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Pushing Daisies chief pushing new superhero sitcom
by Danny Gallagher, posted Sep 29th 2009 9:00AM
Has the loss of Pushing Daisies left a big gaping hole in your heart? Are you wishing you could get ABC for pushing such quality programming off the air? Do you have some kind of blueprint involved in said wish with images clearly marked "rented van," "unlocked security door" and "army of heavily armed Mexican banditos"? Well, call off your henchmen because one of the show's chief creators has something new and improved on his hands that you might like.
Barry Sonnenfeld, the executive producer of Pushing Daises, is shopping around a new supernatural show that doesn't sound as deep or detailed as Daises, but could be just as fun.
This time, the script centers around a "harried" mother who finds a unique suit that gives her "super powers." Think of her as Supernanny, only actually "super." I'm referring, of course, to both the character AND the show.
The project he and fellow producer Stu Bloomberg are shopping to ABC only has a script development deal and not a pilot. So far it's only described by its plot, which sounds like a Greatest American Hero remake with the Malcolm in the Middle mom as the title character (wouldn't her magnified mega-bitch powers technically make her a villain?) and as a multicamera show.
Given the extreme amount of cult buzz Daisies generated (a show I haven't watched yet because I like keeping my lights on and the water running), this has the potential to at least be so-so good. It also sounds like a show built for the mommy audience that ABC has slowly been building with their dramas and sitcoms. Grey's Anatomy can probably fit in either category at this stage.
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