Pushing Daisies Comes to Life, More ABC Debuts

Pushing Daisies by Justin Stephens/ABC
The new ABC series
Pushing Daisies will get an advance screening at this year's New York Television Festival on Sept. 6, at the New World Stages in midtown Manhattan. The sneak peek will be followed by a reception with the show's cast and creators. (To order tickets, visit
NYTVF.com and click on "Box Office.") Otherwise, catch
Pushing Daisies on ABC Oct. 3, at 8 pm/ET.
Speaking of ABC, premiere dates have been set for the TV-movie adaptations of
Mitch Albom's For One More Day (Dec. 9) and
A Raisin in the Sun (Feb. 25, 2008, aka the day after the Oscars).