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Few TV producers were more adept at turning Death into a punchline than Bryan Fuller, as witness his cable efforts Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls. Fuller maintained this singular tradition in his first major "over-the-air" series, the seriocomic, semi-fantastic ABC offering Pushing Daisies, which in fact had been originally conceived as a spinoff of Dead Like Me but ended up being developed separately. Lee Pace starred as Ned, who at the tender age of ten discovered that he possessed a rare gift: the ability to bring the dead back to life simply by touching them. Unfortunately, those whom he "resurrected" could only stay alive for 60 seconds, whereupon Ned had to touch them again and send them back to the Other World permanently: if Ned didn't do this within the alotted time-frame, someone else in the near vicinity would have to die in the place of the person he'd revived. As an adult, Ned supported himself with his own piemaking business, which grossed a hefty amount thanks to his ability to invest fruit with substantial flavor merely by touching. He also moonlighted as a partner to private detective Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) and Cod's co-worker Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), enabling Cod to solve murders by bringing the victims back to life long enough to identify their killers. Among these murdered souls was Ned's own childhood sweetheart Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Anna Friel)--but when time came to give Chuck the fatal "second touch", Ned didn't have the heart to do it. Thus, Chuck lived on as Ned's "inspiration", taking hilariously elaborate precautions to avoid ever coming into physical contact with her beloved Ned. Narrated by British comedian Jim Dale, Pushing Daisies first blossomed into life on October 3, 2007.

A couple rediscover their chemistry amidst their divorce.

Cameras capture ordinary people being funny at home, at work and elsewhere in a spin-off from 'America's Funniest Home Videos.'

Based on the autobiography of Washington columnist Tom Braden, the weekly, hour-long ABC series Eight is Enough starred Dick Van Patten as Sacramento newspaper journalist Tom Bradford, the father of eight children, who at the outset of the series ranged in age from 8 to 23. Early in the series, Diana Hyland was seen as Tom's wife Joan, but Hyland died after filming only four episodes, whereupon Tom Bradford became a widower. At the outset of the series' second season, Tom was remarried to widow Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, played by Betty Buckley. In descending age order, the Bradford children were David (Grant Goodeve), Mary (Lani O'Grady), Joannie (Laurie Walters), Susan (Susan Richardson), Nancy (Dianne Kay), Elizabeth (Connie Needham, later billed under her married name Connie Newton), Tommy (Willie Aames), and Nicholas (Adam Rich). At the beginning of Season Four, David married attorney Janet (Joan Prather) and Susan wed professional baseball player Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell (Brian Patrick Clarke) in a double ceremony; in later episodes, Susan gave birth to a daughter, Sandra Sue (named for her stepmom), and Joannie became engaged to Jeffrey Trout (Nicholas Pryor), with whom she worked at a local TV station. During the fifth and final season, Ralph Macchio was added to the Bradford household, playing Abby's nephew Jeremy Andretti. Others in the regular and recurring cast included Michael Thoma as Tom's best friend Dr. Greg "Doc" Maxwell; Virginia Vincent as Doc's wife Daisy; James Karen as Tom's editor Eliot Randall; Jennifer Darling as Tom's secretary Donna; and Michal Goodrow and John Louie as family friends Ernie and Melvin. Introduced on March 15, 1977 as a 90-minute TV movie with a slightly different cast, Eight is Enough went on to successfully blend comedy and drama for the next five years--no surprise here, since the program was assembled by the same people responsible for another popular "big family" series of the era, The Waltons. After its cancellation on August 29, 1981, Eight is Enough was briefly revived with a brace of TV-movie specials, 1987's Eight is Enough: A Family Reunion and 1989's An Eight is Enough Wedding.

Prehistoric beings toil in mundane, suburban settings in this odd twist on the sitcom genre.

Sing-a-longs, activities and games are the mainstays of this long-running educational series that aims to help children think, learn, have fun and use their imagination.