Fans Pushing ABC To Save Daisies

Fans of ABC’s Pushing Daisies are donating hundreds of dollars in a campaign to send bouquets of daisies to network executives to persuade them to keep the show alive. Pushing Daisies, a critical and cult darling, has suffered in the ratings in its current second season. Two shipments of flowers have gone out so far, with more scheduled, organizer Paul S. White. More than 27,000 fans have also signed an online petition to save the show. Pushing Daisies airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Meanwhile, Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller is planning a return to Heroes if ABC doesn’t pick his show up for more episodes. “I am exclusive to Daisies through the delivery of the 13th episode of our 13-episode order, which will be mid-January,” says Fuller. “If Daisies isn’t picked up by then, I will definitely be going back to play with my friends at Heroes.” Fuller created Pushing Daisies as well as Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, and his departure from Heroes late in season one seems to exactly correlate to the point at which Heroes lost its creative way. With lead writers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander having recently departed Heroes, it’s likely Fuller will have a bigger role than ever in helping creator Tim Kring steer the superhero drama.