“Pushing Daisies” is stepping it up this season – more movie homages, more guest stars, more musical numbers, and of course, more pie.

For the season premiere tonight (October 1), featuring French Stewart and Autumn Reeser, Kristen Chenoweth cracks after keeping the secret about Chuck’s mother, and joins a nunnery, “which of course lends itself to a ‘Sound of Music’ homage,’” creator Bryan Fuller chuckled.

“Once you have someone in a nunnery, you do have those moments,” producer Barry Sonnenfeld said, “standing on a hillside, singing out loud.”

Last season, which, if you missed it, is now available on DVD, featured three musical numbers, including They Might Be Giants’ “Birdhouse In Your Soul.” This season, they hope to have even more breaking-out-into-song moments. By episode eight, Fuller said, “Pushing Daisies” will “get our Bangles on,” when Chenoweth sings “Eternal Flame.” Read more...

Usually, the "Star Trek" movies are borne out of the television shows -- not the other way around. "Star Trek"'s I through VI were with the original cast, then there was a spate of "Next Gen" films, (though never anything with "DS9," "Voyager," or "Enterprise").

But now that J.J. Abrams is rebooting "Star Trek" to back when the original crew of the Enterprise were young, it’s the first time in eleven films that there wasn’t a corresponding TV series. Former "Star Trek" scribe and “Pushing Daisies” creator Bryan Fuller says that means it’s ripe time for "Star Trek" to hit the small screen once again.

“I would love to do another 'Star Trek' series,” Fuller said. “One where you could go back to the spirit and color of the original 'Star Trek,' because somehow, it got cold over the years. I love ‘Next Generation,’ but it’s a little cooler and calmer than the ones from the ‘60s, which were so dynamic and passionate.” Read more...