UPDATE: NBC Renews ‘Chuck’, ‘Medium’, ‘Law & Order’; Announcement On Monday

COMMENTS (124)

• Wow, NBC just doesnt seem to get it.

  Its show”business” not show niche shows.

  Southland, P n R(horrible btw), Chuck and Medium get 2.5 and unders.

  They’ve been in 4th for a long time–FYI these shows help put you there.

  It’s time for a whole ne gameplan cause you’re in last with the one you have—what the worst that can happen if you re-invent or better–follow old models?

  Answer: Finish in 4th–WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE!!!

  Chuck is a good show.

  PNR, Medium, Southland–Crap.

  You are renweing 2.0 crap.

  Congrats on your rent to buy plan for 4th place–You own it now.

  Way to go Sucker and Silverwoman.

  Comment by Kid A — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 8:47pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Kid A, you’re a fucking idiot. Medium and Southland are both quality shows. Parks and Recreation…well, I can agree with you on that, lol.

  But you’re clearly a moron.

  Comment by Karen — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It’s amazing how many angry posts I’ve seen on a couple of sites, from people who are opposed to Chuck being renewed. I have to wonder, why does it bother them so much? Why do they care? If those of us who love Chuck want to participate in an incredible grassroots movement to save the show, why does that bother people who DON’T watch it? Live and let live. Watch House – or whatever it is you prefer. Leave the attacks somewhere else. Appreciate that people can still rally together in a passionate way to make their collective voice heard. Hooray for Chuck! Hooray for it’s fans! I, for one, think the probable renewal news is wonderful!

  Comment by Pam — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:23pm PDT  Reply to this post

• wow kid A. Maybe you should take a moment to pull yourself together.

  Comment by mb — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m very happy to hear about Chuck getting a 3rd season. I trust your sources Nikki, but I won’t jump for joy until Silverman actually says this from his mouth on Monday.

  Glad to hear Medium make the cut. If anything it’s a good mid-season fill in show. Surprised that NBC still wants to pay CBS/Paramount to make it though.

  Comment by Don J — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Chuck’s a good show. I don’t like Parks. The Majority of Viewers Like Chuck. NBC take a Hint. Do you even hear the viewers crying out ” Save Chuck”!

  Comment by angelpoo12 — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Any word on Life?

  Comment by AC — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• That’s great news! Chuck is a terrific show, and has a very dedicated fan base (and willing to shop from the sponsors to prove it!)

  That said, this news is unofficial – the SaveChuck campaign continues until we hear it straight from NBC!

  ElissaBeth

  Comment by ElissaBeth — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Wow, are they still holding out on renewing Earl?

  Comment by 40yearoldstitzer — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Well this makes me really, really happy. I love this show and would have been extremely bummed if they had chosen to drop it.

  Kid A, preference is subjective. Quality programming to you could very well be insufferable crap to another.

  Comment by Gorgon — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:43pm PDT  Reply to this post

• really glad to hear this, however i’m wondering about sources? obviously i have my fingers crossed & i’m hoping you know something we don’t! however, officially schwartz (chuck producer) was told today that we won’t hear for at least another week or two about the outcome and that it will not be announced monday.
  again, here’s hoping! but let’s keep up the “save chuck” campaign until we hear officially! good work team chuck!

  Comment by K. — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• LIFE is a show that NBC should be thrilled to have in it’s lineup. Classy. Well written. Beautifully executed. What more could you ask for? Ratings? Well maybe if NBC nurtured it, it would get the numbers it deserves.

  Comment by Brooklyn Gal — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Stuff it Pam.

  Comment by TR — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 9:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Chuck fans,

  Since this show is semi-serialized, we need to get our friends and family caught up on this show. Loan out the dvds, direct them to hulu and nbc.com, netflix, whatever…let’s not be in the same situation on pins and needles this time next year.

  Comment by Ryan Evans — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Nikki,

  How is it you know this, but yesterday Zac Levi said that he was told by Josh Schwartz that NBC has will not decide by Monday’s upfronts and that the decision could take weeks more.

  Who are your sources?

  Comment by Rowan — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

• finke,

  can you please put up an article? even if its just a paragraph. it looks like a tabloid headline when you leave such important news up without any evidence/sources/explanations.

