The following is a list of Pushing Daisies episodes. Pushing Daisies is a comedy-drama broadcast on ABC in the United States, formerly on CTV, currently on A-Channel in Canada and on ITV in the UK. The show premiered globally on October 2, 2007 (in Canada); it then premiered in the U.S. on October 3.
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Series overview
| Season Number | Number of episodes | Year(s) Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray Release Dates | Season Premiere Date(s) | Season Finale Date(s) | Number of viewers in millions |
Year end rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 2007 | September 16, 2008 | October 2, 2007 (Canada), October 3, 2007 (US) |
December 11, 2007 (Canada), December 12, 2007 (US) |
9.42 | #46 | |
| 2 | 13 | 2008–2009 | July 21, 2009 | September 30, 2008 (Canada), October 1, 2008 (US) |
May 1, 2009 (UK), June 13, 2009 (US) |
4.72 | #89 | |
Season 1: 2007
"Original airdates" are the first time that an episode is broadcast in a given country. Due to the WGA strike, this season consisted of only nine episodes.
| Episode Number | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Guest star(s) | Original airdates |
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| 1 | "Pie-lette" | Bryan Fuller | Barry Sonnenfeld | Patrick Breen | October 2, 2007 (Canada), October 3, 2007 |
| Ned owns and operates a pie bakery and seems to lead a perfectly normal life. This, however, is far from the truth. Ned can, with the touch of his hand, wake people from the dead. But another touch will kill them again, for good, and if he keeps them alive for more than a minute, someone else in close proximity dies. He decides to use this ability of his to solve crimes, but it grows complicated when he gives life to his childhood crush, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, and decides to let her keep living. | |||||
| 2 | "Dummy" | Peter Ocko | Barry Sonnenfeld | Patrick Fabian Riki Lindhome Jonathan Mangum |
October 9, 2007 (Canada), October 10, 2007 (US) |
| Emerson gets annoyed with Chuck tailing himself and Ned on their cases, while Ned refuses to share secrets with Chuck. For this instance, Ned revives Bernard Slaybeck, an auto safety specialist who was murdered in a hit-and-run. Before he can explain his death, Chuck breaks in with romantic questions. With the minute almost up, Bernard asks the team to give his last wishes to Jeanine, a young woman who worked with him at Dandy Lion Industries. Soon, a mysterious murder plot involving a crash dummy costume, bodies in the testing room, and a car that runs on dandelion fuel comes to light. Musical Number: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from the movie Grease. Note: This episode did not air in sequence on television in the United Kingdom due to clashes in its timeslot.[citation needed] However, it was shown briefly on the ITV1 website for one week after the series had ended its seasonal run. It was finally aired on 8th August 2008 at 8 o'clock on ITV2. ITV1 will air 'Dummy' on Friday May 8th 2009 at 10.35pm, the week after the ending of Series 2 in the UK in the same timeslot. |
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| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | Bryan Fuller | Paul Edwards | Raul Esparza Brad Grunberg Eddie Shin |
October 16, 2007 (Canada), October 17, 2007 (US) |
| Ned and Chuck speak to Lawrence Schatz, who they find out died one minute after Ned brought Chuck back to life. Meanwhile, Chuck decides to stay true to her original threat of baking anti-depressants into her aunts' food, in the form of Ned's pies. Olive unwillingly becomes the messenger in Chuck's plan and accidentally stumbles onto a secret about her unrequited lover's love. | |||||
| 4 | "Pigeon" | Rina Mimoun | Adam Kane | Dash Mihok Jayma Mays E.J. Callahan |
October 23, 2007 (Canada), October 24, 2007 (US) |
| A plane crash into an apartment building leaves the trio with a case - did the pilot commit suicide? - while Chuck finds herself drawn to the man who appears to be the sole survivor (guest star Dash Mihok), much to Ned's distress. Meanwhile, Olive takes a wounded messenger pigeon to the aunts for help. Musical Number: Olive and Aunt Vivian do a take on the They Might Be Giants song "Birdhouse in Your Soul." |
