Well, fuck me.

Not only is Pushing Daisies pretty much done for (as Marisa mentioned earlier), but apparently Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money have been axed as well.  And ABC is doing that whole charade where they don’t say it’s been cancelled yet, but hope it’ll fade from memory.

It’s the equivalent of saying the shows are going to live on a farm in the country with all sorts of other shows.  It’ll scamper about in the sunshine with Do Not Disturb and Pirate Master.

My goal is to feed you so much twee cuteness that you’ll turn into a lollipop and die.

To that end, here’s Sesame Street’s take on 30 Rock — it’s called 30 Rocks and stars an all-too-literal Liz Lemon.  Enjoy.

I kind of hate how the term “webisode” has become part of my vocabulary, but sometimes that’s the way it goes.  Be that as it may, here’s a miniature episode of the office made for the Internet.

Enjoy it.

is saying that Pushing Daisies isn’t getting picked up for any more episodes. They haven’t said the word “cancel,” so maybe its prospects aren’t totally dead. (Denial.) I don’t know why the assholes at ABC wouldn’t try to help it at all, by moving it to a different night, or re-running the 9 episiodes it had over the summer while NOTHING ELSE WAS ON. (Anger.) Maybe there could be a home for it on cable? (Bargaining.) It would be too awful for it to be gone for good. (Depression.) But, in reality, it probably is. (Acceptance.)

“If we are indeed dead on ABC,” Fuller told THR, “we now have to convince DC Comics to let us tell the rest of the season’s story lines out in comic book form and convince Warner Bros. features to let Pushing Daisies live again as a movie.”

I think those are horrible ideas.

I’m the show’s No. 1 fan, but I don’t want to see a comic book or a movie. I watch Pushing Daisies for these reasons:

1) To see pretty sets unlike others on television, with saturated colors and weird fantasy elements like old-timey cars.

2) To hear the stars deliver smart, funny lines at lightning speed.

3) Because Lee Pace is totally hot.

None of those would translate to a comic book. The look of the show is totally original for television, but kinda boring when it comes to the comic-book universe, where people can wear capes and fly. You can write as much as you can fit a word-bubble, so it’s not as impressive to hear the characters manipulate wordy dialogue. And cartoons are never as hot as the real deal, otherwise Aladdin would’ve been People‘s “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1992.

Nobody I know watches Pushing Daisies for the mysteries, which are totally easy to figure out (the boss did it!), or to find out if Emerson is going to be reunited with his daughter. He either will or he won’t. The outcome isn’t as important as watching him get to it.

As for a movie, I’m against it in principle. The X-Files and Sex and the City post-cancellation movies this summer really killed the idea for me. They both had this desperate need to cram in characters for the fans. (Did Charlotte do ANYTHING in the movie? Why was she there?) Since they’re never really as good as the original shows, I’d rather a series I like end on a great episode as opposed to a mediocre movie.

RIP, PD!

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