OMG!! THATS FANTASTIC!

That’s fantastic! Go, Chuck, Go! *throws confetti*

In the words of the Captain, AWESOME!

I’ve only watched the odd episode, but well done, Chuck. Congratulations, NBC!

AWESOME!!!

Alright! Go Chuck!

Awesome Awesome Awesome! Keep on Chuckin’

*ROLLS EYES*

Good #s for the premiere, now the question is can it hold up during the season.

Not omg amazing, but better than last year season premiere and better that pretty much everything that premiered on NBC this year among 1 hour dramas.

Go Chuck, Go!!!
this message is from brazilian fans!!

Awesome! Tonight they will be lower, but still great start!

Sounds GREAT. And to be able to virtually maintain the audience for BOTH hours I do believe says something.

Hopefully, that will carry over tonight. HOUSE will obviously be an obstacle, but heck – Chuck has always had it’s obstacles!

Thanks Robert and Bill. Once again, you ROCK!

Whew! Very good to hear, and what a relief.

That is awesome! I think that’s gotta be better than most people expected. Let’s hope it holds up well in its normal timeslot tonight.

Reversing the NBC suckage factor, what does that translate to on another network?

Good for Chuck also I hope now NBC will stop with the 24/7 commercials about this show.

Better than I expected. Lets see if it can hold up tonight.

NBC should consider Chuck for Sundays and Apprentice Mondays ASAP

All shows premiere well, let’s see how it does today and next week.

Go, Chuck, go! Greetings from Brazil! We heart Chuck here too.

WOO!!!!

The little show that could keeps on chugging!~ Fantastic!

Now lets keep the Chuck Fire going!

Wow, that’s the first time I’ve seen “Chuck” and “strong” in the same sentence.

ron that’s a good point, let Trump battle the CBS comedies, House and 24. The Apprentice must be cheaper than Chuck and Hereos, and Sunday’s would probably net more viewers for both shows on a regular basis.

Thank You! I am one the biggest Chuck fans! Lets keep it up guys!

Zach

Wouldn’t that make it NBC’s highest scripted hour this season?

Great! I was hoping this would happen… I was also worried that they’d pull an Alias (post Super-Bowl episode) where they rebooted the series and destroyed everything I liked about the show leading up to it.

It’s still good old Chuck, the humor is still hilarious, and they didn’t try to turn it into an action show thinking they’d get ratings. Adam Baldwin had a few great lines. That guy always cracked me up — during Firefly he was probably the only actor who frequently posted to the show message boards, and he was always getting in political conversations with people (and they were very well thought out). Ever since then I’ve respected him, just because it was the most intellectual level of direct fan engagement I’ve seen from a guy on TV.

As for Chuck, great plots… Glad they tweaked the cast. The new lineup really is optimal for that show. Gives them the necessary side-plot potential without forcing them to use the other cast for side-plots just because they’re *there*.

Did this perform better than the two hour Heroes special?

2,6/2,7 tonight … 2,5 next week …then between 2,4 and 2,5 befor Olympics and 2,3/2,4 after …last 3 episodes 2,4/2,5

So it’s true that Chuck is going to save NBC!!!

The season opener was better then I expected!!

Maybe NBC will move it to Sunday nights. Since it performed much better at a different timeslot!

Not bad. Not bad at all. I’m a little surprised the first episode did better than the second, since there would have been no competition from Fox and CBS was in reruns @ 10. Still, definitely not a flop.

I’ll take it.

This is great! However I think FOX might screw Chuck over because of their decision to bring House back early and on CBS tonight is HIMYM’s 100th episode so that is sure to draw some viewers as well. Could be a bad night for Chuck tonight.

Hurray!!!!
Biggest rating for NBC drama this season!!! This should surely help Heroes !

Men don’t have a ton of options on Sunday and this fits the bill with NFL out of the way. Family Guy and crime are the only options, and Family Guy is largely if you much much younger. Apprentice is what it is and would do well against sitcoms and may give the bachelor some competition (or be hurt by it).

Post updated w/blurbs from NBC PR.

Omg thats even better than i first guessed last night on twitter (2.6) well hope those people tune in tonight

Matt says:
January 11, 2010 at 8:39 am
Did this perform better than the two hour Heroes special?
>>>>>>>

Much better. But to be fair, Heroes also competed against the TCU-Boise State game and The Bachelor premiere.