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| 5 | "Girth" | Katherine Lingenfelter | Peter O'Fallon | Carlos Alazraqui Barbara Barrie Ralph P. Martin Christopher Neiman Hamish Linklater |
October 30, 2007 (Canada), October 31, 2007 (US) |
| In this Halloween episode, Emerson and Olive track down "the ghost" who's been killing the jockeys at the old race arena where Olive used to race as a former jockey herself. With help from Ned and Chuck, they try to solve the big mystery. | |||||
| 6 | "Bitches" | Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey | Allan Kroeker | Christine Adams Mark Harelik Lydia Look Jessica Lundy Joel McHale Jenny Wade |
November 13, 2007 (Canada), November 14, 2007 (US) |
| When a deceased man tells Ned that his wife killed him after giving him a cup of coffee, he fails to mention that he is a polygamist, making the case harder than it sounds, with matters only becoming more complicated when Emerson falls for the prime suspect and Ned is left contemplating starting a physical relationship with Olive to complement the emotional one he has with Chuck. | |||||
| 7 | "Smell of Success" | Scott Nimerfro | Lawrence Trilling | Paul Reubens Field Cate Tim Conlon Sarah Jayne Jensen Christopher Sieber |
November 20, 2007 (Canada), November 21, 2007 (US) |
| The trio is called on to investigate the case of Anita Gray, loyal assistant to the olfactory scientist and aspiring novelist Napoleon LeNez. Sitting at her desk, Anita was leaning over to use her heightened sense of smell on a scratch-and-sniff book when suddenly, an explosion erupted from the book, completely engulfing her. Additional attempts on Lenez's life and incriminating evidence leads to the suspicion of Oscar Vibenius, former lab partner and bitter rival of Lenez. This rivalry leads to the belief that Vibenius is trying to prevent Lenez's book from being published. Elsewhere, Olive attempts to get Lily and Vivian back in the water. And, Vibenius begins an obsession with Chuck. Musical Number: Aunt Vivian sings "Morning Has Broken" made famous by Cat Stevens. |
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| 8 | "Bitter Sweets" | Abby Gewanter | Allan Kroeker | Molly Shannon Field Cate Michael Cornacchia Raul Esparza Steve Hytner Mike White |
November 28, 2007 (Canada & US)[1] |
| Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigate the death of Tony DiNapoli, who appears to have been strangled by a woman. However, when Ned brings Tony back to life to find out who killed him, Tony claims it was Burly Bruce Carter, via the hands of his “girlfriend” who is a RealDoll. Meanwhile, business at the Pie Hole plummets when a new candy store opens in town- the situation becoming more complicated when Ned discovers one of the owners dead in a large vat of candy-, and Alfredo continues to pursue an oblivious Olive who, herself, continues to pine after the Pie Maker. | |||||
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | Lisa Joy | Brian Dannelly | Paul Reubens Grant Shaud Julia Campbell Field Cate Colby Paul Audrey Wasilewski |
December 11, 2007 (Canada) December 12, 2007 (US)[3] |
| When Chuck disappears after discovering Ned’s connection to her father’s death, Ned finds her with Olive, but she refuses to go back home with him. Meanwhile, Oscar Vibenius continues his attempt to figure out why Chuck smells so different. It’s New Year’s, and Emerson and Ned investigate the death of an adjuster from the Über-Life Life Insurance Agency who was found in a snow bank. Lily suffers from hallucinations after Olive inadvertently overdoses a pie with Chuck's homeopathic mood enhancer. Due to the WGA strike, this episode served as the season finale.[2] |
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Season 2: 2008-2009
Pushing Daisies was renewed in February 2008 by ABC for the 2008-09 television season.[4] On November 20, 2008, after six episodes were broadcast, ABC canceled the show. A total of thirteen episodes were produced for the season, with four of them broadcast in November and December, and the last three ABC broadcast in the U.S. on Saturdays starting May 30, 2009 to promote the release of the Season 2 DVD.[5]
In the following table, "Original airdate" refers to the first time that an episode is broadcast anywhere in the world in the English language.
