Ob: Chuck vs. the Network TV Bureaucracy
April 8, 2009 6:13 PM Subscribe
The best TV show you're not watching this season -- and if you're a geek, really; why the heck not? -- is Chuck, which is mired in the Monday Night Traffic Jam on NBC. It hasn't been picked up yet, but a campaign started by Give Me My Remote leaked over to (of all places) Whedonesque, (especially after a couple people pointed out that, like Buffy, Chuck is about a young person, chosen against their will to help save the world) and it seems to have gotten NBC's attention. I like Chuck for its acting and characterizations, I like it because they get the geek shout-outs right (like Al, in 'Pentiums'), and of course, being male and not homosexual, I like it because Yvonne Strzechowksi is just the most beautiful woman on TV, and Sarah Lancaster is a close second. But mostly, I like it because, the occasional plot hole aside, it's just fun to watch. So, if you do too, the most productive thing you can do, besides writing to NBC to tell them so, is go to their website or Hulu, and watch a lot of episodes the next couple weeks. Unless you're a Nielsen family. :-)
This post was deleted for the following reason: I get that you like the show, but the combination of 'sign my petition" and "check out this chick" isn't really doing it here. -- jessamyn
Chuck is great fun, that is certain.
posted by nightchrome at 6:28 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by nightchrome at 6:28 PM on April 8, 2009
Chuck's pretty fun, and his life is totally like mine, but your post is a bit bloggy, baylink.
posted by graventy at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by graventy at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
Huh?
posted by Foci for Analysis at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by Foci for Analysis at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
I tuned out after a few episodes the first season, but caught it the other night and now I'm really interested in seeing the whole Orion plotline. Count me in for watching the rest of the season.
posted by saffry at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by saffry at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009
Wow, dude, with street-teaming like that you'll totally earn your stickers!
posted by klangklangston at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by klangklangston at 6:30 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
So, you're saying you like this show?
posted by kuujjuarapik at 6:31 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by kuujjuarapik at 6:31 PM on April 8, 2009
Can I make a post about that Kate chick on LOST cuz I'd totally hi... ::poison dart in neck, thud::
posted by LordSludge at 6:32 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by LordSludge at 6:32 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Also, I've not yet been able to make it through a single fucking episode of this retarded show. The main conceit is stupid, the geek references are for people who confusing knowing the same cultural touchstones with humor, the HOT GIRLS HERE shit is obnoxious pandering, and it hits on everything I hate about LOLNERDS. It's only redeeming quality is that it's better than the Big Bang Theory, but that's like saying that I'd rather watch Chuck than have both my nuts slammed in a Corvair door.
(For reference, Buffy and Family Guy are also bullshit shows.)
posted by klangklangston at 6:38 PM on April 8, 2009 [4 favorites]
(For reference, Buffy and Family Guy are also bullshit shows.)
posted by klangklangston at 6:38 PM on April 8, 2009 [4 favorites]
Oh, and your post sucks for mostly the same reasons.
posted by klangklangston at 6:39 PM on April 8, 2009
posted by klangklangston at 6:39 PM on April 8, 2009
Loved their burn on the Zune.
Adam Baldwin is also pretty awesome on the show.
posted by gyc at 6:39 PM on April 8, 2009
Adam Baldwin is also pretty awesome on the show.
posted by gyc at 6:39 PM on April 8, 2009
Aw, damn; you mean I'm not as slick as this generation's FPPers?
Crap.
Let me see I have this right: posts are only allowed to be long if they're newsy-enough sounding; if they're just because you personally think something is cool, and hope others will think so, too, then they have to be short?
Or was my words to links ratio too high?
Really, guys; yeah, it's been a while; yeah, I'm a fan, but let's leave the callouts in the grey, ok?
posted by baylink at 6:42 PM on April 8, 2009
Crap.
Let me see I have this right: posts are only allowed to be long if they're newsy-enough sounding; if they're just because you personally think something is cool, and hope others will think so, too, then they have to be short?
Or was my words to links ratio too high?
Really, guys; yeah, it's been a while; yeah, I'm a fan, but let's leave the callouts in the grey, ok?
posted by baylink at 6:42 PM on April 8, 2009
Metafilter: the main conceit is stupid
posted by Joe Beese at 6:42 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Joe Beese at 6:42 PM on April 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Ah, a link to an NBC prime time television show fansite, another link to that fansite, a link to a different fansite for the same NBC prime time television show, a link to a Joss Whedon fansite, and a link to an actresses' website.
::smells cork:: Mmmm, yes. This will do nicely.
posted by Damn That Television at 6:43 PM on April 8, 2009
::smells cork:: Mmmm, yes. This will do nicely.
posted by Damn That Television at 6:43 PM on April 8, 2009
Holy Jeez. If Chuck is the best show I'm not watching, I guess I don't have to watch anything else.
posted by wobh at 6:44 PM on April 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by wobh at 6:44 PM on April 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
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