Pushing Daisies

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

Pushing Daisies deserves its high praise. It's the best new drama of the fall, finding sweet hope in morbid tragedy.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

Pushing Daisies is a delicate, rapturously original little television miracle.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Pushing Daisies is by far the best new series of the fall season.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Pushing Daisies is perfect.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

It's a gloriously visual fairy tale full of saturated colors and whimsical stories, the kind of romantic comedy/whodunit that should, by rights, captivate a nation starved for quirkiness and delight.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

Solid gold from top to bottom, the cast is almost an embarrassment of riches.

Christian Science MonitorGloria Goodale

The hour balances its caper-cartoon and ghoulish sensibilities with a crisp pace and well-cast leads.

Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall

It's the best-looking pilot of the season--maybe the best new show, period--even though it may not look that good in the future.

Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

I wouldn't want to miss a word.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

This may be one of the most beautifully crafted and original TV shows ever to get fall consideration on a big network.

VarietyBrian Lowry

Standing head and shoulders above this fall's other seedlings.

Washington PostTom Shales

The lovingly and imaginatively produced pilot has to be the most gorgeous piece of television airing anywhere tonight.

TV GuideMatt Roush

This Technicolored kaleidoscope fable of life, love and perpetual whimsy restores my faith in TV's ability to amuse, enchant and entertain with endless invention and eye-popping style.

SlateTroy Patterson

It's a breath of fresh air even for those of us who find our allergies stimulated by the countless particles of whimsy suspended in its thick atmosphere.

LA WeeklyRobert Abele

It's a whimsical, romantically inventive and darkly funny pop-up hour about a man (Lee Pace) whose touch can bring the dead back to life (but also, yikes, vice versa).

SalonHeather Havrilesky

With snappy writing, stunning art direction and a great cast, this really is the new show you don't want to miss.

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum

Daisies is something you shouldn't miss, particularly if you're looking for something different on TV.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

All the praise heaped on Pushing Daisies, and every declaration about the dramedy's originality, is merited.

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

The story of Ned (Lee Pace), a young man who can bring the dead back to life, is sweetly odd, but also oddly charming.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

Pushing Daisies captivates with an emotionally resonant story and dazzles with its bright visual imagery. Fans of delightfully daft fairy tales, this one's for you.

NewsdayDiane Werts

On top of the stars' subtlety and Fuller's verbal wit, Sonnenfeld's pilot direction ladles layers of flashy frosting--theatrical camera angles, emphatic zooms, intensified color and those heavyhanded moments when the narration can't quite straddle the sap line.

Baltimore SunDavid Zurawik

At its best--during several moments of exquisite longing between the adult Ned and Chuck--Pushing Daisies feels so right that it almost redeems all the wrongs of such wretched new series as Cavemen or Carpoolers.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

Pushing Daisies is good, as well as distinctive.

Wall Street JournalNancy DeWolf Smith

As charming as all that is amid the macabre, Pushing Daisies is a show that only a grown-up can fully enjoy.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

The series, from creators Bryan Fuller and Barry Sonnenfeld, is a masterful mixture of life, romance, optimism and youthful exuberance, all played out under the threat of instant death.

New York MagazineJohn Leonard

Pushing Daisies will drive you crazy or make you smile.

Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart

It’s definitely not the same-old same-old, for which ABC is to be congratulated.

Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

It is all very beautiful.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Despite the fine work of Pace and Friel--who convey tenderness despite the director’s efforts to stamp it out--the sheer quantity of forced whimsy and visual razzle-dazzle can be exhausting.

New York PostLinda Stasi

Pushing Daisies is fanciful and fun, but sometimes pushes the daisies too hard.