| Episode Number | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Guest star(s) | Original airdate (in English) |
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| 10 (1) | "Bzzzzzzzzz!" | Bryan Fuller | Adam Kane | Missi Pyle French Stewart Peter Cambor Autumn Reeser Diana Scarwid Sy Richardson Sammi Hanratty |
September 30, 2008 (Canada), October 1, 2008 (US) |
| Chuck goes undercover as a "Bee Girl" at a honey-based cosmetics company after their new spokesmodel is stung to death. She soon discovers that office politics are killer (literally) between the founder (Missi Pyle) and the new owner. 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.[6] | |||||
| 11 (2) | "Circus Circus" | Peter Ocko | Lawrence Trilling | Rachael Harris Lee Arenberg Diana Scarwid Googy Gress Theodore Zoumpoulidis |
October 7, 2008 (Canada), October 8, 2008 (US) |
| Georgeann Heaps hires Emerson to find her missing daughter who has apparently run away, and the trail leads to a circus surrounded by murder in the form of several dead clowns. Meanwhile, Ned and Chuck try to deal with the change in their relationship, and Olive considers staying longer at the nunnery. | |||||
| 12 (3) | "Bad Habits" | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | Peter O'Fallon | Mo Collins Graham McTavish Diana Scarwid Michael Hitchcock |
October 15, 2008 (Canada & US) |
| Olive calls on the Pie Maker and Emerson to solve a suspicious suicide of a fellow nun that she believes was murdered. Meanwhile, Chuck tries to fill in her family tree and considers what to do in the present with her new lease on life. | |||||
| 13 (4) | "Frescorts" | Story by Lisa Joy; teleplay by Lisa Joy and Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts |
Peter Lauer | David Arquette Debra Mooney Alexandra Barreto Hayes MacArthur Dana Davis |
October 21, 2008 (Canada), October 22, 2008 (US) |
| When the most popular escort at a rent-a-friend agency turns up dead, the team investigates who killed him, including likely suspect Randy Mann, the guy's antisocial, taxidermy-loving roommate. Meanwhile, Emerson's famed private investigator mom, Calista Cod, pays an unexpected visit and does a little snooping of her own. | |||||
| 14 (5) | "Dim Sum, Lose Some" | Lawrence Trilling | Christine Adams Stephen Root |
October 28, 2008 (Canada), October 29, 2008 (US) |
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| The wife of a murdered chef, Bao Di, hires Emerson to investigate the death of her husband. So Ned, Emerson, Chuck, and Olive all go undercover at the Chinese restaurant where the murder took place. Meanwhile, Ned encounters a mysterious man who claims to have ties to his past, and Emerson is reunited with polygamist widow Simone Hundin. (Note: the word die Hündin can mean "bitch" in German, referring to the episode she was in, Bitches.) | |||||
| 15 (6) | "Oh Oh Oh...It's Magic" | Katherine Lingenfelter | Adam Kane | Fred Willard Kerri Kenney Paul F. Tompkins |
November 18, 2008 (Canada), November 19, 2008 (US) |
| Famed magician The Great Herrmann hires Emerson Cod to come to the Conjurer's Castle to track down the killer of his animal assistants. Meanwhile, Ned makes a discovery of his own at the Castle involving his newly found half-brothers. | |||||
| 16 (7) | "Robbing Hood" | Jim Danger Gray | Paul Shapiro | Shelley Berman Danny Comden Jennifer Elise Cox Ethan Phillips Jamison Yang Stephen Root |
November 25, 2008 (Canada), November 26, 2008 (US) |
| A lawyer for the late Gustav Hoffer suspects his client's death was not part of a robbery gone wrong as was reported, but rather murder. He hires Emerson Cod and Ned to find out who killed Hoffer. Meanwhile, Dwight Dixon romances Vivian (much to the disgust of Lily), and discovers that Chuck is still alive. | |||||
| 17 (8) | "Comfort Food" | Doug Petrie | Peter O'Fallon | Josh Randall Tim Bagley Patrick Fischler Beth Grant Eric Stonestreet Stephen Root |
December 2, 2008 (Canada), December 3, 2008 (US) |
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Ned and Olive compete at the Papen County Comfort Food Cook-Off, where Ned brings back to life Colonel Likkin, who was mysteriously deep fried to death. His world-famous original recipe has gone missing and Likkin asks Ned to find who stole it, forcing Ned and Olive to tackle a case without Emerson's detective expertise for the first time. Meanwhile, Chuck saves her father by tricking Ned, and is overcome by guilt. Turning to Emerson, the two try to find the person who died while in proximity. Musical number: Olive sings "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles. |