NBC Heroes 2.3/6 5.30
NBC Heroes 2.1/5 4.57

And ive seen there was some problems with people not being able to watch aswell in some areas not sure where

Strong numbers, I hope NBC see this as good also. The problem I said from day one, the Monday time slot is to hard for a show like Chuck survive. Think about all the shows you DVR, they are all on Monday nights. Sundays or Weds are a perfect night for Chuck, maybe after last night premire some people will DVR House and watch Chuck. Robert, does anyone care that it only got 7.7 mil. or does the 18-49 only matter? NCIS does 21 mil. in the rating but only a 3 something in the 18-49 range.

The best news is it only lost one point in the demo during the second episode. The people watching liked it. Monday night will be tougher competition though, good luck Chuck!

Better than even NBCU hoped for.

I had never seen Chuck before, the first episode was really bad, but the second one was really good, if tonights episode is as good as the second episode last night I’ll keep watching.

Awesome numbers. Chuck is currently my favorite show on tv and I really hope it gets another season and even ore for this season.

Matt

If I recall correctly, Heroes season premier in September had demos of 2.8 and 2.7 over the two hours. I can’t remember the viewing numbers.

Finally some good news!
Season 4 here we come…

@Ken im pretty sure it was about 2.5 for the Heroes premiere.

Please let the numbers continue through the season. I would love for this to replace heroes. It always seemed like chuck was hurt by heroes more than it was helped.

PJM, thats a horrible excuse… the BSU game was not much of a ratings fiesta (sadface)

good numbers and i love chuck but starting today will be the end with house back on and starting today hopefully will be the end for the sorry show heroes with fringe on fox and two and a half men and the big bang theory

jr1234, NCIS is in the mid 4s in the 18-49 category.

This may sound weird since 3.0 is exactly what I predicted (although it was a WILD STAB in the dark, so I’m not about to pretend I knew anything more than that I felt strongly that it would be up over last season’s finale), but I’m actually disappointed. I had really hoped it would get a much larger sampling thanks to the promos and perhaps a lot of people mistaking it for a brand new series.

Now we see what happens. Tonight’s not as important to me as what happens over the next month or so. I expect a drop in the short term, but I’ll be interested to see if Chuck gets any extra word-of-mouth that might allow it to creep back up to that 3.0 before the season ends.

Still, barring the bottom falling out completely, this bodes very well for a fourth season. I would be very surprised to see it drop so far as to not warrant a return for a struggling NBC that suddenly finds itself with vasts tracts of land to fill.

I really thought they did an excellent job of rebooting the show in a way that lets new viewers join in. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them continue in this vein for a while in the hopes that they can manage to sustain and/or build from tonight’s expected drop.

I know we have clashed on Zucker, guys, but you really should hire me. :-O

I am so glad that “Chuck” had good numbers for its Season premiere. I had hoped that the promotions and the word of mouth might generate some interest. I’ve had so few programs that I have cared this much about, and to see “Chuck” come back well, and strong is a pleasure.

Not bad, but was hoping for better due to the “House” factor working against it tonight. Some of the new viewers I know, did not find the first episode that engaging for first time viewers, but found the last hour to be more to their liking which is exactly how I felt and the last hour is more like the shows usual feel.

dan says:
January 11, 2010 at 8:55 am
PJM, thats a horrible excuse… the BSU game was not much of a ratings fiesta

Hey, football is football. Chuck’s competition will be just as tough tonight, since House is a first-run and How I Met Your Mother has its 100th episode with a “suits musical.” But it will be interesting to see if having Accidentally on Purpose in the 8:30 slot makes a difference.

“Hurray!!!!
Biggest rating for NBC drama this season!!! This should surely help Heroes !”
Yeah, I agree. Let’s hope Chuck boosts Heroes a little (and viceversa), and wether Chuck stays getting good numbers or not.

Although, depending on how performs Chuck tonight, it could be a good chance to put the show on Sundays for the rest of the season, I think it’d fit well and it wouldn’t have so much competition.

Don’t watch Chuck, but congrats hoping the show does well

Next weeks episode is when the season gets really good. I have seen up to 10 and every episode from next week until at least 10 is as good as the best episodes in any other season.

Seriously, NBC should consider Chuck Sundays. At least it wouldn’t have to fight with House.

Awesome news!!! I hope the numbers stay strong or become even stronger for tonight’s episode and the rest of the season. I want a season four!!

