Hey, NBC! Don’t Chuck With My Favorite Show!
March 31, 2009 · Print This Article
Okay. After Veronica Mars and Pushing Daisies, you’d think I’d learn, right? You would think it! Hey, Cat! Don’t fall in love with a TV show! The network will let you down in the end.
That said, Angel Cohen over at Television Without Pity gives a compelling argument for why Chuck, a show on the bubble, should be renewed for a third season. And c’mon! This is Television Without Pity! As in “Spare the Snark, Spoil the Networks”! That is totally their motto! So there you go.
Wait. What does “on the bubble” mean? Well, I will tell you. No need to be pushy, there, hotshot. GOSH. See, a show that is “on the bubble” is a show that does a’ight for itself, but it hasn’t gotten the green light yet on a pick-up for next year, meaning that the outlook is, shall we say… uncertain. Like, the Chuck bubble o’ goodness could burst at any time! POP! Get it? Get it? Bubble? BURST? Because the show gets CANCELED? Which, BTW, would totally blow.
Oooh, pun SNAP!
So I have to concur with all the kudos for the well-written storylines (with adequate suspension of disbelief, naturally), the fabulous and quirky cast, the will-they-won’t-they angst of Chuck and Sarah’s relationship, the gruntiness of Special Agent Casey, the sweet bromance between Chuck and Morgan, and the pop-culture fun woven into every episode of Chuck. Oh, and Jeffster. Can’t forget the Jeffster! I mean, any show that can seamlessly weave “Africa” by Toto into an episode is aces in my book. Aces!
And does it need to be said that Zachary Levi (AKA: Chuck) is totally Nerdalicious? Because I will totally say it if it needs to be said. I will. Don’t think I won’t because you would be so wrong. He is Nerd-a-licious. And Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah? Come ON. Plus, we get to see Captain Awesome shirtless in practically every episode, which, AWESOME?!
I’m not going to lie. Despite my best efforts to harden my heart, I will be genuinely crushed if they cancel Chuck, my favoritest show on TV.
I <3 Chuck as well. It’s such a good show! Plus, Zachary Levi might just have the best hair since Chuck Woolery, which is saying a lot. Plus, it’s awfully neat that his character’s name is Chuck and Chuck Woolery’s name is… never mind. What I’m saying is – good job! Methinks thy blogging mojo is on the mend!
Oh, Chuck’s hair IS nice, isn’t it? Okay, add that to the list! Fantastic hair!
Me too Cat.. me too, the only shows I watch religiously any more are Chuck and Heroes and while I started watching Chuck simply because it was the lead in to Heroes.. I find myself (dare I say it)..loving Chuck about 100 times more than I ever really dug Heroes and that has a lot to do with all of the qualities you listed in your post… Jeffster ‘heh’
for the love of all things geeky people.. go to the Chuck web site, watch Chuck on Hulu, download the Chuck facebook app and if you really wanna get your Nerd-a-licious-ness on, go pick up an Official Buy More or NerdHerd shirt here and show them that we Chuck Fans are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: “We will not go quietly into the night!” We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
Sorry, got a little carried away.. what was I saying now??? Oh yeah, Chuck Rules (and so do you Cat)
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I’m on board the Chuck train. It and Supernatural are my appointment TV shows.
I agree wholeheartedly! If chuck is cancelled I will as angry as when Alias was pulled after only a 5 year run!
I loved that show more than my morning coffee….!! Wow did I just say that! Chuck is a big ol slice of funny, sexiness that I need every week!!
Seriously, after the torment and angstiness of the CW canceling Veronica Mars I swore I’d never fall in love with a television show again, that TV shows and I could just be good friends from now on, but my flirtation with Chuck is perilously close to love.
Here it is the end of October and no “Chuck” in sight. I have been reading NBC Televison’s website and NOTHING. “Chuck” is one of the freshest, best written and well acted shows to appear on television in a very long time. I am SOOO sick of the worn out repetitive: medical drama, police drama, crime drama, and idiotic “My Dad is a Moron” type of sit coms, I am fed up!!! NBC, wake the hell up and get Chuck back on the air!
Don’t fret Larry, it’s coming back soon and with more episodes (hit the link).
Ironically NBC is counting on the show they almost cancelled, that was saved by the fans to rescue them from the ratings toilet they’ve gotten themselves into with their new shows (that no one watches).
http://scifimafia.com/2009/10/nbc-considering-more-chuck-episodes/
Also – Kristen Kreuk (Smallville), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) and Angie Harmon (Law & Order) are all guest starring in the new season.