Television is giving Broadway a smaller role
MARK BLANKENSHIP
There are times when a TV listing reads like a Playbill. Or vice versa.Television has always combed Gotham stages for new faces, giving casting directors a perennial headache when pilot season rolls around. But as the calendar boundaries of that season increasingly blur to meet the voracious demands [...]
Want to get a sneak peek at Pushing Daisies, Carpoolers and Samantha Be Good? ABC is previewing the shows in a select few cities over the next few weeks. If you’re one of the lucky people who gets to attend a screening, be sure to come back and tell us all about it!
Screening Information:
Monday, June [...]
For Bryan Fuller, it all started many years ago, on a hot summer’s day in his home town in eastern Washington state, during one of his first attempts at T-ball.
His team was up, and Fuller was caught between first and second base, with no hope of being anything but an easy out for a cocky [...]
Kristin Chenoweth is set to lend her voice to the upcoming CG-animated comedy Space Chimps, a Vanguard Animation and Starz Media production for 20th Century Fox. Other actors lending their voices to the project include Andy Samberg, Jeff Daniels, Cheyl Hinds, Kenan Thompson, Stanley Tucci and Patrick Warburton.
Samberg will play Ham III, the ne’er-do-well grandson [...]
Here’s what ‘they’ are saying about this fall’s most exciting new show, “Pushing Daisies”:
Kathie Skerry of Give Me My Remote: I was actually surprised by how many Fall shows looked promising at the Upfronts. While “Bionic Woman” and “Chuck” really caught my interest I would say that the show I’m most excited for this Fall [...]
Playbill.com:
By Andrew Gans
and Ernio Hernandez
14 May 2007
Kristin Chenoweth
A host of theatre favorites will be part of the new ABC series “Pushing Daisies,” which has been picked up for the fall season.
Among the cast are Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, who is currently appearing in the City Center Encores! presentation of Stairway to Paradise; Little Shop [...]
Good news for our friends across the pond - Pushing Daisies will air on ITV1.
ITV has picked up a trio of US dramas from the LA Screenings, two of which will air on ITV1. The UK network is hoping they’ll be the first break-out US hits for the flagship channel in several years.Quirky Warner [...]
CTV announced their Fall 2007 schedule yesterday, adding Pushing Daisies to the roster as it strives to remain the number 1 network in Canada. (source)
Pushing Daisies has been picked up by ABC to air on 8/7c Wednesday nights this Fall. We are really excited about this news show from the creator of Heroes and the late, great Wonderfalls. We look forward to bringing you news about the show and its cast, and enjoying this show with you once it [...]
