MY open letter to NBC regarding Chuck

Alan Sepinwall, Star-Ledger TV critic and blogger extraordinaire has written an open letter to NBC in support of Chuck. And he wrote it before last night’s episode, which he thought was awesome enough to give a Dayenu filled review. So awesome! Anyway, thanks to Sepinwall, I was inspired to write my own letter to NBC.

Dear smart people at NBC who were open-minded enough to air this show originally:

I used to merely like this show, but over the course of this season it has become my favorite program on tv! It’s funny, smart, full of things I inevitably want to buy (Awesome could have bought ME that television), and the characters exhibit genuine growth as a direct result of their experiences. I love that Chuck has these networks of peers, friends, and family who care about him, even if they don’t necessarily understand him, and who try to help him out, even if their idea of help doesn’t actually aid Chuck. I recommend this program to any friend of mine who is looking for a new program, and have successfully hooked at least 5 people that I know of this season. I could probably get more if Chuck wasn’t in such a competitive time slot. I know many people who would never dare cheat on Dr. House, Blair Waldorf, or Neil Patrick Harris, but would consider watching Chuck consistently if it was on at a different time. If Chuck was canceled, I would be more devastated than I was when Dead Like Me, Veronica Mars, and Joan of Arcadia were canceled. Combined.

Please don’t let Chuck be an addition to my “Gone too soon” dvd collection of shows that were taken off the air after their second or third season, before the writers had told all the stories they had to tell. This show gets better every episode and has a loyal fandom, bringing together sci-fi nerds, ‘shippers, young men, tech heads, espionage fans, and people who just plain like great programming. You’ve basically won demographic bingo here!

Please don’t break my heart,
Nicole