Bryan Fuller Pitches ‘Pushing Daisies’ Revival To Replace ‘Roseanne’ On ABC
May 29, 2018
Bryan Fuller Pitches ‘Pushing Daisies’ Revival To Replace ‘Roseanne’ On ABC
Having exited his fair share of shows over the years, Bryan Fuller today has a suggestion for ABC to replace the now-canceled Roseanne on its fall schedule.
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The former American Gods co-showrunner took to social media on Tuesday to advocate — tongue partially in cheek — for the return of Pushing Daisies, the dramedy starred Lee Pace, Ana Friel and Kristin Chenoweth that aired on Disney-owned network aired from 2007-09.
NOT TO BE OPPORTUNISTIC, BUT IF YOU’RE ITCHING TO FILL THAT #ROSEANNE SLOT WITH ANOTHER FORMER @ABCNetwork SHOW… pic.twitter.com/UXYm5j6adx
— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) May 29, 2018
In this era of revivals and reboots, Pushing Daisies has been off the air almost long enough to be in consideration for another kick at the Big 4 can. Created by Star Trek: Discovery co-creator Fuller, the multiple Emmy winner was pluck off the air by ABC in December 2008 with its final trio of episodes broadcast in the late Spring of 2009.
Whether Pushing Daises lives to air another day, ABC now has a big hole in its 2018-19 season Tuesday schedule with the second season of the rebooted Roseanne a toxic and dead letter office. The sitcom’s past and present star took to Twitter this morning with a series of blatantly racist remarks this morning against President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as well as Chelsea Clinton. While Roseanne took some of the sickening salvos down and apologized, ABC bit the bottom line bullet and cut the show loose.
After a delay of a few hours from when Roseanne Barr ranted online, the network’s Entertainment president Channing Dungey announced that comedian’s statements were “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”
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At the end of the day, ABC knew who they were getting when they got back into business with the volatile but clearly talented Barr after nearly 20 years. yet, they held their nose as the ratings gave them the top show in TV for the first time in over two decades. As the blast radius of today settles, the net now has a probable hemorrhaging of ad dollars from the loss of the show that they hailed to rafters at their upfronts presentation of May 15.
On the contrarian front, this is the second time in recent weeks that Fuller has tweaked the industry. Back in early March, the Hannibal EP chastised 20th Century Fox and others involved with the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody for turning a blind eye to the complexities of the Queen singer’s sexuality in its first trailer:
ANYONE ELSE MILDLY ANNOYED (enough to tweet about it) THAT THE #BohemianRapsody TRAILER FEATURES GAY/BI SUPERSTAR FREDDIE MERCURY FLIRTING WITH AND TWIRLING WITH A WOMAN BUT NO INDICATION OF HIS LOVE OF MEN?
— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) May 15, 2018