Filled with stunning cinematography, excellent acting, and some of the best writing currently on TV, this fall's best new show is definitely Pushing Daisies. Universally praised by critics, this show with a tricky premise just may become the next big hit.

A run down of the plot essentials is as follows: A pie maker has the ability to touch dead people and bring them back to life; however, if he touches them again they go back to being dead, forever. On top of that, if he revives someone from the dead, he can only keep them alive for one minute; otherwise, something else has to die. Confused yet? Don't be - there's more. A private detective found the pie maker using his gift and they have since teamed up to solve cases. On one of those cases, the pie maker found his childhood sweetheart to be the one he had to revive, but kept her alive for more than one minute. Now the three of them have formed a team to solve crimes involving the dead.

The plot may sound intimidating, but don't worry, it's easy to understand once you start watching. So far, approximately nine million people are watching each week, making Pushing Daisies a modest hit. The hit status, however, mainly comes from the weekly win in its time slot among adults 18-49.

With its rapid-fire witty dialogue, Pushing Daisies is a show that never releases its hold upon you. And no matter how many times you see a dead person revived, it never gets stale. Although there are only a few more new episodes left before an indeterminate length of time (the WGA strike has prevented any new scripts being written), I remain confident that Pushing Daisies will have a long life – just as long as the pie maker doesn't touch it.

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Pushing Daisies airs Wednesday nights at 8pm on ABC.