Chuck is a fantastic series. When it started, I put it beside Reaper and said they were pretty much the same show with any given week being a coin toss as to which would be better. In many important ways, that was true of their first seasons, but this year Chuck has rocketed into the stratosphere of awesome. Before, it was simply a show I watched, one among many, but this year it’s become one of my top five favourite shows on television. Unfortunately, the ratings are not that great. I’ve lamented Chuck’s poor ratings before, especially in light of the weak fare it’s put up against most weeks, but it never really hit me that the show might not come back.

But that’s the truth of the situation. Chuck has yet to get a greenlight for a third season, and as much as I hold out hope that NBC will keep one of their few genuinely entertaining shows alive for another year, I know that NBC has done little to warm me to their cause; Surface, The Black Donnellys, Andy Barker, P.I., Journeyman, and The Book of Daniel are all shows that were cancelled too quickly by NBC.

I’m leaving my hovel to venture out into the real world tonight, so I won’t be able to watch Chuck, live and vibrating with excitement as I normally do, tonight. But don’t let me stop you. Watch Chuck. You won’t regret it.