We can all finally exhale. After weeks of feverish anticipation, NBC has finally ended the guessing games, rumor trading, and prayer-filed hopes and done the impossible!Yes, true believers: the promised day is finally here. Thanks to the support of fans and critics alike (along with some hefty leaning from advertisers, I am sure!), NBC has miraculously renewed Chuck for a third season.
Chuck, from creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and Warner Bros. Television, will return for Season Three on NBC this fall, albeit with a smaller budget than previous seasons and thirteen episodes.
While the Peacock has yet to release its schedule (hang tight until Tuesday), it's believed that Chuck will likely land on Friday evenings at 8 pm this fall.
I don't know about you but I think this calls for celebration! It goes without saying that massive, heartfelt thanks go out to Subway and all of Chuck's generous sponsors for their continued support of this fantastic series and congratulations to the entire cast and crew of Chuck not only for weathering this renewal storm but also for giving us one of the most consistently entertaining and enjoyable series on television today.
One caveat, however: it's expected that, in order to secure a renewal, there will be cuts, likely on both the cast and writing staff ends. I will scream if Adam Baldwin's John Casey doesn't return but I could see the Powers That Be downgrading Sarah Lancaster, Julia Ling, or Ryan McPartlin from series regular status to recurring (and/or eliminating at least one of them). That's just speculation on my part for now but it seems that there will definitely be budget cuts and they have to come from somewhere...
Chuck will return this fall with Season Three on NBC.
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Also disappointed about The Unusuals, but expected as much.
Very happy to have several of the shows I wished for coming back, so much so I'll even go back and watch the Dollhouse epis I gave up on and watch Season two as a leap of faith. ;)
Sam
Even if some of the cast don't get to come back. Everyone is all about the bottom line these days.
On a more somber note, I expected and was resigned to a 13-episode renewal, but I'll take what "Chuck" I can get. My guess is that with the trend of 13-episode renewal orders for their struggling shows, NBC is hedging its bets on the "Jay Leno 5x week" gamble...if the Leno plan really bombs and they end up scaling back the # of his shows per week, NBC will be able to shuffle its programming and order back-9s of existing shows like "Chuck" and "Southland" instead of going through the expense of developing brand new shows to fill empty time slots on their schedule.
I have faith that the producers and writers of "Chuck" will have a clever way of dealing with the budget limitations and the possibility of eliminating or downgrading supporting cast member(s) and/or staff writer(s), sad as the latter may be.
Great job with the grassroots effort of pushing for the return of "Chuck", people! Our mission going forward: 1) get more friends to watch, and 2) money talks -- let's keep "Chuck" advertisers like Subway happy and show our appreciation for their support!
Baldwin and Strahovski MUST stay. Though this is Chuck's show (aka Levi's), it wouldn't be as awesome as it has been if it weren't for the terrific Strahovski and Baldwin.
They can cut Tony Hale.... love the actor, hate the character.
Here's hoping Subway sees concrete benefits from their support of NBC and Chuck!