So has anyone rushed over to Amazon to place a pre-order for The Office Season 5 DVDs, which TVShowsOnDVD.com says will be out Sept. 8?

A diehard Office-ionado like me used to count the days until these releases. In fact I bought the last three at Target on the days they came out because I didn’t [...]

So the We Heart Chuck campaign is up to $17,670.94, TVbytheNumbers is promising to keep up the Chuck talk and the gang at the ChuckTV.net (link updated) forums are organizing a coordinated weekly viewing campaign that would last until the show returns.

Well I think that’s just a great idea. The summer viewing looks thin—Entourage, I [...]

I like Rip Torn a lot, but I have to wonder why he or any other public figure who likes to tie one on doesn’t just  hire a driver for such occasions.

Torn, who was busted near his Connecticut home in December for driving drunk with a Christmas tree tied to his car, was given probation [...]

It’s been quite a month, between season finales, network upfronts and the untimely (as well as timely) deaths of struggling shows whose bubbles were burst.

That’s where our most recent readers’ poll, between May 17 and 21, came in. We asked, “What canceled show will you miss the most this fall?” Two shows in particular that [...]

For the sake of consistency and thoroughness, I thought I should post the fall lineup on the CW.

I don’t watch any of these shows, and would probably run screaming from the room at the very sight of most of them. But my wife digs One Tree Hill and 90210, and I’ve always thought I’d like [...]

The Tiffany Network rounded out upfronts week with its schedule presentation this morning.

I still get shivers about CBS from the Murder, She Wrote marathons that were prevalent in my home growing up in the 80s. These days, the shows I’d be most likely to watch are opposite many of the shows I do watch. But [...]

I should be ecstatic that Chuck was renewed.

Instead I’m just bummed that NBC is shelving it for nine months, even though they know it was nearly on life support after a much shorter writers strike hiatus.

But leave it to Alan Sepinwall, TV writer extraordinaire of What’s Alan Watching, for shining a little sunshine on my [...]

Perusing the NBC fall schedule, there’s little that interests or excites me enough to offset my displeasure with the backhanded Chuck renewal.

Yes, I’m looking forward to Community, because the trailer released two weeks ago looks hilarious. And I expect Parks and Recreation to keep getting better and The Office to keep being awesome. But aside [...]

UPDATES: Creator Josh Schwartz tells TV Week’s TV MoJoe Chuck will be back on Mondays at 8, but not until after the Olympics. Aaarggghhhh!!!!
“We are happy to be back,” he e-mailed after the Times broke the ‘Chuck’ scheduling. “Ready to serve – whenever. Wherever. We have the best audience in the world and we will [...]

Here’s the ABC fall primetime schedule, which was released this morning. All times listed are Eastern Time.

Looks I’ll be continuing my long run of not watching ABC. I admit I’m in the minority there, though, because shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” dominate the ratings.

I noted the new series below, and the rest [...]

I didn’t even watch the 30 Rock finale until last night, so down on the show I’ve been this season.

Through two seasons it was the surest laugh on TV. This third season, though, the mojo isn’t quite gone, but it’s been on life support at times. But as the winter turned to spring, things began [...]

I’ll say this for the Parks and Recreation finale: “Rock Show” felt like a season finale.

It was basically a two-gag episode, with Leslie’s misconstrued business meeting with an elderly gentleman caller picking up one half, while the debut of Mouse Rat (or was it Scarecrow Boat?) involved the rest of the cast.

I can’t say it [...]

Rupert Murdoch’s network unveiled its prime time lineups for fall and for mid-season 2009-10 today.

It includes four new comedies (cool!), two new dramas and a late-nighter in which Wanda Sykes is expected to detail all the people she doesn’t like and the organs she hopes fail.

The network surprised people over the weekend by picking up [...]

Well it came two days early and with a few caveats, but Chuck will be back for a third season.

And that is cause for celebration. This is among the funniest, smartest and surprisingly deep shows on television, and it clearly has a flock of devoted, not to mention intelligent and good-hearted fans who rallied to [...]

UPDATE: Variety says the deal is done!!! Season 3, here we come!

Nothing’s official yet, but certain sources are abuzz with speculation and so-called insider info that Chuck is about to be renewed for the coveted third season.

First off, The Hollywood reporter says “Chuck limbo could be coming to an end.”
Sources indicate that the bubble NBC [...]

The Office writers gave us a lot of ammunition to really unload a heap of criticism on them with that finale.

Oh no, “Company Picnic” was awesome. Don’t get me wrong. It was cohesive, funny, layered and loose. It was over in a flash, but it left you thinking. The thing is, it was so good, [...]

No matter what NBC announces next Tuesday with regard to bubble show of the year Chuck, some good will come from the campaign to convince the network to renew it.

As of Wednesday morning, $13,255.92 had been donated to the American Heart Association in the name of Chuck Bartowski, the show’s title character. The favored charity [...]

Here’s the rundown for tonight’s comedy line-up on NBC. I’ve been in a kind of denial about the approaching season’s end, but this is it for the season for me. I haven’t given much thought to summer fare yet, either.

Oh well, let’s enjoy it while it lasts—which is just a few more hours.
8:30 PM — [...]

If all I’ve got to hang my hat on in making a Chuck update post is a passing afterthought of a mention by Jon Stewart, I should probably hold off on blogging.

No, there’s no news to report yet, but there’s an air of giddy anticipation about the interwebs as Tuesday’s big announcement from NBC approaches.
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UPDATE

I’d [...]

This is either really good news for Chuck’s renewal hopes or it makes no difference at all.

And that’s about as decisive as it gets for those awaiting NBC’s decision about its fall lineup and Chuck’s possible place in it.

Variety reported last night that the network passed on the David E. Kelly drama Legally Mad, meaning [...]