Go, Chuck! you have a lot of fans around the world but unfortunately they don’t count in US NBC ratings.
but i do hope that the Americans will keep the show going on.
Go, Go!

Canadians love Chuck
my girlfriend says AWESOME

Good for Chuck creators/writers/fans/etc. and NBC! This is a great show and it deserves high numbers!

Good for Chuck!

I hope it does well tonight but either way I hope NBC seriously considers moving it to Sunday. The only male-oriented competition would be FOX’s animation block and I think it can hold its own against that better than the barrage of Monday shows.

Nielsen Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this mighty sound…
“Here I come to save the day!”
That means that Chuck is on the way.

Miss Bromsted must get Mr. Schwartz on her cellular speed-dial pronto, and prevail upon him to expand this seasons episode order for ‘Chuck’, which is now NBC’s fourth ranked A18-49 series behind ‘Sunday Night Football’, ‘The Office’ and ‘The Biggest Loser’.

What a glorious day after in the overnights!

Tonight is really the big night. If NBC was happy that Heroes was pulling a 2.1 in the time slot, I’m completely confident that Chuck will hold a 2.3 average. I would love to see that tonight they keep steady, but in reality Monday night is a slaughter night. The only good thing is that they aren’t running up against the Big Bang Theory. Why can’t NBC keep Chuck on Sunday’s that would be perfect. The only real big hitter is Desperate Housewives and that is a completely different audience…

Chuck was due for an up-bump in the ratings anyway, considering what other tripe is being offered right now. Have all the networks run out of money? Out of ideas? Of writing talent? It’s up to NBC and shows like Chuck and Heros to put things right.

Now, if only something could be done about the Leno show…

[...] from tvbythenumbers.com (Updated: Chuck Season 3 Premieres Strong): the first hour of the season 3 premiere of Chuck averaged 3.0 rating with adults 18-49 and 7.7 [...]

I agree that new fans are likely to be more attracted to the show by the second hour. I think that’s exactly why they aired these two as back-to-back eps. They knew the first one was going to be predominantly wrap-up from last season and the second one would show the direction of this season. I think they did about as well as they could, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I forgot who said that episodes 4-10 are some of the best in the series, but I have heard this from other people too. Hopefully the show can keep much of its new viewers tonight and hold them until the episodes start getting really good. The great thing is that inevitably there were some viewers who were intrigued by the show, thought it was good, and will come back. And those episodes weren’t even that great by Chuck standards. So when the episodes start really getting good, people will going, “Holy crap, this is an awesome show!”

I think this bodes very well for Chuck, and is about as good as they could have started. It will obviously drop in ratings tonight against House, and the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, but I don’t think it will drop from a 3.0/2.9 back to 2.3 in one night. I think a 2.5 or 2.6 is more realistic, and if it can hold that it is a lock for a fourth season.

Great for Chuck and it was a great episode. Paying homage to Rocky III, Yvonne in her underwear, and Morgan getting laid can’t hurt!

That’s great! Last nights episode was great! It got on Twitter’s Trending Topics and it was 2 hours of action and classic Chuck! Cant wait for tonight’s episode!

Keep spreading the Chuck news everybody. I have converted a couple of friends who never watched the show. Remember Subway and others who support the show.

I think it’s obvious that if we want Chuck to survive we’ll have to make it a trending topic on Twitter, i mean twitter made an amazing amount of word-of-mouth for Glee, and it’s time for ud the geeks and non-geeks to support chuck on Twitter!

Corey, that was me. Later six are all better than the first three.

Well Robert you were right, seems like you’re predictions are lower than the actual results! So don’t start having optimistic previsions!

Seems like people sticked around from the first to the second hour, which were 2 episodes. So I’m guessing it’s pretty safe ti predict that tonight’s number will be pretty much 2.9 and 7.2 million viewers.

Great news. Let’s hope that this will keep up for the rest of the season.

Oh and according to the boss of NBC, Heroes numbers are “very strong” (his words not mine) So if 2.2 for heroes is very strong, 3.0 for Chuck must be the biggest hit ever…

whoooh-hah! yeah, the two episodes were really awesome… there’s no much comedy though but overall I think it was really great!! can’t wait for the other episodes! hope chuck will stay up to 20plus episodes.. rumors said that if the first few episodes of chuck won’t kick butts then chuck will only have 13 episodes… ooohhhh…:( go chuck kick more butts!!

