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Pushing Daisies May Continue As Comic

brian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:01:32 +0000

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Acclaimed but canceled series Pushing Daisies may follow the path of shows such as Angel that continued their TV plots in comic form.

Series creator Bryan Fuller told Sci Fi Wire he’s talking to Marvel about such a deal. Fuller confirmed the writers’ strike hit his show especially hard. He mentioned that during the 1988 strike TV shows lost an average of 30 percent of their viewers. Last year’s strike cost shows about 20 percent. Fuller said other factors included being off the air for 10 months and the timeslot.

He even said they’d have taken the infamous Friday 9 p.m. slot that almost no one wants. I don’t know, that hasn’t done Dollhouse too many favors. But at least Fuller will get to finish telling the story. Now I’ve got another comic to pick up. Auuagh! Pull list – getting- too heavy! And expensive.

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Bryan Fuller Admits Heroes Needed Fixing

brian — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:43:32 +0000

There’s a pretty candid interview with producer/writer Bryan Fuller over at Sci Fi Wire in which he talks about where he feels Heroes went awry. Among the highlights: he felt the show pushed character aside for plot, and that Season 2 was just too filled with techno-babble.

Fuller said one of his primary concerns when he got the first few scripts in the Fugitives arc was that he didn’t recognize the characters anymore. Um, power hungry-Fly Mohinder (cough cough)?

The so-called “savior” of Heroes says he is not really feeling the pressure though. And honestly, there are probably as many people who don’t expect Fuller or anyone to be able to turn this ship around as there are folks hoping he will.

Word on our boards and throughout much of the web is that the recent eps have been improved. Readers, is Heroes getting the magic back or is this too little, too late?

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Will Heroes Return Be Gamechanging?

brian — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:26:20 +0000

I thought the Heroes ads last night were pretty inspired. As a matter of fact, if Heroes, Chuck or any other NBC show doesn’t draw this week it won’t be for lack of advertising.

But cute ads aside, Heroes begins its newest story arc tonight at 9 p.m. ET with a tale of Fugitives. The government is hunting down people with superpowers and I will now pause for my comic shop guys and gals to accuse Heroes of stealing more storylines from the X-Men.

If Heroes were on a network that had any other dramas people were watching, this show would already have gotten the heave-ho. The return of Bryan Fuller, who wrote some of the best episodes in the show’s buzz-garnering first season (Man, does anyone remember those days?), is expected to help.

Fans and critics alike have called for less “Gotcha” plot twists and a return to good old-fashioned storytelling. The time travel elements have drawn some groans as well. One need only look at how well shows like Doctor Who and Lost deal with time-travel to see what a mess Heroes is making of it. Readers, do you think these Heroes can still save the day for NBC?

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Pushing Daisies Final Episodes Up In Air

brian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:10:38 +0000

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Wow, it just keeps getting worse for fans of canceled ABC show Pushing Daisies. This season’s eleventh episode was scheduled to air tonight, but show creator Bryan Fuller told EW’s Michael Ausiello that ABC has pulled it.

There’s apparently no word on when, or if, ABC will air any of the remaining episodes. Fuller had reworked the show’s final episode to tie up all the leftover plot twists.

This isn’t an entirely surprising move. With Lost and Life on Mars returning soon, and ABC’s shiny new toy Scrubs being unveiled, it makes sense they’re not keen to promote Daisies’ swan song. If these final few episodes don’t end up getting aired, it’s still a sad development for fans of the show.

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Bryan Fuller Returns to Heroes

brian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:38:55 +0000

With his critically lauded but ratings-impaired series Pushing Daisies dropped by ABC, Bryan Fuller will now try to prevent the same fate from befalling Heroes. Buddy TV says Fuller, who wrote some of Heroes’ episodes during its hit first season, could return as early as the 20th episode of this season.

Heroes has been in ratings freefall since that breakout first season but reportedly NBC plans to renew it. With the network’s ratings at an all-time low and its fall lineup full of disasters like My Own Worst Enemy and Crusoe, NBC has little choice.

Long ago in a TV galaxy that now seems incredibly far away, Heroes was a great show. NBC is banking that Fuller can bring it back. If that can happen there’s a small ray of sunshine in the demise of Daisies.

Pictured: (l-r) Kristin Bell as Elle, Hayden Panettiere as Claire Bennet – NBC Photo: Mike Ansell

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