Writer's Strike
The week the episode aired in the United States was also one in which screenwriters authorized their union leaders to call what in two weeks became the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Entertainment Weekly later credited the strike for giving Pushing Daisies, a series with only moderate ratings success during its first season, a chance to relaunch. Nine months later, actress Kristin Chenoweth, who played Olive, cited the strike as one reason for the cancellation though she speculated that other reasons may have also played a role.
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