[...] a 3.0 rating in the coveted 18-49 year old bracket (all numbers are preliminary). The second got 7.2 million and a 2.9. The network PTB stated publicly that they would be satisfied with 6 million and 2.4 (which are [...]

I’m not surprised that nobody is saying that Chuck went down every half hour.

Marks for Chuck thinks this is a good rating. It’ll be funny if it fails against Fringe tonight.

No one is going to take any notice of you cool, it’s clear you are trolling.

“cool says:
January 10, 2010 at 4:54 pm

3.4 million viewers
1.3 in the demo
behind Univision”

aisse,

Chuck was given an additional 6 episodes order a while back—so Chuck will have at least 19 episodes this season.

If Chuck continue hovering in the mid 2s, is there any chance NBC picks up an additional 3 episodes to make it a full 22 episode season for Chuck? In light of the recent events with Leno, NBC does have some hours to fill.

witheringrose, highly unlikely Chuck gets more than 19 episodes for this season. More would require either doubling up or running past the end of the “season”.

Maybe a Chuck sandwich night during sweeps? NBC will probably air L&O: CI, dateline, etc. after the Olympics; but do they want to air them during during May sweeps.

thank all the firefly fans wich miss Jayne Cobb and love to see Alec Baldwin !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is just increadable news. To think that the greatest show in the history of television is finally getting some of the recognition it deserves leaves me with the warm and fuzzies! Now we can only hope, my fellow Chucksters, that it continues to hold its own against House and the other rivals it has in that 8pm Monday time slot.

VIVA LA CHUCK!!!!

Here’s your shot NBC. Start a strong Sunday night line-up with Chuck, and build on it. It would obviously continue to grow if it aired Sundays at 9pm all season.

I’m glad it increased it’s viewers but, like lots of other people think, I assume it’ll be worse tonight. I’m also like a lot of people that thought the first hour wasn’t that great. And I’m a huge fan. The 2nd episode was vastly superior and I hope tonight’s and the rest of the season are more of that caliber. Casey’s mad machine gunning was just embarrassing. Haha. Extremely lame. I was hiding my head under the couch cushions. “I begged people to watch THIS???”

Worse? Chuck was on Sunday where, it seems, more non-dedicated fans were watching… and still watching well in the fourth quarter-hour!

Sure, Chuck won’t single-handedly save NBC/Universal/GE/ComCast, but these are GOOD signs!

Sure, this might be false hope, but more Strahovski and Baldwin! (and maybe have cameos of C.S. Lee as Harry T. Tang or Julia Ling as a CIA agent)

Hi, Im happy with Chuck results. However I agree with some people that, it could’ve been better ( to attract new viewers). Tonight is the real test.

In those free hours that NBC got now moving leno, they should put at least some re-runs for the new viewers to at least understand better whats going on.

Chuck all the way!!!!!

Thankgod!
I was hoping for a strong start, and we got one!
Nice one NBC!

“In those free hours that NBC got now moving leno, they should put at least some re-runs for the new viewers to at least understand better whats going on.”

That will NEVER happen. Reruns of Chuck does considerably worst than reruns of any of the L&O franchises as demonstrated 2 summers ago when NBC aired reruns of Chuck on Saturdays.

Just cross your fingers Chuck stays in the mid 2s and maybe NBC will extend the season to 22 episodes. I could see two hours block during May sweeps.

I am glad!I thought the premiere was great, and the new story additions were great. Now that I can drool over Yvonne Strahovski once again, there is balance in the universe and the planets are now aligned!

So, based on the ratings, Robert, it exceeded your prediction, even with the NBC Suckage tax.

Here was your prediction:
When we last saw Chuck it was pulling a 2.4 rating with adults 18-49 and 6.12 million viewers in the 8pm hour on a Monday in the overnight Live+SD numbers. I’d love to predict a 2.6 and 7 million viewers, but because it’s NBC, I can’t.

In fact, what I want to do is apply a straight 20 percent NBC suckage tax for being on NBC. NBC isn’t down by that much versus last season, but increases to Sunday Night Football have helped the overall averages some. The ratings carnage particularly for scripted one hour dramas is worse, and this will be the first Sunday in a long while where NBC has had any scripted content.

The 20% suckage tax yields a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating. Because it’s Chuck (and not, for instance Trauma, or Mercy) I’ll assess only a 15% NBC suckage tax.

