May 13th, 2011
03:21 PM ET
'Chuck' fans win once more: NBC to air fifth seasonWith networks scheduled to continue announcing which shows will be renewed or canceled over the next week, fans of NBC’s “Chuck” found themselves in a familiar position: coming up with a creative way to try to keep the show on the air. Those fans can now breathe a sigh of relief: According to Entertainment Weekly, NBC has renewed "Chuck" for a fifth season with 13 episodes, although it looks like it'll also be the last. This waiting game isn't new, of course. Since the end of its first season, “Chuck” has been on the proverbial bubble.
It doesn’t pull in the biggest ratings, but it does have a core audience that will do whatever it can to keep its favorite Nerd Herder from cancellation. That included purchasing Subway sandwiches en masse at the end of season 2, a move that led to the company buying in as a sponsor for the show. This year’s campaign was Not A Nielsen Family (also a hashtag on Twitter), which essentially boils down to, “We might not show up in your numbers, but we’re watching and we can prove it.” The idea has been for fans to watch the show as it airs, simultaneously tweeting at both NBC and whatever advertisers show up during the commercial breaks. It’s an idea that the show’s creative team certainly endorses. As a recent episode got ready to air, “Chuck” creator Josh Schwartz challenged fans to “melt Twitter down.” Upon hearing the news that NBC is keeping "Chuck" around for another season, Schwartz acknowledged the efforts of the devoted fanbase. "The passion of the CHUCK fans has been heard again," he tweeted. "We are all truly lucky to have the greatest fan base on tv. Thank you." |
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Yeah, Chuck, I love this show, i was sooo sad when it was on the bubble, it is the only show I watch on NBC since they cancelled Heroes, NBC sucks but I love some Chuck
Chuck is a unique and amazing show. First of all, the cast is perfect and covers every great plot for a movie, and secondly, it's both hilarious and allows for the emotions to begin bubbling. I would say that if NBC cancelled Chuck they would be making a big mistake. Chuck has the core of NBC's audience, and they have proven to be unable to fill that with any of their other shows. They are going to be losing a lot, and with the most recent shows they have released, the fan base they thought would be huge really were not great. Therefore, what NBC has thought the audience would love, they haven't, and what the audience wants is 'Chuck'. They should not remove it until the fan base has decided it's time, and that is clearly not now.
@llyod take ur azz & play outside!!
Lloyd give it at rest man. Do something productive instead of trolling and picking on people. We should all try and get b lo me and sunshine girl together instead of you making up lies.
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The stations are going cancellation crazy. Then the replace everything good with either dumb cheesy sitcoms or those god awful reality shows. Tvs just not worth it any more. @Lloyd Christmas...Give it a rest already. Your not impressing anyone w/your fake knowledge.
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I love Chuck. Wish they could continue it, but hey, I'll be happy with what I can get now-a-days with the way the networks are dropping shows like flies!!! Thanks Chuck fans for being so awesome and helping to keep the show on the air for as long as you have!!!
Oh all this anger against 'Chuck'... your show got cancelled I see?
congratulations chuck fans. And yes the way the score ratings needs to change. Most of us aren't nielsen families, and everyone one deserves to be counted.
The big problem is that they don't include DVR, it's not *as much* who has a Nielson box. Too many people, particularly shows like this, watch the DVR and not live. That doesn't get translated.
VIVA BUYMORIA!! And long live CHUCK. The only good shows NBC has left are Chuck and the Thursday comedies. And I guess I'll give them Parenthood too since my mom loves that show, and the one time I saw it, it was pretty decent.
We fans are very happy to chuck the renewal of the series, but we do not want that fifth season will be the last, we love the show and we want more seasons and more than 13 eps, please we implore NBC to not chuck end the season 5
Chuck wouldn't have needed the fans to rally if NBC gave it the proper endorsement and advertisements from the beginning. Really, NBC should consider themselves lucky, since Chuck fans are helping them keep the sponsors that they are throwing away with other horrible shows.
chuck is my fav show!!! please do a sixth season too. i know tons of poeple that love your show. you think not a lot of people dont like it but trust me, your mistaken. CHUCK ROCKS!!!!!
That is a good article.Thanks for sharing.
I'm sorry...but NBC has really fallen into the toilet in recent years:( As a loyal Chuck fan, I've openly participated in every campaign, tweet plug and SOS plot since day one! And while I don't own a pair of "Cons", Chuck proves that the future of TV isn't Nielson anymore!
The last worthy show prior to Chuck that NBC aired in my opinion was Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip! A show about what goes on behind network TV's closed doors! Since then, NBC has canned virtually every good show they've had because of ratings when they don't have meaning anymore!
Great 1-hour television hasnt seen much lately...not since The West Wing & Studio 60. 90% of the ones on over the last 5-10 years are the same. Cops, murderers, doctors, family turmoil and reality TV! If the networks would come up with something original and stick with it...like Chuck, they might stop replicating cop shows in the same damn cities over and over again!
Here's hoping that a smart network (like CBS) will buy the rights and keep Chuck going...like Medium did for nearly a decade!
Agreed!!!!! CHUCK is pretty much the only tv i watch here in New Zealand.
Those good shows you are looking for... They're all on cable now. Chuck is one of the few network shows left that I watch. I had 5 shows cancelled on me this year so far, all on network tv. These are shows with ratings solid enough o pull a (small) profit with initial airing, nevermind secondary and tertiary revenue sources (dvd sales, syndication, overseas rebroadcasting, web sales, web streaming ad revenue, merch sales, etc ), and they were all cancelled in the pursuance of higher profits. The networks will lose this game because people will and are going to stop tuning in, period. They are reducing their overall audience with these frequent cancellations. They are slowly killing themselves.
Lmao! So your opinion is based on his trademark "Chuck Taylor" converse.
Yes because a fifth season of Chuck is really what NBC needs to climb out of the hole they're in.
NBC your network deserves fourth place.
I heard all the homers wear those converse sneaks. Its a clever disguise so everyone wont see their gay ballerina slippers.
Oh Vee,
I Think Thou Protests Too Much!!
I think you love your gay ballerina slippers! I can see you wearing them from here!!
@bestbuysux the shoes are part of the cover. You must not be a fan of the show
@Twisted- ummm you must not be a fan. The chuck's Chuck wears are HIS shoes. He's worn then since season 1, episode 1. Take a look back man.
Santa needs to bring you direct tv or uverse.
I have never seen this show a single time. It is sad that people still watch the big 3 or 4 networks. I wish yall had good stuff to watch like The CHILLER Channel.
I think it's sad when people troll and make stupid comments about things they don't follow or know about.
I love sarah she is a deadly beauty
I LOVE CHUCK!!!
Just like Harry Potter, Chuck proves that you can only pretend to be hip and cool for so long. Sooner or later, you have to hang up the Converse for grown-up shoes.
I love your name. it's so true.
This show is missing more obvious corporate endorsments and smartphone plugs. Maybe if they constantly commented on the perks of BING or showed us how they can do hands-free parking with their new Prius? If fat Jared tought us anything, it's that no career can survive on Subway alone!
Glad to see you're not longer hiding in the closet with your ballerina slippers, Vee. Good for you!