Bryan Fuller revamping The Munsters for NBC
1960s' camp comedy series The Munsters may be getting a new life, as a one-hour drama written and produced by Bryan Fuller...
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Tag Archives: Pushing Daisies
Devil’s Food—Eastwick’s “Fleas and Casseroles”
Unappealing characters moving around the stage for no apparent reason is not the magic we've been hoping for... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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61st Annual Emmy Award Winners—the sf/f/h nominees
This year's Emmy Awards included a few for sf/f/h programming, but one stand-out was the short-lived series Pushing Daisies...
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The Perils of Obedience—a review of Defying Gravity’s “Love, Honor, Obey”
There are some good features to this episode and series, but they're dragged down, even in a weightless environment... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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DreamWorks options A. Lee Martinez’s Gil’s All Fright Diner
DreamWrosk Animation has bought an option on A. Lee Martinez's first novel, Gil's All Fright Diner, and already has Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct...
Read more [...] 61st Annual Emmy Award Nominees—the sf/f/h nominees
The 61st Annual Prime Time Emmy Award nominations include a fair showing by genre productions...
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Daddy Dearest—a review of True Blood’s “Keep This Party Going”
True Blood continues to be macabre, ironic, sexy, funny, and surprising. I haven't enjoyed a show this much since Pushing Daisies... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Most Popular and Updated Articles: 14-20 June 2009
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated...
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Pushing Up Daisies—a review of Pushing Daisies and its final episode
An obituary for a wonderful series that may have collapsed under its own weight, the finale episode, sadly, doesn't hold up to the whole... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Wishful Thinking—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “Window Dressed to Kill”
Maybe death is merciful, for a show that was never destined to soar in the constrained world it lived, but we're still going to miss Pushing Daisies, and here's part of why... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Final three Pushing Daisies episodes to air in June; screen in April
ABC will air the final three episodes of Pushing Daisies on 30 May, 6 June, and 13 June, but for those in California who can't wait...
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Oh, HELL No!—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “The Norwegians”
How disappointing. The last show of the year, and probably of the series, should be meatier. It was a good episode, with the usual tight dialogue and acting, but the story just wasn't up to snuff... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Past Imperfect—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “Lighthouse”
Now that the show has been canceled, the episodes are getting better and better, yet for the show's brilliance, how can we be the only ones to see it? (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Orbis pro vox—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “Robbing Hood”
Wonderful writing, incredible Easter Eggs, and a quickly dwindling audience mean only a few of us will be missing Pushing Daisies when it's last bloom is struck, but we will miss it... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Return of the Muffin Buffalo—a review of Pushing Daisies’ “Comfort Food”
Some creepiness, and some difficulty with convoluting plot lines and trying to not push some envelopes too far, might signal difficulty for the series. But with its impending demise (and no Ned-like salvation on the horizon), we'll keep watching, and miss it when it's gone... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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