Pushing Daisies  -  Nov 20th, 2007 4:28pm

I don't watch a lot of normal TV.  Thats not to exclude myself from the masses, rather its simply an admission that my pushers are Cartoon Network and Netflix as opposed to the ABC's and NBC's of the world and my doses are rarely scheduled.  In fact, the only show in the last few years I've actually alloted time to watch has been Battlestar Galactica and only with limited success.  I won't spend any time here on that show as by now you either love it, haven't seen it, or are chemically handicapped and there are plenty to sing its praise.

Instead I am happy to announce myself as a candidate for normalcy as I am committed to watching a normal TV show on a regular basis called Pushing Daises.  Its a light hearted and funky detective/murder-mystery show based around a character who can briefly bring people back to life.

Now maybe there is some morbid connection between KC passing away and my newfound enjoyment of a show that pokes fun at death, or maybe it hits closer to my own uneasiness on the subject.  Whatever the reason it makes me happy and I want to suggest to whoever can take an hour out of their life to watch the show (its on Wendesdays @7:00 on ABC or something near that) to do so.  Its the most original thing I've seen on the tube in years and its creators must have fought tooth and nail to bring it to life in the great void of originality called primetime.

Its also worth noting that the last 4 episodes are always available for viewing online at http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing.  Their online player kinda sucks as you have to manually click a link once each commercial is over (1 commercial every 15 minutes) but 4 minutes of commercials for a 1hr show still isn't bad.