We already knew that Pushing Daisies had been picked up for a second season, so today’s ABC schedule announcement wasn’t a surprise. We are pleased to note that ABC will be keeping Pushing Daisies in its Wednesdays at 8/7c timeslot, though.

The scaled down presentation didn’t offer up the same extravaganza as last year’s upfronts, but Lee did manage to make a (video) appearance:

Pushing Daisies Love: My beloved Pushing Daisies, which will back next season in its old time slot, is still all about the love. The ABC new-season video they showed us featured Lee Pace talking about how, “I’ve fallen in love with Anna Friel,” and how that’s a good thing because they can’t touch on the series so they really have to sell the love through their eyes. Awww… (Kristin @ E!)