Still more awesome premiere date news: "Chuck" will be coming back ahead of schedule, debuting with back to back episodes on Sunday, January 10 from 9-11, then airing a third episode in its new/old regular timeslot, Mondays at 8, on Jan. 11. Still no word on whether there will be additional episodes beyond the 13 ordered, as has been rumored (rumors are floating that NBC may be ordering additional eps of "Trauma," which may complicate things), and obviously the season will be disrupted by the Winter Olympics. But Operation Bartowski is about to resume. Enjoy.
UPDATE: Was just told by NBC that they did, in fact, order six episodes past the initial 13. So we'll get 19 episodes total. Nice!
If they plan to blow off 3 episodes in 2 days, I would hope they order more.
ReplyDeleteYay! Mostly. They need to start advertising. And this only gives me 5 days to re-rewatch Season 2.
ReplyDeleteJust updated the post. They did order six more, bringing the total to 19. I will try to talk to Fedak or Schwartz in the next couple of days to find out how they intend to handle this.
ReplyDeleteBest news I've heard all week. =)
ReplyDeleteIf you had watch that video, you would know we had 19 episodes!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yfKsypwzTo Ok just a shamefull plug! But 3 episodes in 2 days!!!!!! Go Chuck!
ReplyDeleteWow! This has turned into an exciting night. 75 days to Lost seems more manageable with Chuck stuck in the middle.
ReplyDeleteBetween this and the Lost announcement my day has improved considerably! I never thought I'd be so anxious for the holidays to be over and done with!
ReplyDeleteErr, this was already covered when the additional episodes were announced a couple weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteThe existing 13 episodes were too far along to wedge 6 episodes into the arc, so these 6 essentially serve as a bonus mini-season.
This will, of course, cause flow issues, e.g. the big-climatic-finale-that-isn't airs in April, but the guys have enough leadtime to edit things slightly to mitigate this.
Fantastic. Can not wait!
ReplyDeleteThis is like early Christmas. A Lost premiere date, an early Chuck premiere date AND confirmation of the additional 6 eps? Flawless win for quality TV!
ReplyDeletecheck out www.chuckmeout.com they have a nice clip of a scene from the premiere after an intro with Zack that includes with some quick shots of Season 3
ReplyDeletedare I say it looks AWESOME!
so, when and how did this news get released? (I don't doubt it this time, unlike last time, but I'm curious. It had been going on for a while before I heard it)
ReplyDeleteFedak speaks on the premiere date, and how the extra six episodes will work.
ReplyDeleteHUZZAH!!
ReplyDeleteThey DID start advertising! Saw a Chuck add during The Office tonight.
ReplyDeleteoh good! that's like their hit *show* (this is a play on "medley of their hit")
ReplyDeleteI only DVRed 30 Rock (their Emmy show). No promo there.
They are already advertising it and the promo looks awesome. So, looks like NBC is committed to making sure people know about the show and are doing it with good promos (most of the CHUCK promos have been rather lame in the past).
ReplyDeleteChuck Season 3 Promo for those who haven't seen it.
ReplyDelete(Actual new scenes! Not really anything spoiler-ish except for brand new viewers)
I was hoping to be able to watch Season 2 on DVD before Season 3 started, but it looks like the Season 2 DVDs aren't coming out until January. Does anyone know if all of Season 2 is online anywhere? NBC.com and hulu.com only have the last 6 episodes.
ReplyDeleteI AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletethis news couldn't have come a a better time for me. i've just finished a chuck rewatch and loved it even more this time. it's got all of the qualities that 'buffy' had way back when, and i can relate to it more. can't wait for S3
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