Pushing Daisies 2x7: Grading/Discussion. Spoilers.

[AstroSmurf]

This is the grading & discussion thread for this week’s episode of Pushing Daisies, 2x7. Spoilers ahead...

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Robbing Hood

A lawyer for the late millionaire, Gustav Hoffer, suspects his client's death was not part of a robbery gone wrong as was reported, but rather murder. He hires Emerson Cod and Ned to find if it was a latter-day Robin Hood or his much-younger money grubbing widow who offed him. Meanwhile, Lily fumes as the suspicious Dwight Dixon begins romancing clueless Vivian.


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[auntiehill]

Darn it! I'll be driving all night tonight and won't be able to see this one. At least the DVR will get it, though.

 

[Dream]

I expect the ratings for this episode to be horrible. Who the hell SHOWS a new episode on the day before THANKSGIVING?

 

[js]

I really loved this ep.

So many funny bits (Ned in the trophy room, stress baking, Olive as Ivana Trump/Eva Gabor from Green Acres), great casting (Jennifer Elise Cox aka Jan Brady as the ditzy widow, more Stephen Root goodness). I loved the bits between Root and the Aunts. And I can't wait to find out what Ned and Chuck found at the end!

Sigh. It seems that with last week and this week's eps, the season has finally found its footing and is moving full steam ahead and so soon it will be gone.

 

[witchie]

I loved this ep too. I'm going to miss the characters, but I'm glad they are moving towards some sort of resolution.

One nitpick...I thought Ned and Chuck couldn't touch at all, even a brush up and back to the netherworld for her. Or is it that she can't come into contact with his hands?

 

[William Leisner]

I expect the ratings for this episode to be horrible. Who the hell SHOWS a new episode on the day before THANKSGIVING?

A network trying to burn off all the episodes they paid for as quickly as possible.

 

[A Clockwork Lim]

I loved this ep too. I'm going to miss the characters, but I'm glad they are moving towards some sort of resolution.

One nitpick...I thought Ned and Chuck couldn't touch at all, even a brush up and back to the netherworld for her. Or is it that she can't come into contact with his hands?

It appears to be a skin contact sort of thing.

 

[cylkoth]

I expect the ratings for this episode to be horrible. Who the hell SHOWS a new episode on the day before THANKSGIVING?

CBS, NBC, and FOX all broadcast first run eps of their normal lineups.

Here are the 'fast nationals'-or, ratings from the top tv markets...

Prime-Time Ratings:
Wednesday 11/26/08

What follows is the fast affiliate rating results for Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 in the order of overall network totals and by half hour per program (in the order of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW):

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 11.28 million, ABC: 7.44 million, Fox: 7.31 million, NBC: 5.86 million, CW: 896,000

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 2.9 rating/9 share, Fox: 2.2/ 7, ABC: 2.0/ 6, NBC: 1.5/ 5, CW: 0.4/ 1

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8:00 p.m.

ABC – Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 4.85 million (#4), A18-49: 1.2 rating/4 share (#3t)

CBS – The New Adventures of Old Christine
Viewers: 7.60 million (#2), A18-49: 2.0/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Rosie Live
Viewers: 5.25 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)

Fox – Bones
Viewers: 9.43 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#1)

CW - Stylista (R)
Viewers: 1.12 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 4.05 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#4)

CBS – Gary Unmarried
Viewers: 7.72 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Rosie Live
Viewers: 4.83 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)

Fox – Bones
Viewers: 10.09 million (#1), A18-49: 2.8/ 9 (#1)

CW - Stylista (R)
Viewers: 867,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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9:00 p.m.

ABC – Private Practice
Viewers: 6.11 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2t)

CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 13.61 million (#1), A18-49: 3.3/10 (#1)

NBC – Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 5.54 million (#3), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#4)

Fox – House (R)
Viewers: 5.07 million (#4), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2t)

CW – Stylista
Viewers: 893,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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9:30 p.m.

ABC – Private Practice
Viewers: 6.32 million (#3), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#2)

CBS – Criminal Minds
Viewers: 14.44 million (#1), A18-49: 3.5/10 (#1)

NBC – Deal or No Deal
Viewers: 7.04 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#3)

Fox – House (R)
Viewers: 4.66 million (#4), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#4)

CW – Stylista
Viewers: 705,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)

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10:00 p.m.

ABC – Barbara Walters Special
Viewers: 11.21 million (#2), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#2)

CBS – CSI: NY
Viewers: 12.01 million (#1), A18-49: 3.0/ 9 (#1)

NBC – Law & Order
Viewers: 6.28 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#3)

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10:30 p.m.

ABC – Barbara Walters Special
Viewers: 12.08 million (#2), A18-49: 3.1/ 9 (#2)

CBS – CSI: NY
Viewers: 12.31 million (#1), A18-49: 3.2/10 (#1)

NBC – Law & Order
Viewers: 6.24 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

from Marc Berman Programming Insider column, Mediaweek
http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/641107571/p/1

 

[jep316]

8:00 p.m.

ABC – Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 4.85 million (#4), A18-49: 1.2 rating/4 share (#3t)

CBS – The New Adventures of Old Christine
Viewers: 7.60 million (#2), A18-49: 2.0/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Rosie Live
Viewers: 5.25 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3t)

Fox – Bones
Viewers: 9.43 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#1)

CW - Stylista (R)
Viewers: 1.12 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

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8:30 p.m.

ABC – Pushing Daisies
Viewers: 4.05 million (#4), A18-49: 1.1/ 4 (#4)

CBS – Gary Unmarried
Viewers: 7.72 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 7 (#2)

NBC – Rosie Live
Viewers: 4.83 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 4 (#3)

Fox – Bones
Viewers: 10.09 million (#1), A18-49: 2.8/ 9 (#1)

CW - Stylista (R)
Viewers: 867,000 (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

That sucks PD couldn't even beat that Rosie-crap-fest.

 

[Capt_Piett]

Anytime Rosie wants attention, she stirs up s*it about her time from the View or Donald Trump. I predict that ratings for her show will drop like a stone in a lake.

I suppose that even though the numbers didn't increase hugely this week they didn't decline either. That's something good, at least.

 

[William Leisner]

Here are the 'fast nationals'-or, ratings from the top tv markets...

Damn... seeing the cold, hard figures like that... ouch.

 

[cylkoth]

^^There may be an increase once the final totals are tabulated, and the dvr stats are added, which wil take a few days...
But as Capt Piett offered, at least they didn't go down. I was kinda hoping the Knight Rider audience would migrate to Daisies, but it looks like they found something else entirely to watch.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Excellent. Dammit, why do they have to be putting together a good plot arc now? They needed to do this at the beginning of the season! The lack of a coherent storyline was what killed the ratings - people were getting bored.

Olive as Ivana Trump/Eva Gabor from Green Acres

One of the funniest things I've seen on this show ever.