The episode—which features a duet version of the They Might Be Giants song "Birdhouse in Your Soul"—earned Jim Dooley a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.
[2] A plane crash into an apartment building leaves Emerson, Ned and Chuck investigating whether the pilot committed suicide.
[3] The full order was not a surprise, since the show had easily won its Wednesday lead-off time slot among adults 18-49 during each of the three previous airings,[3] though that success was against the backdrop of an overall bad start for the new fall TV broadcasting season.
[4] The episode competed against the first game of the 2007 World Series, losing to that sporting event but outdrawing the premiere of Phenomenon on NBC,[5] as well as every other program that night.
[6] Entertainment Weekly later credited the strike for giving Pushing Daisies, a series with only moderate ratings success during its first season, a chance to relaunch.