical shows, or several kinds of CSI, none of which I will watch. Life in the real world is already scary, sad, and violent enough these days; why would I want to watch fictional depictions of it, complete with graphic violence, buckets of blood and gore, and snappy, snarky, mean-spirited dialogue? It"s empty, and mindless.