  Comment by glory — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’d rather see LIFE back on the schedule than any of the other NBC shows on the chopping block. However, the obvious intellectual decline in the NBC front office makes that possibility nil.

  Hard to believe that the network was once the top rated network out there. However, a lack of guidance and vision has made them an embarassment. There are some NBC shows I enjoy but the overall quality just isn’t there.

  Leno five nights a week at 10pm? Please, give me a break. I’d love to see one of the networks try to re-start Saturday night viewing. Probably much easier said than done which in today’s world means it won’t happen.

  Comment by Hans — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I like Southland. Of the list of renewed shows, the only one I would cancel, would be “Parks & Rec” which is clearly below par.

  Comment by Joe Brown — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Oh thank God for Law & Order renewal. Can’t live without it.

  Comment by I love tv — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I don’t understand the hatred towards the idea of Chuck getting renewed. If you don’t like the show, watch Dancing with the Stars or According to Jim instead. I know a shit load of people that watch Chuck, and I have never met one person who watches NCIS. Go figure.

  Great news.

  Comment by Indy_4_sucks — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 10:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Pam: I think a lot of the bitter comments directed at Chuck at certain sites are probably fans of Reaper who see Chuck as Reaper’s evil twin. A lot of people I talk to feel the same way as me: we like both shows, some like one more than the other, but discussion about both shows is active and enthusiastic among us.

  But there seems to me to be a contingent of other Reaper fans who feel that the only way to show their devotion to Reaper is to hate Chuck. And not just to hate Chuck, but to shout down anyone that supports the latter show. After all, by sheer coincidence alone, the shows share some superficial similarities: Slacker who works at a Big Box store full of skeevy coworkers fights evil doers — Chuck at a Best Buy-type store in conjunction with secret agents, Reaper’s Sam at the Home Depot-like Work Bench in conjunction with, umm, Satan. Chuck is turning into the true heir to Get Smart, while Reaper . . . didn’t evolve that quickly into, say, what a sequel series to Buffy might have been like had wacky sidekick Xander Harris become a rogue demon hunter.

  We all saw Reaper’s fate coming at least as early as January (13 episodes + March premiere = Burn-off, unless the title of your show is either Grey’s Anatomy or, apparently, Southland. But I digress . . .), so this lead time gave that small, bitter segment of Reaper fans ample opportunity to seethe over the inevitable fate of “their” show. And to thereby transfer their anger at the show’s cancellation from The CW network to Chuck, the show on a network that’s not The CW. Yes, yes, I know, they’re practicing magical thinking, but then again, I’m still waiting impatiently for the real series finale of Gilmore Girls.

  Kudos to NBC for renewing Chuck! (And Sarah!) But please, no more 3D episodes — my eyes hurt for an hour after that one!

  — Rob

  Comment by Rob Jensen — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 11:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Great news about Chuck. Life is a terrific show. I hope it’s renewed as well.

  Comment by Original Joe — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 11:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope that this is true about Chuck, cause yesterday we were hearing (from Zac) that it could be a week or more).

  My luck, they’ll pick up Chuck and SAG will get its act together and go on strike.

  So, all I see here is a headline. And then people calling each other names… that’s weird.

  I just annoyed myself by watching the two most annoying eps of Private Practice ever (with no ep this week) so I’m going to bed.

  Maybe I could just wake up Tuesday?

  Comment by PamelaJaye — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 11:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Chuck is a good show. I don’t watch it regularly, but when I do, I have fun with it. Southland is actually very well done, with a good cast, but Parks is just plain godawful. I watched the pilot and couldn’t make it through the second episode, it was so bad.

  NBC is really going to be screwed next season when Leno takes the 10pm slot Monday through Friday. A 10pm variety show? It reminds me of the “I’ll buy that for a dollar” show from Robo Cop. It’s an obscure reference, so kudos to those that get it.

  Comment by Hank Yablonski — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 11:45pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Chuck is renewed!! If this turns out to be true that great news!!! Its a great show, easily the best thing NBC has going for it if not the best show on television..too bad they put it in such a tough timeslot.

  Comment by SnoMX — Saturday May 2, 2009 @ 11:47pm PDT  Reply to this post