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PUSHING DAISIES
Air Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#103) "The Fun in Funeral"
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ANOTHER DEATH AT THE FUNERAL HOME LEADS NED BACK TO COEUR D'COEURS, ON ABC'S "PUSHING DAISIES"

"The Fun in Funeral" Another strange death at the Schatz Funeral Home leads Ned back to the scene where he brought Chuck back to life. Meanwhile, Olive unwittingly becomes the messenger in Chuck's plan to bring a little sunshine into the lives of Aunts Lily and Vivian via some anti-depressant laced pies, on Pushing Daisies," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

"Pushing Daisies" stars Lee as Ned, Anna Friel as Chuck, Chi McBride as Emerson Cod, Ellen Greene as Vivian, with Swoosie Kurtz as Lily and Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook. Jim Dale is the narrator.

Guest starring in "The Fun in Funeral" are Field Cate as young Ned, Sy Richardson as the coroner, Eddie Shin as Wilfred Woodruff, Raul Esparza as Alfredo, Sam Pancake as Donald Funk, Brad Grunberg as Louis and Lawrence Schatz, Victor Z. Isaac as the delivery boy, Howard Mann as the elderly man and Kristin Dos Santos as the 30s woman.

"The Fun in Funeral" was written by Bryan Fuller and directed by Paul Edwards.

"Pushing Daisies" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. A TV parental guideline will be posted closer to airdate.

This episode of "Pushing Daisies" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.







PUSHING DAISIES (ABC)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
10/3/07 - 6/13/09
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2008-2009 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
2 (22 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 11/20/08
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, September 2008) Chuck goes undercover as a "Bee Girl" at a honey-based cosmetics company after their new spokesmodel (guest star Autumn Reeser) is stung to death. She soon discovers that office politics are killer (literally) between the founder (guest star Missi Pyle as Betty Bee) and the new owner (guest star French Stewart as Woolsey Nicholls). Meanwhile, Ned can't stand her growing independence or the fact that she wants to move out of his apartment. In other developments, Lily spirits Olive off to a nunnery so she won't spill Lily's deep, dark secret, on the Second-Season premiere of ABC's critically-acclaimed "Pushing Daisies" nominated for 12 Emmy Awards -- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Anna Friel as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
· Chi McBride as Emerson Cod
· Ellen Greene as Vivian
· Field Cate as Young Ned
· Jim Dale as Narrator (Voice)
· Kristin Chenoweth as Olive
· Lee Pace as Ned
· Swoosie Kurtz as Lily
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Harberts as CO-EP
· Barry Sonnenfeld as DIR (Pilot)
· Barry Sonnenfeld as EP
· Bruce Cohen as EP
· Bryan Fuller as EP
· Bryan Fuller as WRTR (Pilot)
· Dan Jinks as EP
· Davey Holmes as PROD
· Douglas Petrie as CP
· Dylan K. Massin as PROD/UPM
· Gretchen J. Berg as CO-EP
· Lawrence Trilling as CO-EP
· Mark Glick as CO-PROD
· Peter Ocko as EP
· Scott Nimerfo as PROD
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Jinks-Cohen Company, The
· Living Dead Guy Productions
· Warner Bros. Television