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Remaining Chuck episodes to air on Jan. 24

by Joel Keller, posted Jan 10th 2008 10:11AM

ChuckWhen NBC aired Chuck's Christmas-themed episode early in December, people were wondering if the show had any other pre-strike episodes left. The good news was that there were two episodes left to air, but NBC wanted to hold on to them until the strike was settled and air them with the remaining season's order of episodes.

Of course, it looks like that's a long way from happening. So NBC has shifted gears and decided to air both of the remaining episodes on a single night. But, according to SCI FI Wire, they won't air in the show's usual Monday night slot; they'll air on Thursday, January 24, at 8 and 10 PM. In between the Chuck episodes will be an episode of Celebrity Apprentice. Well, that makes perfect sense, because the two shows have very similar fan bases. What's that? They have completely opposite fan bases? Who knew?

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Jeff N.

Network suits gone Wild!

January 10 2008 at 7:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Discosis

What's NBC doing?

Has Jack fallen asleep in his office?

January 10 2008 at 5:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Europa

Well, I guess I'll be taking a nap in between. You'll be able to serve ice water in hell before I willingly watch Trump.

January 10 2008 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Horse N. Buggy

I would love to see Adam Baldwin go up against Trump, but you'd probably be surprised at how often they would agree.

I just don't get NBC. In my opinion, they had the best line-up this season. Yet, here they are, proving that they, in fact, don't know what to do with a good show when they've got one.

Also, networks in general have been complaining about DVR usage. So why do they continue to make programming changes like this that punish people who don't use DVRs? It's only those of us who have a DVR set up to record all new airings of the show that will be unaffected by this bone-headed move.

I kinda get the concept of wanting to capture the Earl/30 Rock audience if they haven't already been exposed to Chuck. But surely, Chuck's audience is bigger than ER's at this point? I can't see how there will be much crossover between the ER and Chuck audiences. I assume that they will heavily promote the 10:00 episode during the 8:00 episode. If new viewers are interested, they will probably either change the channel during Apprentice (assuming the Chuck and Apprentice audience isn't the same) and come back at 10, or they will set their DVR to record Chuck at 10 and go to bed.

January 10 2008 at 1:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David

I thought it was pretty obvious what Ben Silverman was doing when he made this decision. He took a popular show, Chuck, and is airing it on a popular TV night, Thursday, and bookending it around a show he wants to be successful, Celebrity Apprentice.

Seems like a straightforward and smart move to me ...

January 10 2008 at 1:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Scott

Even in a world where there's no writer's strike, this would be a dubious move. But there is a writer's strike! The odds are that there won't be any more "Chuck" episodes until September. Why burn away both originals you have left, in a non-sweeps month, too? If "Chuck" is a successful show, the strategy falls apart on that, even if it somehow encourages "Chuck" fans to hang around and watch Trump, and Trump fans to hang around and watch "Chuck", both of which are highly unlikely. If "Chuck" is not a big ratings-grabber, then why make it the bread of a Trump sandwich?

"Chuck" is not produced by NBC Studios/Universal (which is why it's still on iTunes). It's made by Warner. This move makes a lot more sense as a way to get rid of the last episodes on a night when no one will find them, so they can say "hey, the ratings aren't that good, we want to pay you a lower license fee, or we want to cancel it outright."

January 10 2008 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott

Sure, burn off both remaining original episodes of one of your most popular new shows on the same night. And that night? Not the one that the show normally airs on.

Seriously, what the hell happened to NBC? Have they lost their very last programmer with a brain?

January 10 2008 at 12:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott Schrantz

Hey, I watch both! I must be where the Venn Diagram meets. The scheduling doesn't ruffle me much because I DVR everything and watch it 2-3 days later anyway. Probably on that Thursday I'll be finally getting around to watching Tuesday's Idol.

Chuck and the Apprentice on the same night? Hey, they should make it a crossover event! Could you imagine John Casey going up again Trump in the boardroom? Oh, the wacky hijinx! Actually, that's exactly the sort of stupid promo I can imagine NBC putting together. I hope I didn't just give them an idea.

January 10 2008 at 11:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gig

NBC really ought to just close the doors and turn off the lights. Either that or fire every last person that has anything to do programing.

January 10 2008 at 11:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
C C

NBC cannot be more transparent-they really don't have much invested in Chuck's future.

January 10 2008 at 11:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Locke

Chuck and Celebrity Apprentice together? Does Not Compute.

The Writers Strike is causing some strange things indeed.

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January 10 2008 at 11:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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