Nov 6 2008 10:43 PM ET

Blind Item: War Declared Backstage at Cult Fave

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It’s not unusual for a TV series to have at least one bad seed. You know, an actor whose ego is so ginormous it makes mine look like a half-eaten Skittle?

Well, less typical is a show in which all the stars have the disposition of Linda Blair pre-exorcism, but that’s the situation over at a certain sophomore drama.

"Each actor is crazier than the next," whispers a staffer employed behind the scenes at the war-torn program. "And they all pretty much hate each other."

And they’re finding it increasingly difficult to hide their mutual disdain from viewers. Per my snitch, the male lead "cannot stand" his love interest, "and it’s obvious by their complete lack of chemistry." 

The good news is, the nightmare may soon be over for all concerned. Although the show enjoys a rabid cult following and solid critical support, its ratings are such that a third season is looking very unlikely.

So, what’s the series with the work environment that’s so hostile it would make the Roseanne set at its worst seem like paradise? Let the speculation begin in the comments section!

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  • Dexter

    Pushing Daisies?

  • Rodrigo

    Oh, my God! I had no idea things were like that in Pushing Daisies set!!

  • matthew c

    The first two shows i thought of are: “Eli Stone” and “Pushing Daisises”. But i don’t think it’s PD, because the cast seems to genuinely care for one another. I think it could be Eli Stone because Miller and Henstridge have NO chemistry what so ever.
    I just don’t know what show this could be.

  • Ben

    Please don’t tell me that this means all the actors on Pushing Daises hates each other?!?!?! That makes me sad…

  • Lauren

    Pushing Daisies is a comedy.

  • Tkangaroo

    Private Practice? Yay! That show needs to go away. How can they have that still going and are getting ready to cancel my pushing daisies? So sad!

  • Thom

    Private Practice

  • Jason Breslin

    It CANNOT be Pushing Daisies!! Lee does not have a big ego and his chemistry with Anna is fantastic despite not touching each other.

  • kath

    Please don’t think for one second it is PUSHING DAISIES. It is NOT!! I can say with 100% certainty that this is not the cast that Ausiello is referring to.

  • zvi

    What about Dirty, Sexy, Money?

  • ShoNuff

    ok, so the soph dramas are gossip girl, dirty sexy money, private practice, chuck, life & pushing daisies.
    sounds like daisies with the rabid following, but i can’t imagine those personalities have conflict and there is in fact chemistry between the leads. private practice is going nowhere, so that’s out. gossip girl’s cast are too young to be divas. life doesn’t really have a romantic female lead. chuck was renewed for the year already, so that’s out.
    i guess that leaves dirty sexy money, though they don’t really have a cult following. but divas abound on that set.

  • Troy

    please tell me it’s like eli stone and not pushing daisies, b/c p.d. is my favorite show and it would really suck to find out that the cast hated each other.

  • Jason Breslin

    Phew!

  • Ashlyn

    It’s not Eli Stone. Miller doesn’t even have a main love interest this year (Eli and Taylor have been over since early last season). Plus, it’s pretty much common knowledge that the ES cast has a blast with one another with all of the fantasy and song/dance sequences.

  • Anonymous

    dirty sexy money?

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