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Here's how you can help save Chuck

by Bob Sassone, posted Apr 20th 2009 1:02PM

ChuckChuck airs on NBC tonight at 8, and the season finale airs next Monday night. It's actually in danger of being canceled. But a major campaign has started to get the show renewed, and this time TV critics are getting behind it too.

Alan Sepinwall has written an open letter to NBC not just pleading with them to renew the show but also giving logical, business reasons to renew it (product integration, a good show for recession escapism, etc). He calls the show the best thing on NBC right now. Not sure if I exactly agree with that (I love 30 Rock too), but it's certainly one of the top 10 shows on TV right now.

Over at The Chicago Tribune, Maureen Ryan has written her own love letter to the show, saying it's one of the few shows that a family can watch together. She also gives tips on how to save the show, including addresses for both NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman and head of programming Angela Bromstad. She also asks you to check out web sites like ChuckTV.net and Give Me My Remote, which has changed its name to Give Me My Chuck for the campaign.

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Goretex30

Really want to keep Chuck around for seasons to come?

1) Ask all your friends if they know anyone participating in any television rating / watching

survey or system.

2) Loan these people your season 1 Chuck dvds and / or watch it with them. Direct them to the web for Season 2 (NBC.com Hulu.com TheWB.com etc).

3) If you get asked to participate in any television rating / watching surveys, do it.

4) Work a Chuck reference into every conversation with someone new you meet and tell them how good

the show is if they don't know what you are talking about.

5) Chuck Season 1 dvd and Season 2 pre-order dvd's make great presents and give away items for company events.

6) Once they are hooked, give them this list.

May 18 2009 at 2:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Liz

Chuck is great, and tonight's episode was one of the best. NBC has to renew it!

April 21 2009 at 1:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
superrrguy

I'm not a huge fan but I keep watching because there's nothing else to watch.

It's really on the dumb side of spy movies / tv stuff. He's always running around screaming like a girl and no one shoots him. I can't think of anything better on Mondays though.

Can't they change the name of the the Buy More to Best Buy and make some advertising deal? Also, get rid of the annoying sister but keep Awesome somehow. He's... what's the word I'm looking for?

April 21 2009 at 12:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Logica

My family loves Chuck. I believe the real issue NBC shows are facing is the Leno effect. NBC will be losing 5 hours of programming a week when Leno begins. If you truly want to save an NBC show-stop Leno.

April 20 2009 at 9:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hashbrown_Hunter

Chuck is one of those rare shows that is actually a little surprising why it is not more appealing to the mainstream. When something as sci-fi as Heroes, you'd think Chuck would have a better chance.

Well I'm all for this cause not only because there's a severe lack of dramedy shows in TV, but also because it's a quality show that just keeps improving week after week. This is one show that can't afford to be missed.

April 20 2009 at 4:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Dan

Seriously, Chuck has continued to outdo itself. At first, it just seemed like a glossy show created in a board room without any real intelligence or planning out beyond the "nerd is forced into being a secret agent, his cover girlfriend is hot and she wears skimpy outfits and fights a hot chick every week" angle it started with.

But now Chuck is an incredibly deep, complicated and intelligent hour of comedy, action, mystery and drama that has surpassed every non 30-minute comedy on TV other than Dexter.

April 20 2009 at 6:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimmy

When you consider NBC's overall schedule is Chuck really doing any better or worse than everything else on the network? The biggest negative Chuck has going for it is the fact that it's not owned by NBC but Warner Brothers.

April 20 2009 at 2:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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B

Chuck is barely below Heroes in the ratings and I'm sure is much cheaper to make.

April 20 2009 at 8:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
NELS

NOT EVEN CLOSE B.

Heroes gets a 3.2 in 18-49 (and 18-34) ratings. Chuck gets a 2.3 and 1.8.

That is a 28 percent increase in 18-49 ratings, and even worse a 44 percent increase in the 18-34 numbers.

As for being cheaper? I don't know, couldn't find anything on the cost of either show. But you are probably right.

Source is last weeks numbers:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/14/monday-ratings-fox-and-cbs-battle-for-youth-castle-slips/16681

April 21 2009 at 6:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

There are disturbingly few TV shows that are worth even turning the TV on for anymore. I have completely packed away my TV now and am only watching a core few shows online. Of those shows, Chuck is one of the only bright ones among those. What happened to TV? It's all junk these days. :-(
The only few that I am really eager to see:
Chuck, Heroes, The Unit, Terminator, NCIS, Lost, Psych, and Legend of the Seeker.
Heck, I've been so bored with TV that I've taken to watching international TV to find something. 'Merlin' and 'Being Human' from the UK are good. And that's about it.
Recent cancellations spawned by people leaving TV due to the writers' strike has killed a few good shows too. Journeyman, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone...
I wonder how difficult it would be to raise the funding to start a new nationwide network that picks up great shows that the other networks are sloughing off...? The slogan could be "Making TV worth watching again." heh

April 20 2009 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sarah

I'm in. Chuck is one of the best shows on tv right now.

April 20 2009 at 1:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Johnzo

NBC has been very generous in promoting it, funding it, giving the writers and producers creative freedom, and renewing it for a second year with low first year ratings. It may be a great show, but it's not financially viable. It's clear that this show will not grow a larger fanbase especially after the smack-in-your-face superbowl promotions did nothing for it. It's time to say good bye, enjoy the ride you had, and move on.

April 20 2009 at 1:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sabih

save terminator too!

April 20 2009 at 1:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Hashbrown_Hunter

Fox isn't as forgiving as NBC.

April 20 2009 at 4:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steve

I really hope they renew chuck, I love this show.

April 20 2009 at 1:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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