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| 18 (9) | "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy" | Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey | Lawrence Trilling | Josh Randall Perry Anzilotti Alexander Gould Sammi Hanratty David Koechner Mary Kay Place |
December 10, 2008 (Canada & US) |
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The Papen County Lighthouse keeper, Nora McQuoddy, is discovered dead, and her son hires Emerson to find the killer. Meanwhile, Charles Charles pays a visit, but his continued demands for Ned to leave Chuck and his rejection of Ned's attempt to impose rules on his second chance of life result in Chuck being forced to choose between the two. Musical number: Olive and an a cappella group sing "Candle on the Water", a song made famous by Helen Reddy from the film Pete's Dragon. |
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| 19 (10) | "The Norwegians" | Scott Nimerfro | Tricia Brock | Orlando Jones Ivana Milicevic Michael Weaver Stephen Root |
December 17, 2008 (Canada & US) |
| Ned, Chuck, and Emerson finally meet their match when three rival Norwegian detectives start to get in their way after Vivian hires them to investigate the disappearance of Dwight Dixon, with matters becoming increasingly complicated as Ned and Chuck try to find the missing Charles Charles and Olive apparently betrays the team to join the Norwegians. The Norwegians have a van they call "Mother" which the license plate states, but it is technically MILF, a Mobile Investigation Laboratory Facility. | |||||
| 20 (11) | "Window Dressed to Kill" | Abby Gewanter | Julie Anne Robinson | Richard Benjamin George Segal David Arquette Willie Garson Diana Scarwid Wayne Wilderson Constance Zimmer Rachel Cannon Sam Pancake |
April 17, 2009 (UK) May 30, 2009 (US) |
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Erin Embry, window dresser extraordinaire for Dicker’s department store, is killed and Chuck manages to get the Pie Hole gang on the case. Erin’s fans think it was her window-dressing partner, Coco Juniper, who did the deed. Apparently the two artistic minds did not always meet. Meanwhile, Ned refuses to use his zapping ability which causes him a small crisis of identity as he tries to establish his old identity, with matters becoming further complicated when the arrival of two old 'friends' of Olive's force Ned to pose as her fiance due to her having referred to him as such in her letters to them.[7] Musical number: Olive sings "Hello" by Lionel Richie. |
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| 21 (12) | "Water and Power" | Story by Lisa Joy & Jim Danger Gray; teleplay by Peter Ocko | Dean White | Christine Adams Robert Picardo Francesca P. Roberts Gina Torres Fred Williamson Matt Winston David Arquette |
April 24, 2009 (UK) June 6, 2009 (US) |
| Lila Robinson, a beautiful grifter from Emerson’s past resurfaces, revealing a painful secret that Emerson has kept hidden all these years. Now on the lam for murder, Lila promises Emerson a quid pro quo if he clears her name. | |||||
| 22 (13) | "Kerplunk" | Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts | Lawrence Trilling | Wendie Malick Nora Dunn Wilson Cruz Michael James McDonald Joey Slotnick Josh Hopkins David Arquette |
May 1, 2009 (UK) June 13, 2009 (US) |
| In the series finale, the past becomes the present when one half of the Darling Mermaid Darlings’ arch rivals, the Aquadolls, is killed. In order to find the murderer, the Darling Mermaid Darlings must come out of retirement with Ned as their manager and Olive as their stylist. Chuck, of course, cannot participate. Olive gets close to Sid, with whom she shares her experiences in gender discrimination, what with him being a male synchronized swimmer and her attending Vassar on a jockey scholarship. But was Sid jealous enough of the headliners to commit murder?[8] | |||||
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
Season 1: 2007
| Episode Number | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pie-lette" | 8.3 | 14 | 4.3/13 | 13.03 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | "Dummy" | 6.6 | 11 | 3.7/11 | 10.28 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | 6.6 | 11 | 3.6/10 | 9.86 | 2 | 5 | 33[9] |
| 4 | "Pigeon" | 6.2 | 10 | 3.0/8 | 9.67[10] | 2 | 5 | 36[10] |
