Bryan Fuller Interview with DigitalSpy.com
Bryan Fuller talks 'Pushing Daisies'
This is an extremely interesting interview, IMO. Fuller discusses a lot of "what went wrong" for the show -- regarding the strike, ABC's lack of promotion or replays, and why they couldn't move the show to 9pm although it did better in that timeslot.
After the cancellation there was talk of moving to another network - how far did that get?
"I think we were so heavily branded as an ABC show, no other network was interested. It wouldn't really fit on NBC, it's just not their cup of tea. The show was so specifically cultured as an ABC show that it got to the point where it didn't really belong on another network. If we had started off as an NBC show, it would have had the ingredients that NBC likes their shows to have - for instance, we would have skewed slightly more male and had a little more violence and gore. I love those things, so I wouldn't complain about them!"
FYI, he does touch on how the finale shaped up. And this is a UK site, so everything has aired already for them.
This is an extremely interesting interview, IMO. Fuller discusses a lot of "what went wrong" for the show -- regarding the strike, ABC's lack of promotion or replays, and why they couldn't move the show to 9pm although it did better in that timeslot.
After the cancellation there was talk of moving to another network - how far did that get?
"I think we were so heavily branded as an ABC show, no other network was interested. It wouldn't really fit on NBC, it's just not their cup of tea. The show was so specifically cultured as an ABC show that it got to the point where it didn't really belong on another network. If we had started off as an NBC show, it would have had the ingredients that NBC likes their shows to have - for instance, we would have skewed slightly more male and had a little more violence and gore. I love those things, so I wouldn't complain about them!"
FYI, he does touch on how the finale shaped up. And this is a UK site, so everything has aired already for them.