That yields a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49 and 5.2 million.

2.9/7.2 certainly exceeds your expectations. Now, it’s up against tougher competition tonight in House, HIMYM and The Bachelor, but I still think it will bring a 2.5/7.0 tonight. That would exceed whatever terrible numbers Heroes was drawing in the same slot in the fall.

Gambs, if I told you my original prediction was 2.9 nobody would believe me. But it was much safer to go low and bank on the “Seidman Underestimates (ANOTHER) Premiere’s Ratings” curse.

Forget the prediction…..”NBC Suckage tax” is coined phrase of the year for me. Still makes me laugh just saying it. Thanks.

I think I’d like Chuck to stay on Sundays. I’m scared to death of what House and HIMYM are going to do to it tonight!

Robert, if the numbers dip significantly tonight (back to around 2.2-2.4) do you think NBC could consider the possibility of permanently moving Chuck to Sunday? One of the big complaints about the ratings has been that a show on a floundering network can’t be expected to keep up with such stiff Monday competition, and these ratings seem to support that point.

Last night Chuck had to deal with the Simpsons extravaganza AND a new ep of DH. I don’t think the House/HIMYM/Bachelor combo will be much more formidable than that..at least that’s what I’m hoping.

Re: Carlosz…

The first episode was not as strong because it was a severe departure from the typical Chuck episode. I think the reason that happened was because the show’s creators, writers, etc. didn’t think Chuck had much of a chance of coming back for another season so most of the tension in the plot lines were resolved. The first episode last night served to undo what happened during last year’s finale. It was somewhat messy, and awkward because they had to pull 180′s and do so much to bring plot lines back to life – e.g. the romantic tension between Sarah and Chuck. The second episode was awesome and more true to form in what you will see from Chuck from week to week. Stick around and I don’t think you will be dissappointed. BTW, Yvonne Strahovski was hotter than ever!

I LOVE chuck, but I have to say that even a fantastic 3.0 rating is pretty lame compared to how much nbc has invested in promoting the show, i mean 8 previews, a average of 7 minutes of commercials related to chuck daily since december, any other show would have EASILY scored at least a 5.0 rating with all that promotion

rick, a 5.0 rating on NBC for a scripted show is fantasy. The Office had a 4.8 rating for the week of 10/11/09, that’s the network best since the week of 9/27/09.

To Schmoker: The 3.0 rating was for a specific age bracket. Chuck’s overall rating was a 7.7 for the first show & a 7.2 for the second hour. The last episode to draw better than a 7.7, excluding the 3-D episode (which pulled in a 8.35 million viewers) was Season 1 episode 11, “Chuck vs. the Crown Vic” which aired March 12, 2007! This is HUGE news! The only other episode that came close to last night’s 7.7 rating was Season 2 episode 11, “Chuck vs. Santa Claus” which drew a 7.6 rating. Season 2 episode 9, “Chuck vs. The Sensei” a drew 7.25 rating.

Great job Chuck!!!!

YEAH CHUCK!

Yeah, well, anyone who watched ep 2 should know exactly why it led in the male demographic.

Finally some good news

YAAAAY! I hope they can hold some decent #’s tonight. Go Chuck!

AWESOMEE (:

I absolutely enjoyed Sunday’s episodes and I’m totally psyched about what’s running tonight. Knowing Chuck, they’ll do just as well, if not better, than they always have against the big guns on Monday. It’s a spectacular show. So long as NBC continues to renew it, I’ll be happy.

Viva la Chuck!

I enjoyed the shows but must say I was disappointed by the first one. The second one was much better. I am looking forward to tonight. I was also disappointed by the way they handled the Chuck/Sarah romance. I don’t see why they can’t go the route that Bryce and Sarah and work together and be involved. Also any chance Bryce will be back. His body was dragged out, are they planning a resurrection?

Robert or Bill, what did Chuck get in the 18-34 demo? Just curious.

2.5 A18-34 rating in the first half hour, 2.6 in the last 3 half hours.

I thought the episodes last night were GREAT! I’m glad the numbers are good and hopefully stay strong throughout the season! I am making sure all of my friends watch it! Season 4 please!!!!!

I am a huge fan of “Chuck”, but I have to say that I was pretty disappointed with the premiere episodes.

Rather than being FUN, the show was sexist, graphically violent, cold, and crude.