| 5 | "Girth" | 5.7 | 10 | 2.6/7 | 8.57 | 1 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | "Bitches" | 5.8 | 10 | 3.1/9 | 8.83[11] | 1 | 4 | 42[11] |
| 7 | "Smell of Success" | 4.7 | 8 | 2.3/7 | 7.52 | 1 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | "Bitter Sweets"[1] | 6.2 | 9 | 3.8/9 | 10.18 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | 4.5 | 7 | 2.4/7 | 6.85 | 3 | 6 | 54 |
Season 2: 2008-2009
| Episode Number | Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | "Bzzzzzzzzz!" | 4.1 | 7 | 2.0/6 | 6.32 | 4 | 10 | 55 |
| 11 | "Circus Circus" | 3.6 | 6 | 2.0/6 | 5.55 | 4 | 10 | 61 |
| 12 | "Bad Habits" | 4.3 | 7 | 1.9/5 | 6.29 | 4 | 11 | 61 |
| 13 | "Frescorts" | 4.2 | 6 | 1.9/5 | 5.67 | 4 | 11 | 68 |
| 14 | "Dim Sum, Lose Some" | 4.2 | 7 | 2.2/6 | 6.64 | 4 | 10 | 63 |
| 15 | "Oh Oh Oh…It’s Magic" | 3.1 | 5 | 1.8/5 | 4.86 | 4 | 13 | 73 |
| 16 | "Robbing Hood" | 2.7 | 5 | 1.2/4 | 4.45 | 4 | 11 | |
| 17 | "Comfort Food" | 3.2 | 6 | 1.5/4 | 4.91 | 4 | 11 | 77 |
| 18 | "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy" | 3.2 | 5 | 1.6/5 | 4.95 | 3 | 10 | 70 |
| 19 | "The Norwegians" | 3.1 | 6 | 1.6/5 | 4.82 | 4 | 11 | |
| 20 | "Window Dressed to Kill" | 1.5 | 3 | 0.7/3 | 2.35 | 4 | 8 | |
| 21 | "Water and Power" | 1.5 | 3 | 0.8/3 | 2.29 | 3 | 7 | |
| 22 | "Kerplunk" | 1.3 | 3 | 0.7/2 | 2.23 | 3 | 9 |
Canadian ratings
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pie-Lette" | 0.95 | #27[12] |
| 2 | "Dummy" | 0.90 | #30 |
| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | 1.05 | #25 |
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | 0.89 | #25 |
UK Ratings
Season 1: 2008
Pushing Daisies aired on ITV1 on Saturday nights at 22:35. These figures are official ratings, released by BARB. The show began airing on April 12, 2008.
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) | Ranka |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pie-Lette" | 6.36 | #15 |
| 3 | "The Fun in Funeral" | 4.83 | #18 |
| 4 | "Pigeon" | 4.10 | #20 |
| 5 | "Girth" | 3.40 | #25 |
| 6 | "Bitches" | 2.91 | #35 |
| 7 | "Smell of Success" | 3.00 | #31 |
| 8 | "Bitter Sweets" | 2.90 | #33 |
| 9 | "Corpsicle" | 2.70 | #35 |
| 2 | "Dummy"b | 0.40 | #15 |
a Ranks are for ITV weekly, not for overall TV.
b Episode 2 'Dummy' wasn't shown due to the fact that the Euro 2008 began airing on ITV1 on Saturdays starting June 7, 2008 therefore there was no space for this episode. This episode then aired on August 8, 2008 on ITV2.
Season 2: 2009
Season 2 aired in a later and different time slot from season 1. Season 2 aired on Fridays at 22:35 on ITV1, and ran from January 30, 2009 until May 1, 2009. The final three episodes aired before they aired on ABC. [13]
| Order | Episode | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bzzzzzzzz!" | 1.74 |
| 2 | "Circus, Circus" | 1.66 |
| 3 | "Bad Habits" | 1.19 |
| 4 | "Frescorts" | 1.37[14] |
| 5 | "Dim Sum, Lose Some" | 1.19 |
| 6 | "Oh Oh Oh, It’s Magic" | 0.947 |
| 7 | "Robbing Hood" | 0.689 |
| 8 | "Comfort Food" | 0.90 |
| 13 | "Kerplunk" | 0.86 |
References
- ^ a b "Bitter Sweets" aired at a special time, following the seasonal rebroadcast of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- ^ Schneider, Peter Sanders, Rebecca Dana and Sam (2007-11-06). "As Writers Gamble for Digital Pie". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119424475401682362-Z7_aRsw6Lmg8HD2xitEfl7ofigE_20071206.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ NED TRIES TO MAKE PEACE WITH CHUCK ... ON ABC'S "PUSHING DAISIES" from abcmedianet.com
- ^ ABC Announces Scripted Show Renewals from mediaweek.com
- ^ "Mega Buzz on Lost, CSI: NY, True Blood, NCIS and More!" from tvguide.com
- ^ Pushing-Daisies.com >> Episode 2.1
- ^ Pushing-Daisies.com >> Episode 2.11
- ^ Pushing-Daisies.com >> Episode 2.13
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings (Week of October 15, 2007)". ABC Medianet. 2007-10-23. http://www.abcmedianet.com/Web/progcal/dispDNR.aspx?id=102307_08. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ a b I.T.R.S. Ranking Report ... 10/22/07 through 10/28/07 from abcmedianet.com
- ^ a b I.T.R.S. Ranking Report ... 11/12/07 through 11/18/07 from abcmedianet.com
- ^ "Top Programs - Total Canada (English): October 1-7, 2007". http://www.bbm.ca/en/nat10012007.pdf.
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- ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a147361/daisies-struggling-in-friday-night-slot.html
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