Award Nominated Show Returns in Fall--

According to the ABC-TV website, one of my new favorite shows won't return--with new episodes anyway--until this fall. Pushing Daisies is the quirky series about a man, Ned, who can briefly bring the dead back to life by a touch. With this strange power, he has started working with a private investigator part-time to solve murders while still working full-time as a baker in a dessert restaurant called (no-joke) "The Pie-Hole."

Needless to say this modestly serious-themed show revels in humor and fantasy along with tales of murderers committing murder. And apparently the show has drawn its fair share of notice too, as one episode is nominated for an Edgar Mystery Award this year. In the category of "Best Television Teleplay," writer Bryan Fuller is nominated for "Pie-Lette."

From the ABC-TV website, here's a pix with series regulars from the episode "Dummy" with "Chuck" actress Anna Friel, "Emerson Cod" actor Chi McBride and "Ned" actor Lee Pace. As I said earlier, Pushing Daisies is a favorite for me--I'm ready to purchase a first season DVD for the series.