If it looses audiences, it will be because of those things… and not the time slot or competition.

Wish the network had released S2 DVD in time for me to watch it before S3 started.

Give the customers what they want, when the want it, TV execs. The world’s changing, have you noticed?

@Rick:

Are you aware of the state NBC is currently in? Expecting a 5.0 is absurd. Yes, NBC advertised the hell out of the show and that’s probably a big reason for the spike in viewers. But you do realize that in order for promotion to be a huge help, people have to be watching the network on which a show is being promoted, right?

A scant few people watch NBC religiously anymore, which means not as many people saw the Chuck ads as they would’ve if it had been equally advertised on CBS. So, all things considered, a 3.0 is great for the Chuck premiere. With the sad state NBC is in, that qualifies as a hit. If it can hold anything above a 2.5 throughout the season, I would think it’s a lock to get a fourth season. Something that I would have thought was ridiculous at this point last year.

On a side note, are NBC and Comedy Central affiliated in any way? I saw Chuck ads on Comedy Central, and did a double take.

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Comedy Central is owned by Viacom. There is no corporate connection with NBC.

In a partial non-sequiter, I did see ads for the Super Bowl half time on the NBC Wild Card games this weekend. They focused on the halftime sponsor (Barclays?) but featured CBS Sports more prominently than any other ad I recall seeing on a rival broadcast network in the past.

Chuck was awesome tonight

Chuck was Awesome. Hell yeah.

Everything clicked.

Well done, Chuck!!!!
Mexican fans are with you!!

I personally like #2 and #3 better than the first, tonight’s was quite entertaining Armand Assante was hilarious and Casey. Yes George chuck flashed during the embassy dance with Sara. I actually found the pace to be quick, allot of cut scenes no preamble no chit chat just whats the mission, who’s the bad guy, oh the ring, whats next, beckman, back to bad guys, bit more time with Devon and Ellie in this one to feed the story and connect to next weeks arc. All in all great to have Chuck back saving the world and lusting for Sarah.
On the numbers well Chuck has its fan base and I think that will stay the same I don’t think there will be much deviation throughout the season.

Chuck has an iPhone app… Longevity…

George: Chuck flashed on the newscast, before dancing, on the assassin and before doctoring Casey.

I’m glad the show did well. I wish it could be the hit it deserves to be. Though, there is something appealing about it being the underdog.

Chuck was definitely AWESOME tonight. It was great to see Devon AKA Captain Awesome in on some of the action. It was just great to see more of him and Ellie in general. One of my fave episodes EVER!

Strong #’s
OMFG ! …………… Outta here people. you are a joke !

PS ………… I do love the show. Just tired of all the on sided “Stuff” ( dont respond to me I am gone. )

NBC has a secert weapon and its not CHUCK. His name is Jeff Gaspin. Finally the suits have hired a person with a programming proven record (USA NETWORK). It may take Mr. Gaspin 3 or 4 years to turn this giant corp. around, but if anyone can Jeff Gaspin is the one.

On the unfavorable comments on (Chuck) Sundays 1st show I whole understand. The writers had very diffuclt hurdle. They needed to cram 2 hours of story telling into a 1 hour show to acommodate both new and old viewers.

I heard a FEW interesting developments for CHUCK. Hopefully everyone will know in the next month.

Robert and Bill the awesome contest is, well awesome

AWESOM

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It would actually be baffling how this show doesn’t regularly do better if I never looked at what mentally-deficient drivel is popular. Seeing as most of the shows that are “up there” in popularity are melodramatic, cliched pieces of trash, acted by insipid fools, and written by even bigger fools, one can really only come to the conclusion that 90% of the viewing audience out there couldn’t or wouldn’t accept something smartly written and that is actually somewhat goofily refreshing (and only slightly implausible =P ).

Negative commentary about the terrible state of television aside, I’m really glad Chuck is back! I’m also glad that they didn’t tamper with the formula that makes Chuck a great series too much, even though we’re only 3 episodes in so far. I was relieved to see that they weren’t relying too heavily on the Intersect 2.0 gimmick to push the plot along/vanquish the bad guys. I am really looking forward to see how this season is going to progress, and hopefully they’ll keep the revolving mini-plots that they’ve done so well with up to this point, going (according to interviews I’ve read on TVguide.com, it seems this will be the case, and I think this is one of the show’s greatest strengths).