The new season of Chuck
Last year I jumped on the bandwagon to Save Chuck. I wasn’t the only one and finally the fans were able to save a show they really enjoyed instead of the Network just canceling the show (read Firefly and probably a 100 other shows for most of us).
Timing
Well, last night was the season premiere. We had all been looking forward to the show for weeks. We were upset at first when we saw it was on a Sunday night. Moving a show’s time slot around is never a good recipe to give it new life. We felt a little better when we saw that it was a two hour (really just back to back episodes) deal with the third episode running at its usual time tonight.
Sell Sell Sell
My first thought was, “Man, a lot of commercials.” That might be a good thing though. Even more important than ratings is if Chuck can get (and keep) a bunch of advertisers. There’s no doubt that people getting out on the social web and talking about saving Chuck had a huge impact. But I’d argue that people thinking about how to tie advertisers into the show was just as important. The idea to leave behind cards with Save Chuck on it and getting behind the Subway promotions for Chuck had to have an even bigger impact to the network.
The Toyota commercial at the beginning integrated the characters so well that that we had to rewind the DVR and watch the commercial to make sure we weren’t missing something important about the show. I now want to watch the Olympics.
The actual show
As far as the show itself, we really enjoyed it. Of course it had it’s moments. After all, we are talking about a sitcom. If you’re tuning in for “Gone with the Wind” that’s not what you’re going to get. But, if you’re looking for a show that you can safely watch with the entire family, this is it. Much better than the reality garbage I’m being forced-fed lately.
There was a part of me that was hoping Chuck and Sarah would get together but you know that can’t really happen. Once you get that, it becomes harder for the show to come up with the plot line that serves as the focus of the show. That’s the part of the show everyone keeps coming back for. To see if the nice guy can get the girl that’s way out of his league. It happens every now and again. Just not that often. So we hope it happens with Chuck.
Moving Morgan in with Chuck should present some interesting plot opportunities. Though, I like the Ellie and Awesome characters so I hope they keep making their appearances. I’d actually like to see more of them. I enjoyed the latter part of last season when they developed those characters a little more, including Awesome finding out that Chuck was a spy.
I’d actually like to see more of Casey as well. Adam Baldwin does a great job and we were already fans from Serenity and My Bodyguard (yep, that was him). As a matter of fact, we all still call him “Jane” when we watch the episodes.
It looks like Chuck is going to be getting quite a few good guest stars this season as well judging from the highlights. Vinnie Jones is a good start. That guy was great as the soccer hooligan in Eurotrip. He has had a ton of other great roles (see Gone in 60 seconds, She’s the man, Smoking Aces, X-Men, etc.)
All in all, a pretty good start. I’m just glad it’s back so we can all enjoy it together. Oh, and if you heard a song you like, you can use this site to grab it from iTunes.
Suddenly, I’m hungry for cheese balls. I’ll have to tell Peg to pick us up some for tonight’s episode.
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