Pushing Daisies

Show: Pushing Daisies, ABC (2007-2009)
Streaming on: thewb.com
Episodes: 22

Meet Ned.
He's a pie maker.
He also happens to have a Midas touch in which anything or anyone that's dead comes back to life.
He uses this gift to solve crimes with a PI.

That's the plot of Pushing Daisies, a fantastical police comedy that's the perfect definition of "whimsical."

The series, which is narrated by Jim Dale, is one of the most bizarre oddities to ever air on TV.

The best way to describe this show would be that it's an amusing mashup of the dreamy French film Amelie and Tim Burton. The show features such elaborate, fantasy-oriented sets and eye-popping visuals and dialogue that's fairy-tale like. Check out the image below to get an idea of what the show's like.

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The pilot kicks off when Ned attends the funeral of his childhood sweetheart, "Chuck." In a completely spontaneous move, Ned ends up resurrecting her, despite the consequences.

You see, whenever Ned brings someone to life with his touch, he can't touch that person again, because a second touch will bring about permanent death.

The couple have no choice but to have a hilariously chase love life in which they're both cursed to not even touch each other and distract themselves by solving cases.

It's a quirky TV show that truly is unlike anything ever seen on television and we've yet to see anything come close to matching it in terms of quality, quirkiness and uniqueness.

Despite strong critical acclaim and healthy averages in its first season, the show was cancelled in its second season due to dwindling viewership. This is often attributed to the nearly year-long wait between season 1 and two and a lack of promotion from ABC.

Thankfully, creator Bryan Fuller (the genius behind Dead Like Me, a brilliant workplace comedy about grim reapers, and NBC's Hannibal, the best drama on network TV) has plans of resurrecting the show via in comic book format or as a Broadway musical. I vote for the latter.

Below is a trailer for the show, just so that you can get an idea of the series.